Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse

The Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse is a theater situated at 26, rue de la Gaîté, in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the 14th arrondissement. It opened in 1868 and seats 399 people.

Productions

* 1946 : "Victor ou les enfants au pouvoir" by Roger Vitrac with Juliette Gréco.
* 1958 : "Douze hommes en colère" by Réginald Rose, after the scenario of the Sidney Lumet film
* 1959 : "Bon week-end Monsieur Benett" with Denise Grey and Henri Guisol.
* 1960 : "Sugar Plum" by Israël Horovitz with Laurent Terzieff.
* 1962 : "Lieutenant Tenant" then "L'avenir est dans les Œufs" by Eugène Ionesco, design by Jean-Marie Serreau.
* 1963 : "La Crécelle" with Claude Rich and Jacqueline Gauthier.
* 1965 : "Le Goûter des généraux" by Boris Vian.
* 1966 : "Le Knack" with Bernard Fresson and Monique Tarbès.
* 1968 : "La Famille Tott" with Michel Galabru and Colette Castel.
* 1969 : "Un jour dans la mort de Joe Egg" by Peter Nichols with Jean Rochefort, and Marthe Keller.
* 1971 : "Le Précepteur" by R.Lenz
* 1972 : "Un pape à New-York" with Jean-Pierre Marielle and Nelly Borgeaud.
* 1973 : "Butley" with Bernard Fresson and Gérard Lartigau.
* 1974 : "Pol" by Alain Didier Weill.
* 1977 : "Elles, Steffy, Pomme, Jeanne and Vivi" with Anémone , Dominique Labourier and Viviane Elbaz.
* From 1978, double shows of 20 hours and 22 hours were instituted, in which variétés and theatre alternated. These include :
** Font and Val
** Le Golden Gate-Quartet
** Lény Escudéro
** Jean-Roger Caussimon (1980),
** Luis Rego
** "Le Père Noël est une ordure", by the troupe du Splendid , with Gérard Jugnot, Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte, Anémone, Marie-Anne Chazel, Bernard Moineau.
** "L'Os de cœur" with Francis Huster
** "Elle voit des nains partout" with Claire Nadeau
** "Le Jour le plus con" by Philippe Bruneau.
* 1982 : "Vive les femmes" by Reiser, design by Claude Confortès, with Maurice Risch, Pauline Lafont and Roland Giraud.
* 1983 : "Chienne Dactylographe" by G.Roignant, design by D. Benoin with J. Dacqmine, and Hélène Duc
* 1983 : "Des jours and des nuits" by Harold Pinter, design by F.Marthourand with Bernard Murat.
* 1983 : "La Fausse Libertine" after Crébillon fils, design by Jacques Bachelier.
* 1983 : "Comment devenir une mère juive en dix leçons" by Paul Fucks, design by Tootie Masson, with Marthe Villalonga and André Valardy.
* 1984 : "Chacun pour moi" by C.A Augereau, design by Daniel Colas with Yves Rénier.
* 1984 : "Grand-père" by Rémo Forlani, design by Michel Fagadau with Victor Lanoux then Jean-Pierre Darras, and Nadine Alari.
* 1985 : "Love" by Murray Schisgal, with André Dussolier, Patrick Chesnais and Catherine Rich.
* 1986 : "La Gagne" by Michel Fermaud.
* 1987 : reprise of "Bonsoir Maman" by Marsha Norman, design by Lars Schmidt with Françoise Christophe and Catherine Rich
* 1987 : "L'Éloignement" de Loleh Bellon with Pierre Arditi and Macha Méril.
* 1988 : Reprise of "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" in an adaptation by Claude Roy, with Patrick Chesnais and Sabine Haudepin.
* 1988 : "Nocturnes" after Stefan Zweig with Jacques Weber.
* 1989 : "Frédéric Chopin" with Eric Berchot at the piano and Philippe Ettesse
* 1989 : "Faut pas tuer maman" de Charlotte Keatley, adaptation by Marcel Bluwal and Michel Fagadau , design by Michel Fagadau, with Danièle Lebrun, Catherine Frot, Viviane Elbaz and Anouk Grinberg.
* 1990 : "Un œil plus bleu que l'autre" by Evelyne Grandjean with Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Dominique Labourier.
* 1990 (September) : "Coiffures pour dames" by Robert Harling, adapté par Claire Nadeau and Michèle Laroque, design by Stéphane Hillel with Marthe Villalonga, Françoise Christophe, Geneviève Fontanel, Claire Maurier, Michèle Laroque and Annie Grégorio.
* 1991 (June) : reprise of "Callas" by Elizabeth Marocco, mise en scène de Dominique Lardenois.
* 1991 (October) : reprise of "Voltaire and Rousseau" by Jean-François Prévand with Jean-Paul Farré and Jean-Luc Moreau.
* 1992 (January) : "Passagères" by Daniel Besnehard, design by André Voustinas with Michèle Simonnet, Valérie Kaprisky, Philippe Delplanche.
* 1992 (April) : "Nina" by André Roussin , design by Bernard Murat with Jean Barney, Darry Cowl, Adriana Asti.
* 1992 (October) : "Confidences pour clarinette" by Michel Christofer, mise en scène de Jean-Luc Moreau with Pierre-François Roussillon, Paule Noelle, François Pacôme, Jean-Luc Moreau, François Perrot.
* 1992 (December) : "La Contrebasse" by Patrick Süskind, design by Philippe Ferran, collaboration artistique de Jean Poiret, with Jacques Villeret.
* 1993 (March) : "Ce qui arrive and ce qu'on attend" by Jean-Marie Besset, design by Patrice Kerbrat, with Christophe Malavoy, Marie-France Pisier, Sabine Haudepin, Claire Nadeau.
* 1994 (January) : "Tempête sur le pays d'Egypte" by Pierre Laville with Brigitte Fossey and Manuel Blanc.
* 1994 (March) : "Oleanna" by David Mamand with Charlotte Gainsbourg (her stage debut) and Maurice Benichou.
* 1994 : Singing tour by Régine.
* 1995 : "La Musica deuxième" with Fanny Ardant and Niels Arestrup.
* 1996 : "Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas" by Pierre-François Martin-Laval and Marina Foïs with Les Robins des Bois and Isabelle Nanty.
* 2002 : "Cravate club" by Fabrice Roger-Lacan, design by Isabelle Nanty with Charles Berling, Edouard Baer

ee also

*Théâtre de la Gaîté

External links

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