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52-586: Named after the Austrian dramatist Ferdinand Raimund , the theatre was built by an association of Viennese citizens and opened on 28 November 1893 with Raimund's play Die gefesselte Phantasie . It can seat around 1,200 people. The theater is currently owned by Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW) along with the Theater an der Wien and the Ronacher . Its current main use is for major musical productions. The theater

104-430: A destiny. He says that he dreamt a name for the woman: "Scaramouche". Britney and Oz reveal themselves, and accuse Galileo and Scaramouche of being spies, because Galileo keeps spouting words of the "sacred text". Galileo insists that he only hears those words in his head. Britney tests him, singing the first few lines of " Bohemian Rhapsody ". Galileo responds correctly with the subsequent lines, and Britney realises that he

156-779: A non- equity production of We Will Rock You began at the Jedlicka Performing Art Centre in Chicago. An Italian production opened on 4 December 2009 at the Allianz Teatro in Milan , Italy. All the dialogues are in Italian and almost all the songs are in English, except for "Radio Ga Ga" and "No One But You". The tour visited Milan , Bologna , Trieste and Rome. From 12 September to 18 December 2010

208-794: A production was played in Stockholm, Sweden at the venue Cirkus. The production moved to Oslo, Norway on 23 January 2011 at Folketeateret. It closed on 16 April 2011. A production of the show opened on 23 April 2015 on board the new Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas . An Icelandic production opened on 15 August 2019 at the Háskólabíó Theater in Reykjavík, Iceland. The spoken dialogue and most lyrics were translated into Icelandic by Jóhann Axel Andersen. Directed by Vignir Rafn Valþórsson, with Chantelle Carey as choreographer,

260-426: A second anomaly, a young, goth woman named Scaramouche who is openly mocked and derided by her peers (" Somebody to Love "). She, too is arrested by Khashoggi. Ruling Globalsoft Corporation is Killer Queen (" Killer Queen "). She has heard of a prophecy that instruments have been hidden somewhere on the iPlanet in the "place of living rock", and a "bright star" will show the way to them. She orders Khashoggi to get to

312-477: A short season from September until the end of December 2008. On 26 February 2009, the theatre opened with a new production of the "VBW", the musical "Rudolf - Affaire Mayerling". This production was a "Try-out" at Budapest and then it moved to Vienna. In March 2010 a musical with songs by Udo Jürgens, an Austrian songwriter and entertainer, called "Ich war noch niemals in New York" opened and is going to stay until

364-711: A stop at the Shinjuku Koma Theater in Tokyo, Japan, where it ran from 27 May to 24 August 2005. A second tour launched in 2006, performing in Tokyo and Osaka . An Australasian tour was launched at the end of 2007 in New Zealand; the cast included Ayesa as Galileo and Crummer as Killer Queen. The tour performed in Auckland at The Civic, The Edge (26 October to 2 December 2007), in Seoul , South Korea, at

416-515: Is named after him. We Will Rock You (musical) We Will Rock You (often abbreviated as WWRY ) is a jukebox musical based on the songs of British rock band Queen with a book by Ben Elton . The musical tells the story of a renegade group known as the Bohemians who struggle to restore the free exchange of thought and culture in a vaguely Orwellian society. Directed by Christopher Renshaw and choreographed by Arlene Phillips ,

468-629: Is named after the Austrian dramatist Ferdinand Raimund , it was built by an association of 500 residents of the municipality of Mariahilf. It is designed by Franz Roth and opened on 28 November 1893, fully lit by electricity. Raimund's play Die gefesselte Phantasie opened at the theater (Though its first performance was on 27 November 1893). The theatre mainly presented German folk dramas and plays. In 1908 it turned to operetta , with Johann Strauss ' The Gypsy Baron . Other premieres included Robert Stolz 's Das Glücksmädel and Dreimäderlhaus , set to various pieces of music by Franz Schubert ; this

520-552: Is set exactly 300 years in the future in a vaguely Orwellian world. Earth has been renamed as the "iPlanet" (sometimes called "Planet Mall" in older productions) and is controlled by the Globalsoft Corporation (" Innuendo "). On the iPlanet, mainstream commercial conformity reigns, in which Ga Ga Kids watch the same movies, listen to computer-generated music, wear the same clothes and hold the same thoughts and opinions. Musical instruments are forbidden, and rock music

572-612: Is the Dreamer of the prophecy. They bring Galileo and Scaramouche to the Heartbreak Hotel , which is located at the ruins of the Tottenham Court Road tube station , where the Bohemians have made their home (" Headlong "). The Bohemians explain to Galileo and Scaramouche that they take their names after singers long gone, and mourn the deaths of those who died young (" No One But You "). The group then celebrates

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624-447: Is unknown (" Radio Ga Ga "). In the newest graduating class is black sheep , Galileo, who has dreams and hears strange words in his head, most of which are lyrics of songs long since lost, though he does not understand their significance. Despite his teacher's advice, Galileo refuses to conform like the rest of his classmates (" I Want to Break Free "). He is captured by Khashoggi, commander of Globalsoft's police. The teacher also reveals

676-1033: The Bromley Churchill Theatre , on 16 September 2019. After a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the tour resumed performances on 7 February 2022 at the Kings Theatre in Portsmouth , closing on 10 September 2022 at the Palace Theatre in Manchester. Following the UK tour, the show returned to the West End in 2023, opening at the London Coliseum on 2 June for a limited 12-week run directed by Ben Elton and choreographed by Jacob Fearey. Ian McIntosh and Elena Skye resumed

728-611: The Canon Theatre , Toronto. Yvan Pednault played Galileo. Erica Peck was Scaramouche, Alana Bridgewater was Killer Queen, Suzie McNeil was Oz and Evan Buliung was Khashoggi. The production closed at the Canon Theatre on 11 May 2008 and reopened at the Panasonic Theatre on 16 July 2008 after major rewrites to trim the show. Cuts included dialogue between "Ga-Ga" and "I Want to Break Free"; "One Vision"

780-638: The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and a new production of Hair in September 2002, Wake Up was premiered, being the first musical by Rainhard Fendrich and Harold Faltermeyer . On 11 March 2004 Dave Stewart's rock musical Barbarella had its world premiere. This was followed in 2005 by the German-language version of Romeo & Julia , a musical by Gérard Presgurvic based on Shakespeare. In September 2006,

832-764: The Apollo Theatre in Stuttgart on 13 November 2008 after previews from 7 November 2008. The production opened in Berlin on 21 October 2010 and closed for good on 21 October 2011. A German-language production opened in Zürich, Switzerland, on 3 December 2006 at Theatre Stadthof 11, Oerlikon using the book of the Cologne production. The production starred Jessica Kessler as Scaramouche, Brigitte Oelke as Killer Queen and Rachel Fischer as Ozzy. This production closed at

884-471: The Champions" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" retained their English lyrics. After closing at Teatro Calderón, the show toured around Spain. In 2007 the production returned to Teatro Calderón with previews from 23 January and an official opening on 12 February. Daniel Diges and Julián Fontalvo shared the role of Galileo. The production closed on 6 January 2008. A new production began previews on 9 October 2021 at

936-790: The Civic Theatre in Johannesburg on 9 May 2006. It starred Francois Schreuder as Galileo, Helen Burger as Scaramouche, Vicky Sampson as Killer Queen, and Helen Goldberg as Oz. The production made tour stops at the Artscape in Cape Town (from 25 July) and the Playhouse Opera in Durban (29 September to 29 October 2006) before closing. A Canadian production began previews on 14 March and officially opened on 10 April 2007 at

988-670: The Dominion Theatre. A UK tour was launched in 2009 at the Palace Theatre, Manchester . The cast included Gaumond as Galileo, Sarah French-Ellis as Scaramouche, Edwards as Killer Queen, Georgina Hagen as Meat, Jonathan Wilkes as Khashoggi and Kevin Kennedy as Pop. A second UK tour launched in December 2010, also at the Palace Theatre in Manchester. The show embarked on a further UK and Ireland tour, beginning at

1040-626: The Dust "). Galileo and Scaramouche are making their way to the Seven Seas of Rhye, arguing all the way (" Hammer to Fall "). At the Seven Seas of Rhye pub in Montreux, Pop the librarian is serving drinks to the lifeless Bohemians (" These Are the Days of Our Lives "). When Galileo and Scaramouche arrive, Pop explains the full nature of the prophecy to them as inscribed by the three remaining members of

1092-702: The Gran Teatro Príncipe Pío in Madrid, and officially opened on 24 November. A resident production at the Paris Las Vegas hotel and casino in Las Vegas , Nevada, began previews on 4 August 2004, with an official opening on 8 September. Tony Vincent, who originated the role of Galileo in London, reprised the role, which he alternated with Jason Wooten. Aspen Miller and Kacie Sheik shared

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1144-468: The Heartbreak Hotel, and realise that back at the hospital, tracking devices were installed in their heads. They remove them, and upon realising that they are all that's left of the rebels, they confess their love for each other (" Who Wants to Live Forever "). The surviving Bohemians have been rounded up by Khashoggi to be tortured (" Flash "). When he cannot get any information from them about

1196-783: The Opera in 1990, which transferred from the Theater an der Wien . In 1993, on the anniversary of its opening, the German-language version of Kiss of the Spider Woman was premiered. This was followed by the Austrian premiere of Grease in 1994 and the European premiere of Disney's Beauty and the Beast in 1995. Autumn 1997 saw the world premiere of Dance of the Vampires in Roman Polanski 's production. After Joseph and

1248-621: The Raimund Theatre, including Hansi Niese , Paula Wessely , Attila Hörbiger , and Karl Skraup . After 1976 the theatre was occasionally used for musicals , such as Kurt Weill 's Lady in the Dark . In 1985 the theatre was renovated, re-opening with the gala Seinerzeit ; since March 1987 it has formed part of the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien . A Chorus Line was followed by Les Misérables in 1988 and Phantom of

1300-886: The Seongnam Arts Centre (2 to 24 February 2008), in Singapore at the Esplanade Theatre (28 March to 27 April 2008), in Hong Kong at The Lyric Theatre of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (16 May to 22 June 2008) and in Bangkok, Thailand, at the Muangthai Ratchadalai Theatre (12 to 27 July 2008). A new tour of Australia commenced in Sydney on 30 April 2016, before touring to Brisbane and Melbourne. Another production

1352-464: The Seven Seas of Rhye, but their relationship will be purely professional. Back at Globalsoft headquarters (" Fat Bottomed Girls ") Khashoggi reports that the Bohemians are no longer a problem. Killer Queen prematurely starts to celebrate (" Don't Stop Me Now "). Khashoggi interrupts her, explaining that Galileo and Scaramouche escaped. Killer Queen declares this is the last time Khashoggi has disappointed her, and has him brain-drained (" Another One Bites

1404-613: The Teatro Nazionale in Milan, starring Martha Rossi as Scaramouche, Damiano Borgi as Galileo, Natascia Fonzetti as Killer Queen, Salvo Bruno as Khashoggi, Mattia Braghero as Brit, Alessandra Ferrari as Oz and Massimiliano Colonna as Pop. Since 2006, the show has been licensed for amateur and school productions in the UK, with proceeds going to the Mercury Phoenix Trust . London's critics almost uniformly panned

1456-457: The band Queen just before they were sentenced to death (Brian May, his last request being a final guitar solo, apparently delayed his execution for three and a half days). Scaramouche figures out that the bright shining star of the prophecy is rock star Freddie Mercury's statue, and that it's pointing to Wembley Stadium , the "place of living rock". After initially preparing to travel by bicycle, (opening of " Bicycle Race ") Scaramouche protests that

1508-545: The bottom of the matter and crush the rebel Bohemians who believe in the prophecy. Killer Queen then basks in her power over the iPlanet (" Play the Game "). Galileo and Scaramouche wake up in a hospital. They realise that they are kindred spirits, feared by the rest of their society. (" Under Pressure ") They flee together from the hospital. Khashoggi has blown up all the rocks on the iPlanet, but cannot find any supposed hidden instruments. Killer Queen insists that they have won, and

1560-658: The cast included Kristinn Óli Haraldsson as Galileo and Þórhallur Sigurðsson as Pop. A French production opened on 28 September 2018 at the Casino de Paris in Paris, directed by Ned Grujic, with choreography by Raffaele Lucania. An international tour will start in the Philippines on 27 October 2022, with scheduled stops in South Korea, Singapore, and South Africa. A new Italian tour kicked off on 2 February 2023 at

1612-776: The end of 2007. It reopened in Vienna , Austria, on 24 January 2008, at the Raimund Theatre where it ran until 13 July 2008. Another tour started in December 2012 in Basel , Switzerland, and closed in June 2013 in Essen , Germany. It restarted in September 2014 in Munich, followed by Frankfurt and Vienna. From 17 July to 25 August 2024 a production ran at AVB Kultur & Freizei in Amstetten , Austria. A South African production opened at

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1664-403: The end of June 2012. In September 2012 the musical Elisabeth will return for the third time to Vienna, but for the first time at Raimund Theatre. From 1992 until 1998 and from 2003 until 2005 the musical took place at the famous Theater an der Wien . Ferdinand Raimund Ferdinand Raimund (born Ferdinand Jakob Raimann; 1 June 1790 – 5 September 1836, Pottenstein , Lower Austria )

1716-453: The intent was to create a biographical story of Freddie Mercury . About this time, Robert De Niro 's production company Tribeca Productions expressed interest in a Queen musical, but it found the original idea difficult to work with. In 2000, Ben Elton was approached to start talks with May and Taylor on the project. He suggested taking the musical down a different path than initially imagined, creating an original story that would capture

1768-470: The new musical Rebecca , by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay , premiered at the theatre. On 24 January 2008 the musical We Will Rock You featuring the music of Queen opened at the Raimund with its largest ever advance ticket sale of 90,000. Original Queen members Roger Taylor and Brian May joined the cast on stage for the finale. After "We will rock You", The Musical "Rebecca" came back for

1820-553: The original West End production opened in 2002. Although the musical was at first panned by critics, it has become an audience favourite, becoming the longest-running musical at the Dominion Theatre , celebrating its tenth anniversary on 14 May 2012. The original production closed on 31 May 2014, at that time the eleventh longest-running musical in West End history . Numerous international and touring productions have followed, and We Will Rock You has been seen in six of

1872-508: The prophecy will not come to pass (" A Kind of Magic "). On the streets, Bohemians Britney and Oz climb out of the sewers, where they have been gathering materials to make musical instruments. Britney is a believer in the Dreamer who will fulfil the prophecy, and insists to the cynical Oz that it's the key to bringing real music back into the world (" I Want It All "). Brit and Oz hear footsteps approaching, and hide. Galileo and Scaramouche arrive, with Galileo talking about his belief that he has

1924-426: The prophecy, he has them brain-drained (" Seven Seas of Rhye "— interpolating " Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon "). Galileo wakes up, and tells Scaramouche that he had a dream that the Bohemians were sent to the Seven Seas of Rhye. Scaramouche agrees they have to go there, but then Galileo insists that she stay because she's a "chick", to which Scaramouche takes offence. They argue, and decide that both of them will go to

1976-485: The reason rock bands started playing music in the first place, which was for love (" Crazy Little Thing Called Love "). Khashoggi and his police suddenly arrive at the Heartbreak Hotel, where they round up the Bohemians for capture. Britney breaks free and battles the police in order to enable Galileo and Scaramouche to escape, but in the process is killed. The Ga Ga Kids of the iPlanet move on in their regular fashion (" One Vision "). Galileo and Scaramouche have escaped

2028-739: The role of Scaramouche, Patti Russo was Killer Queen, and Ty Taylor was Brit. The Las Vegas production "trimmed" down the book into a single act show. The production closed on 27 November 2005. On 15 October 2013, a North American tour began at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore , Maryland, directed by Elton. The cast included Brian Justin Crum as Galileo, Ruby Lewis as Scaramouche, PJ Griffith as Khashoggi, Jacqueline Arnold as Killer Queen, Jared Zirilli as Britney, Ryan Knowles as Buddy and Erica Peck as Oz. The tour covered nearly

2080-674: The roles of Galileo and Scaramouche respectively from the touring production, and Brenda Edwards continued on as Killer Queen. Also joining the cast were Lee Mead as Khashoggi, Christine Allado as Meat, and Adrian Hansel as Brit. Ben Elton made his stage debut as the Rebel Leader (previously known as Pop). The first international production premiered at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne , Australia, on 7 August 2003. The cast included Michael Falzon as Galileo, Kate Hoolihan as Scaramouche, Annie Crummer as Killer Queen, and Amanda Harrison as Oz. The production closed on 4 March 2004 before touring to Perth , Brisbane and Sydney. It then made

2132-463: The show's producers, despite fan protests to keep the show going. A German production opened in the Musical Dome, Cologne , on 12 December 2004. The spoken dialogue was in German, but the musical numbers consisted of a mix of German and English lyrics. According to Brian May, Ben Elton intended German to represent the show's "present day", and English represented the distant past. The production closed in Cologne on 30 September 2008. It next opened at

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2184-574: The show, criticising the concept and direction. The Guardian wrote that the premise "really is as sixth form as it sounds", called the production "ruthlessly packaged and manufactured" and opined that the "sometimes funny" libretto existed mainly to "devise more unlikely ways to wring out another Queen song." The Daily Mirror wrote that "Ben Elton should be shot for this risible story." The Daily Telegraph described it as "guaranteed to bore you rigid" and " prolefeed at its worst." However, some individual performances received praise. The story

2236-438: The spirit of much of their music. He worked closely with May and Taylor to incorporate Queen's songs into the story. Elton has also stated that he was in part inspired by the computer-controlled dystopia of the 1999 science-fiction film The Matrix . The script was eventually completed midway through 2001. We Will Rock You opened in the West End at the Dominion Theatre on 14 May 2002, following previews from 26 April. It

2288-627: The whole of the US, and two stops in Ontario, Canada; in all, the tour included 298 performances in 29 cities. A second North American tour launched on 3 September 2019 at the Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg , Manitoba, Canada, and included a stop at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from 14 to 17 November 2019. A Russian production opened in the Estrada Theatre, Moscow on 17 October 2004. The production's dialogue and all songs but three were translated into Russian, by Evgeny Margulis of Mashina Vremeni . This production closed only four months after its opening due to disagreements between

2340-400: The world's continents. By December 2022 the musical had been seen by 20 million people across 28 countries. From 2 June to 27 August 2023, We Will Rock You returned to the West End for a 12-week run at the London Coliseum . According to Brian May , Queen 's manager Jim Beach had spoken with the band about creating a jukebox musical with Queen's songs since the mid-1990s. Initially,

2392-666: Was an Austrian actor and playwright . Raimund was born in Vienna as a son of Bohemian woodturning master craftsman Jakob Raimann. In 1811, he acted at the Theater in der Josefstadt , and, in 1817 at the Leopoldstädter Theater . In 1823 he produced his first play, Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel , which was followed by Der Diamant des Geisterkönigs (1824). The still popular Bauer als Millionär (1826), Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind (1828) and Der Verschwender (1834), incidental music by Conradin Kreutzer , are Raimund's masterpieces. Raimund's comedies are still frequently performed in Germany and Austria. When Raimund

2444-404: Was bitten by a dog, which he falsely believed to be rabid , he shot himself on 29 August 1836 and died on 5 September 1836 in Pottenstein, aged 46. Raimund is buried in Gutenstein , which features a Raimund memorial. Raimund was a master of the Viennese Posse or farce ; his rich humour is seen to best advantage in his realistic portraits of his fellow citizens. The Raimund Theater in Vienna

2496-414: Was cut; and the Act Two song sequence was changed. In October 2008, Camilla Scott took over the role of Khashoggi, a character that had previously been portrayed as a male. The production closed on 28 June 2009. Another production opened at the Magnus Theatre in Thunder Bay , Ontario, on 8 September 2017. It played to sold-out audiences and was extended, closing on 30 September 2017. In April 2007

2548-406: Was directed by Christopher Renshaw and choreographed by Arlene Phillips , with musical supervision and vocal arrangements by Mike Dixon . The production featured a nine piece live band. The cast included Tony Vincent as Galileo, Hannah Jane Fox as Scaramouche, Sharon D. Clarke as Killer Queen, Nigel Planer as Pop, Nigel Clauzel as Brit and Kerry Ellis as Meat. For her performance, Clarke

2600-522: Was nominated for "Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical or Entertainment" at the 2003 Olivier Awards . Notable cast replacements included Mig Ayesa and Alex Gaumond as Galileo, Mazz Murray and Brenda Edwards as Killer Queen, and Rachel Tucker as Meat. In 2005 We Will Rock You became the longest running musical at the Dominion Theatre, surpassing the previous record-holder Grease . The production closed on 31 May 2014, shortly after its 12th anniversary, and after 4,600 performances at

2652-495: Was performed more than 1200 times between 1916 and 1927. As the theatre was spared bombing damage during World War II , the theatre re-opened promptly on 25 April 1945 with Dreimäderlhaus . In 1948, Rudolf Marik took over as director for almost 30 years, transforming it into an internationally recognised theatre of the German-speaking world exclusively staging operettas with stars such as Johannes Heesters , Marika Rökk , and others. Many well-known actors started their careers at

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2704-458: Was scheduled for 2023-2024. It was supposed to have over 500 cast members including Courtney Act as Killer Queen and Peter Rowsthorn as Buddy. In October 2022 it was announced that the tour was cancelled because of legal reasons. A Spanish-language production ran from 1 October 2003 (opening officially on 3 November) to 30 May 2004 at Teatro Calderón, Madrid, with Momo Cortés and Miquel Fernández as Galileo. The songs "We Will Rock You", "We Are

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