Christian Ranke is a writer, singer, actor and graphic designer. He has translated several musicals, such as EVITA (Rice/Lloyd Webber), THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK (Dempsey/Rowe), PETER PAN – A MUSICAL ADVENTURE (Stiles/Drewe), NÄRMARE KANTEN (Palm/Rydman/Schaub) and THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY (Hill/ Bartram).
He has also co-translated musicals such as WEST SIDE STORY (Laurents/Sondheim/Bernstein), RAGTIME (McNally/Ahrens/Flaherty),TELL ME ON A SUNDAY (Black/Lloyd Webber) and BIG FISH (August/Lippa)
BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS at Chateau Neuf, Oslo
June 12, 2018
June 12, 2018
Theatre Neuf is a nonprofit theatrical organization. It uses both professional and non-professional performers and musicians. Two of its members had the idea to produce a big musical with the aid of this organization, and they chose INTO THE WOODS, a musical regarded by many as one of the most complicated scores in the musical theatre canon.
INTO THE WOODS Will Premiere in Oslo June 2018
May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018
The nonprofit theatre organization Theater Neuf, will present the first Norwegian large scale production of INTO THE WOODS at Chatau Neuf June 07 2018
Video: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Norway Cast Sings 'Masquerade' For The First Time!
May 4, 2018
May 4, 2018
Listen to the cast of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA assembled on stage in Folketeatret to rehears 'Masquerade' for the first time. Norway premiere September 7
Norwegian musical adaptation of Bergman's FANNY AND ALEXANDER to open in Linz, Austria in 2020
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018
The musical adaptation of the Academy Award-winning movie, directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1982, will have its world premiere in Linz, Austria in 2020 at the Landestheater.
Musical adaptation of Bergman's FANNY AND ALEXANDER to open in Linz, Austria in 2020
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018
The musical adaptation of the Academy Award-winning movie, directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1982, will have its world premiere in Linz, Austria in 2020 at the Landestheater.
Norwegian hills will be alive again with THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Folketeatret in 2019
April 27, 2018
April 27, 2018
Scenekvelder, the Norwegian producers behind productions such as 'Les Miserables' and 'The Phantom of the Opera' will mount a new version of 'The Sound of Music' in 2019 on a grander scale than it has ever been done before in Norway
BOOK OF MORMON Cleans Up at Norwegian Musical Theatre Awards
April 20, 2018
April 20, 2018
Musical Theatre is unquestionably the most popular form of theatergoing today worldwide. Yet in Norway, granted it being a small country, have had up until just a handful new productions each year compared to our Scandinavian neighbors. But a small, yet determined, non-profit organization called Norwegian musical theatre forum (MTF) is working hard to educate both the public and the industry on why musical theatre is an art form to be taken seriously.
BWW Around the world: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA to premiere in Norway this fall
March 9, 2018
March 9, 2018
The Phantom of the Opera' to finally haunt Norwegian audiences, as the musical will premiere in Oslo this fall. 'I am thrilled that we can finally bring the phantom to Norway. It has been a long period of negotiating. We have been working for five years to get the rights,' says producer Karianne Jaeger.
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