!!!Bürgertheater

Buergertheater, former playhouse in the 3%%sup rd/%  district of 
Vienna, inaugurated in 1905; converted into an operetta stage in 1910 
(composer in residence of the Buergertheater E.  Eysler, from 1926 
revue operettas); temporarily closed during World War II; associated 
with the Theater in der Josefstadt and managed by F.  Stoss in 1945 
(performances of popular plays); efforts made in 1953 to take a new 
direction under the name of "Broadway Stage" failed. The 
Buergertheater was demolished in 1960 and the site was used for the 
new headquarters of the Central Savings Bank of the Municipality of 
Vienna.


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