In Munich, there are 59 professional theaters (as of 1999) and a variety of amateur theaters.
Major theaters include:
The Bavarian State Opera is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bavarian State Orchestra.
Walter Kollo was a German composer of operettas, Possen mit Gesang, and Singspiele as well as popular songs. He was also a conductor and a music publisher.
The Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, commonly called the Gärtnerplatztheater, is an opera house and opera company in Munich. Designed by Franz Michael Reiffenstuel, it opened on 4 November 1865 as the city's second major theatre after the National Theatre.
Helmut Fischer was a popular, award-winning German actor.
Max Halbe was a German dramatist and main exponent of Naturalism.
Maximilian Brückner is a German actor. He has won numerous awards including the Deutscher Kritikerpreis in 2006 and received a European Shooting Stars Award in 2007.
Münchner Volkstheater, or Munich People’s Theater, is a company based in the Bavarian capital and operated by the cultural office of the city government. Its original performing home opened in 1903. This was rebuilt in 1955, in 1983 and finally in 2021. It now can hold over 800 spectators. Since 2002, Christian Stückl has served as the company’s Intendant.
Maxvorstadt is a central borough of Munich, Bavaria, Germany and forms the Stadtbezirk (borough) 3 Maxvorstadt. Since 1992, this borough comprises the former boroughs 5, 6 and 7.
Radikal jung – Das Festival junger Regisseure is an annual weeklong German theatre festival at the Münchner Volkstheater, Munich. It began in 2005, as a forum and stage for the next generation of directors.
The Volkstheater Rostock is the municipal theatre of the Hanseatic city of Rostock. It has three venues: the Großes Haus, the Theater im Stadthafen and the Kleine Komödie and puts on plays, musical theatre/opera, ballet and orchestral concerts. Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock is the orchestra for musical theatre and concerts. There is a children's theatre and a theatre youth club.
Alabama-Halle was a concert and theatre venue in Munich, Germany, which was also used to broadcast the television programme Live aus dem Alabama. It was originally part of a military depot.
Angela Roy is a German actress and director.
Michael Simon is a German theatre director, opera director and scenic designer.
Martin Gruber is a German director, choreographer and movement teacher for performing artists.
Klara Ziegler, also Clara Ziegler, was a German stage actress and writer.
Stefan Moses was a German photographer living in Munich.
Kurt Julius Sterneck was an Austro-German stage and film actor, radio drama narrator and director.
Elmar Albrecht was a German painter and scenic designer.
Matthias Lilienthal is a German dramaturge and theatre director.