Was ist los? — Jan. 19, 2018

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Musical night at Pfalztheater
“The Night of Musicals,” a 2-hour-long musical gala with songs from renowned musicals such a “Dance of the Vampires,” “Frozen,” “Rocky,” Cats,” and “Phantom of the Opera,” takes place at 4 and 8 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Kaiserslautern Pfalztheater. Tickets cost €45.90 to €69.90. For tickets, visit www.nachtdermusicals.de or call the Pfalztheater at 0631-3675209. — Courtesy photo

The following is a list of performances and events happening in the KMC and nearby locations. Dates are subject to change.

Performing arts

Plays

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern

For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit
www.pfalztheater.de.

“Glueckliche Tage,” a play by Samuel Beckett, in German, 8 p.m. today, Jan. 30 and Feb. 1, 6, 13, 15, 20.

“Macbeth,” a drama by William Shakespeare, in German, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 and 31, Feb. 6 and 9; and 6 p.m. Feb. 11.

“Die Comedian Harmonists,” a play in German with music from the 1920s and 1930s, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26, Feb. 3 and 22.

“Wunschkind,” a play for families with puppets, 11 a.m. Jan. 26, 2 and 4 p.m. Feb. 4, 2 and 4 p.m. Feb. 11, and 2 and 4 p.m. Feb. 25.

“Das Abschiedsdinner,” a comedy, in German, 8 p.m. Feb. 10.

Nationaltheater Mannheim

Am Goetheplatz

For more information, visit
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de.

“Wie es euch gefaellt,” a comedy by William Shakespeare, in Geman, 7 p.m. Sunday.

Concerts

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern

For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit
www.pfalztheater.de.

Third chamber concert with works by Franz Schubert, 11 a.m. Jan. 28.

Kammgarn Kaiserslautern

For details, visit www.kammgarn.de.

Reloaded: Art Weiss’s Midnight Movers playing the classics of soul, 8 p.m. Mondays. Tickets cost €14.

The band Gloryhammer presents power metal and heavy metal, 8 p.m. today. Tickets cost €23.

Krayenzeit & Harpyie present medieval rock, folk, metal, 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost €20.

The band Goitse presents Irish folk, 8 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets cost €19.

Flash Forward performs alternative rock, 8 p.m. Jan. 27. Tickets cost €15.

Pauline Ngoc presents “Nuit de la Chanson” with guest Eric Guilleton performing French chansons, 8 p.m. Feb. 2. Tickets cost €19.

Blues Caravan with Mike Zito, Bernard Allison and Vanja Sky, 8 p.m. Feb. 8. Tickets cost €24.

The band Eisfabrik presents dark electro, future pop dance, electro synthie, 8 p.m. Feb. 9. Tickets cost €20.

Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern

For tickets, call the tourist information office at 0631-365-2317.

SWR Young Opera Stars 2018 and the German Radio Philharmonics Saarbruecken Kaiserslautern present works by Joseph Haydn, Zoltán Kodály and Antonin Dvorák, 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost €12 to €26.

“Magic of the Dance,” an Irish dance show with international tap dancers, 8 p.m. Jan. 30. Tickets cost from €30 to €71. Visit www.ticketonline.de/magic-of-the-dance-tickets-kaisersautern.html?

Haus des Buergers

Ramstein-Miesenbach. For tickets and details, visit www.hausdesbuergers.de.

Acoustic Lounge features Wolfgang Sing performing rock, jazz, blues songs and playing the guitar, 8 p.m. today. Tickets cost €12.

The woodwind quintet Nimm 5 presents a concert with classical music, 5 p.m. Feb. 18. Tickets cost €12.

Landstuhl Stadthalle

For details visit www.stadthalle-landstuhl.de

Pianist Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting presents works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt, 7 p.m. Wednesday. Tickets cost €12.

Fritz-Wunderlich-Halle

Kusel, am Rossberg. Call the ticket hotline at 06381-424496 or visit www.ticket-regional.de.

“Best of Musical Starnights,” German and British singers and dancers present 50 years of musical history, 7:30 p.m. Sunday.Tickets cost €35 to €44.50.

VRT-Halle Rockenhausen

Krankenhausstrasse
For details, visit www.rockenhausen.de.

Kurpfaelzisches Kammerorchester presents the final concert of the conductors’ class of Zurich School of Arts, 7 p.m. today. Tickets at the door cost €20.

Musicals / Opera

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern

For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit
www.pfalztheater.de

“Orpheus in der Unterwelt,” an operetta by Jacques Offenbach, 7:30 Thursday and Feb. 2.

“La Cenerentola,” Cinderella, a comical opera by Gioacchino Rossini, in Italian, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10, 16, 21 and 24.

Saarlaendisches Staatstheater

Saarbruecken, Schillerplatz 1:

For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit
www.theater-saarbruecken.de.

“Blues Brothers,” a rhythm and blues musical, in German, based on the movie by John Landis, 7:30 p.m. today, Saturday, Tuesday, Jan. 26, Feb. 21 and 27; and 6 p.m. Feb. 25.

“La Bohème,” an opera by Giacomo Puccini, in Italian, 2:30 p.m. Sunday; and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 and 23.

English Theatre

Frankfurt, Gallusanlage 7

For more information, visit
www.english-theatre.org.

“Jekyll & Hyde,” a Gothic music thriller, through Feb. 11. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays, and 6 p.m. Sundays.

Nationaltheater Mannheim

Am Goetheplatz

For more information, visit
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de.

Haensel und Gretel,” a family opera by Engelbert Humperdinck, 7 p.m. today; and 5 p.m. Jan. 28.

Aida,” an opera by Guiseppe Verdi, in Italian, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Jan. 27.

Ballet

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern

For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit
www.pfalztheater.de.

“Sutherland’s Giselle,” a ballet dance night by James Sutherland, 6 p.m. Sunday; and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and 23.

Miscellaneous

Gartenschau Kaiserslautern event hall

For details visit www. kl-on-ice.de.

Ice-skating rink open through Feb. 11. Daily skating hours are from 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 3 p.m., 4 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. On Friday and Saturday nights, skating hours are extended until 10 p.m. Admission fee is €2.50 for children and €3.50 for adults. For details, visit www.kl-on-ice.de.

Bann, Steinalbhalle

Children’s Fasching party, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Flea markets

Neunkirchen, Saar-Park Center, Stummplatz 1, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Saarbruecken, Saar Fair area, Am Schanzenberg 30, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. 

Saarlouis, Grosser Markt, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Bad Duerkheim, salt-works in Kurpark, Gutleutstrasse 46,  9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Bad Duerkheim, Brunnenhalle on Kurbrunnenstrasse, flea market for females, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

 

Show from Berlin
The Stadthalle Landstuhl presents “Let’s Burlesque,” an erotic show with music and dance, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27. The show is for adults only. Tickets cost €23, €28, €32. For details, visit www.stadthalle-landstuhl.de. — Courtesy photo