„That’s Life – The Sinatra-Musical“ is about Sinatra’s incomparable career. In impressive tableaus, it shows his rise to fame, but also addresses the dark side of his glamorous life. Culminating in Las Vegas-style show tableaus, the musical presents “Frankie Boy’s” greatest hits and takes viewers back to the legendary time of swing and big bands. „That’s Life“ celebrated its world premiere at the theater on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin on the occasion of Frank Sinatra’s 105th birthday and has since been on a major tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The major challenge in the artistic creation of this show was to rethink Frank’s life and performance aesthetics in the terms of modern-day show production and viewing habits while at the same time retaining musical theatre aesthetics.
With a specific focus on the production of the costume and the shows setup on stage (cueing, leading rehearsals, managing backstage processes during the show), we were able to give ‘theatrical’ flesh to the ‘musical’ bones of this tremendous legacy.
PRODUCER Oliver Forster
SHOW DIRECTOR Stefan Warmuth
CREATIVE PRODUCER Andy Machals
CHOREOGRAPHER Amy Share-Kissiov
CO-CHOREOGRAPHER Stojan Kissiov
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Thimo Kolonko
MUSICAL DIRECTOR Gerald Meier
SET DESIGNER Manfred Waba
LIGHTING DESIGNER Leo Herrmann
LIGHTING PROGRAMMER Ricardo Cabrinha
VIDEO DESIGNERS Haegar Deutsch
COSTUME DESIGNER Stephan Bolz
HEAD DRESSER Olivera Blagojevic
HAIR & MAKE UP DESIGNER Susan „Suz“ Weber
Photo Credits: Dita Vollmond, Andy Machals (Instagram:@andymachals).
COFO Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG
Classical musical about the life and work of Frank Sinatra.
Creative Production, Stage Manager, Deputy Dead of Costume (Quality Control & Process Management)
7 January 2020 (Theater am Potsdamer Platz, Berlin)