Thobi Licensing Agency
Licensing agency dedicated to presenting and representing innovative and compelling works in musical theatre entertainment
Latest titles represented by Thobi Licenses
THIRD SEX, by New York–based composer Adam J. Rineer, is based on the German magazine “Das 3. Geschlecht.” The publication ran for five issues between 1930 and 1932 in Berlin before the Nazis burned down the publishing house.
A solo musical driven by songs that move between anger, loss, and hope. Not a story of heroism, but the testimony of a life that endures in spite of everything.
Audiences experience the birth of a new generation of heroes, shaping a new mythology of crime and marking the beginning of a new century.
Felix dreams of a career in the media but ends up in a call center. Alongside a group of eccentric colleagues, he discovers that a phone sex hotline sells far better than magazines - until the boss uncovers everything. A screwball musical.
The wild adventure of Pönkergüggel Tom and his friends tells the story of Tom the rooster with the striking plumage - a musical for the whole family!
“Charlotte” tells the compelling life story of a trans woman who was not only an artist, but also an extraordinary individual. As a Jewish woman, Charlotte was forced to flee the Nazis in 1934…
Max, in his mid-twenties, breaks free from his conventional life once a month to immerse himself in London’s gay scene - until one night he is beaten and rescued by a stranger.
Gio, a young man from Vorarlberg, is sent from his idyllic home - complete with fiancée and mother - to St. Pauli, where he is tasked with selling his region’s mountain cheese. What follows is a veritable culture clash.
Peter Munk longs to escape his poverty and achieve recognition and fame. His great love, Liesl, seems forever out of reach - and so he sells his heart to the devil…
“Lady by Night” is the story of Nino, who finds himself in a dull same-sex relationship and despite being a vegan working in marketing for a wholesale meat company, both of which leave him deeply frustrated.
Latest titles represented by Thobi Licenses
Gio, a young man from Vorarlberg, is sent from his idyllic home - complete with fiancée and mother - to St. Pauli, where he is tasked with selling his region’s mountain cheese. What follows is a veritable culture clash.
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The Thobi Licensing Agency represents and licenses stage works in the field of musical theatre entertainment from across the German-speaking world as well as the Anglo-American market. Exciting new musicals from New York or London awaiting their German-language premieres can be found here, alongside new works developed in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland that are ready to be brought to the stage as world premieres. In addition, we are pleased to support theatres in search of new musicals, offering guidance and expertise in identifying the right works for their programming.