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International Cultural Management

International Cultural Management - VBW International Bringing hit musicals to the world.

Since 1996, VBW International GmbH has been successfully exporting in-house musicals to leading theatres across the world - as the only music production company in German-speaking countries. So VBW International has helped Vienna to take its place as a leading musical venue alongside genre pioneers such as London and New York.
Our productions, ELISABETH, TANZ DER VAMPIRE, MOZART!, RUDOLF – AFFAIRE MAYERLING and REBECCA, have brought drama, emotion, outstanding dance sequences, breath-taking scenery and of course first-class music by world-renowned composers to top stages in 17 countries - from Japan to the USA, even on New York’s Broadway. Total audience figures of over 15 million prove that first-rate material and harmonised staging are an irresistible draw, wherever you are in the world.
VBW productions guarantee long runs, rave reviews and theatregoers who are captivated by the magic of musical theatre.

Viennese musicals playing around the world

ELISABETH

book & lyrics: Michael Kunze
music: Sylvester Levay

world premiere:1992 THEATER AN DER WIEN

director: Harry Kupfer

international premiere: 1996 Japan (Osaka)

visitors worldwide: 8,5 Mio
so far performed in: Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Finnland, Italy

currently/soon in: Hungary (Budapest), Japan (Tokio, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka), Korea - Tour

REBECCA

book & lyrics: Michael Kunze
music: Sylvester Levay

world premiere: 2006 RAIMUND THEATER

director: Francesca Zambello

international premiere: 2008 Japan (Tokio)

visitors worldwide: 800.000
so far performed in: Japan, Finnland, Russia, Hungary
currently/soon in: Hungary (Budapest), Switzerland (St. Gallen), Germany (Stuttgart), Romania (Bukarest)

TANZ DER VAMPIRE / DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES

book & lyrics: Michael Kunze
music: Jim Steinman

world premiere: 1997 RAIMUND THEATER

director: Roman Polanski

international premiere: 2000 Germany (Stuttgart)

visitors worldwide: 6 Mio
so far performed in: Germany, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Japan, USA, Slovakia, Belgium
currently/soon in: Germany (Berlin), Russia (St. Petersburg), Finland (Seinäjoki)

MOZART!

book & lyrics: Michael Kunze
music: Sylvester Levay

world premiere: 1999 THEATER AN DER WIEN

director: Harry Kupfer

international premiere: 2001 Germany (Hamburg)

visitors worldwide: 1,6 Mio
so far performed in: Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic, Japan, Korea
currently/soon in: Czech Republic (Brno), Korea (Seoul)

RUDOLF – AFFAIRE MAYERLING

book & lyrics: Jack Murphy/Nan Knighton
music: : Frank Wildhorn

world premiere: 2009 RAIMUND THEATER

director: David Leveaux

international premiere: 2006 Hungary (Budapest)

visitors worldwide: 350.000
so far performed in: Hungary, Japan
currently/soon in: Hungary (Pécs), Japan (Tokyo), Korea (Seoul)

Vermarktung von internationalen Produktionen in ihrer Wiener Fassung

GREASE
Premiere Vienna: 1994 RAIMUND THEATER
director: Michael Schottenberg
so far performed in: Germany, Switzerland

CHICAGO
Premiere Vienna: 1998 THEATER AN DER WIEN
director: Scott Faris
so far performed in: Germany, Switzerland

HAIR
Premiere Vienna: 2001 RAIMUND THEATER
director: Kim Duddy
so far performed in: Germany

JEKYLL & HYDE
Premiere Vienna: 2001 THEATER AN DER WIEN
director: Dietrich Hilsdorf
so far performed in: Germany