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Harold Faltermeyer Brings "Oktoberfest" Musical to Munich This September

The satirical show links the festival’s 1810 royal-wedding origin to a bilingual staging at a central Munich theater.

Overview

  • The production opens in Munich on September 16 at Komödie im Bayerischen Hof and runs through October 4 to match the Oktoberfest season.
  • The story follows Ludwig I of Bavaria and Princess Therese, with dialogue in German, songs in English, and surtitles in both languages.
  • Christoph Marti and Tobias Bonn headline an international cast in a staging created by Faltermeyer with writer Philip LaZebnik.
  • Tickets are listed at €25 to €63, and the Berlin guest run was about 115 minutes with an intermission.
  • Faltermeyer said Munich challenged use of the “Oktoberfest” name, so the show carries a notice that it is independent of the city’s official festival.