Théâtre Mogador
Address | 25, Rue de Mogador |
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Location | Paris |
Coordinates | 48°52′31″N 2°19′52″E / 48.87528°N 2.33111°E |
Owner | Stage Entertainment |
Capacity | 1,800 |
Construction | |
Opened | 1913 |
Renovated | 1983 |
Architect | Bertie Crewe and Édouard Niermans |
Website | |
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Théâtre Mogador, founded in 1913 with design by Bertie Crewe, is a Parisian music hall theatre located at 25, Rue de Mogador in the 9th arrondissement. It seats 1,600 people on three tiers.
History
In 1913 financier Sir
From 1920 it was a Cine-variety; it gained fame with the performances of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, as well as with the Thés Mogador – performances of operettas and plays in the afternoon. Until the seventies, Théâtre Mogador was mainly used for performances of operettas, including Mistinguett. Marcel Merkès was a regular performer here from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s. An extensive renovation restored the building to new splendour in 1983.
In 2005, it was purchased by the Stage Entertainment group (then called the "Stage Holding - The Theatre Group"). The theatre hosted the nineteenth Molière Awards (French theatre awards, known locally as the Nuit des Molières) on 9 May that year. It had previously hosted the awards' sixteenth and seventeenth editions on 1 April 2002 and 12 May 2003, respectively.
On 26 September 2016, a fire damaged several parts of the theatre, including the stage and props that would be used in the French-language production of The Phantom of the Opera.[4] Because of this, the show's French premiere was indefinitely postponed.
Notable productions
- The Ballets Russes (1920)
- No, no, Nanette (1930)
- L'Auberge du Cheval blanc (1930)
- Ça c'est parisien (1937 onwards)
- Hello, Dolly! (1972 onwards)
- In September 1981 The Clash played a seven-night residency supported by Wah! and The Beat
- La Légende de Jimmy, a rock opera about James Dean (22 September 1990 to February 1991)
- Les Misérables (1991–1992)
- Starmania (1993)
- Wild Woman Blues
- The Elvis story (2003–2004)
- Le Roi Lion (2007–2010)
- Time Out! (2011) performed by Ivo Niehe
- Mamma Mia! (2010–2012)
- Sister Act (2012–2013)
- La Belle et La Bête (2013–2014)
- Le Bal des Vampires (2014–2015)[5]
- Cats (2015–2016)
- Le Fantôme de l'Opéra; the production would have taken place in 2016, but due to the September fire, it was cancelled[6]
- Grease (2017–2018)
- Chicago (2018–2019)[7]
- Ghost the Musical (2019)[8]
- Le Roi Lion (2020–present)
See also
References
- ^ (in French) Découvrez le Théâtre Mogador.
- ^ (in French) Théâtre Mogador à Paris.
- ^ (in French) Le théâtre Mogador fêtera ses 100 ans le 21 avril 2019 !
- ^ "Fire Delays Paris Premiere of The Phantom of the Opera".
- ^ "Musical Avenue" (in French).
- ^ "The Phantom of the Opera to open in Paris | Really Useful Group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ^ "Compte-rendu : dans les coulisses de "Chicago – Le musical" à Mogador". Musical Avenue (in French). Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ ""Ghost" au Théâtre Mogador pour la rentrée 2019 !". Musical Avenue (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
External links
- (in French) Official website