Oct 26, 2009

Michael Kunze dreams of creating a drama musical about flying. And then he wonders about two things… why has it never been done before? will it ever be produced? “The idea that the human mind can invent something that enables us to fly…is an incredible musical theme”, says Michael, “and it must be done on stage!” Is there a...

Oct 25, 2009

In our video chat about libretto translation, I asked Michael Kunze about his highly successful German adaptions of famous hit musicals, such as Cats, A Chorus Line, Phantom Of The Opera, The Lion King, Evita, Mamma Mia, and numerous other musical world hits. I wondered how easy (or difficult) it is to translate a libretto from English into German. A simple...

Oct 11, 2009

Michael Kunze’s hit musical Tanz der Vampire (Dance of the Vampires) was based on Roman Polanski’s 1967 spoof horror film The Fearless Vampire Killers. I asked Michael about his experience working with someone as eccentric as the great Polish...

Oct 4, 2009

Michael presents what he regards as the 7 Deadly Sins Of A Bad Musical – mistakes that leave us bored and empty after a performance rather than inspired, energized and entertained from a rousing master piece of musical theater. Did we “get” the purpose of the story withing the first few minutes? Did we identify with the main characters and...

Sep 28, 2009

Michael calls himself a ‘story architect’ because he thinks that building a solid structure is his most important job in a drama...

Sep 27, 2009

I was curious about Michael Kunze’s motivation to move away from a highly-successful pop producer’s career and enter a somewhat risky enterprise – reinventing a popular and established genre – the musical. Michael said, “Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber changed everything!” How about a trip down “Memory...