Komedija Theatre

{{short description|Croatian theater}}

{{Infobox Theatre

|name = Theatre Komedija
Zagrebačko gradsko kazalište "Komedija"

|image = File:Komedija_Zagreb.JPG

|caption = Theatre building

|address = Kaptol ul. 9

|city =Zagreb

|country = Croatia

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|opened = {{Start date and age|1950|11|01|df=yes}}

|yearsactive = 1950 – present

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|production = TBC

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|website = [http://www.komedija.hr/www/ (Official Website)]

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Komedija Theatre ({{langx|hr|Zagrebačko gradsko kazalište "Komedija"}}) is a theatre in Zagreb, Croatia which specializes in musicals. It was opened in 1950 as a legal successor to the Zagreb Drama Theatre and the Vedri Kerempuh Theatre. Notable pieces that premiered there include the 1971 musical Jalta, Jalta and the first Croatian rock opera Gubec-beg (1981).{{Cite web|url=https://www.teatar.hr/35865/jalta-jalta-zg/|title=Jalta, Jalta (zg)|date=March 8, 2010}}

History

The theater was opened on November 1, 1950 as a merger of two previous theaters and is situated in a building on Kaptol street in the old city centre of Zagreb.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/zagrebacka-komedija-nakon-potresa-i-pandemije-opet-otvara-svoja-vrata-a-ugostit-ce-i-gavellu-foto-20200930|title=Zagrebačka Komedija nakon potresa i pandemije opet otvara svoja vrata, a ugostit će i Gavellu|website=tportal.hr}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.shu.hr/pogodnosti/kazaliste-komedija/|title=Kazalište Komedija|website=Sindikat hrvatskih učitelja}}

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