A Musical Author — Up Close And Personal

In the fol­low­ing mini video inter­views, Michael Kunze answers a series of per­sonal ques­tions and chats about his expe­ri­ences with the musi­cal the­ater world.

Video Series #1 — The Questions:

1. What was your expe­ri­ence in work­ing with some­one as eccen­tric as Roman Polan­ski?
2. Isn’t it easy to sim­ply trans­late an exist­ing suc­cess musi­cal into your native lan­guage? What are the dif­fi­cul­ties you might encounter with such a project?
3. How much con­trol would stars like Andrew Lloyd Web­ber and Tim Rice claim over a foreign-language adap­tion of their work?
4. Did you ever expe­ri­ence any acci­dents dur­ing the per­for­mance of a drama musi­cal?
5. Do you fight with your direc­tors over cre­ative deci­sions?
6. What was the worst thing that ever hap­pened to you in con­nec­tion with your drama musi­cals?
7. How do you find all your fan­tas­tic tal­ent? Do you work with a cast­ing com­pany? Usu­ally, how many actors get rejected before you pick your star?

Video Series #2 — The Questions

8. What do you like best about an Amer­i­can audi­ence? How do US the­ater goers dif­fer from Ger­man or Euro­pean fans?
9. What are your favorite Amer­i­can musi­cals?
10. Why did you study story-telling with an Amer­i­can teacher? Aren’t there any experts in the Old Coun­try?
11. What are your 3 favorite US movies?
12. What music do you play when you’re home and relax­ing?
13. What’s your favorite cui­sine or restau­rant?
14. Wow! What’s the story on the new pop ora­to­rium “The Ten Commandments”?