Cusch Jung
Biography
Born in 1958, Cusch Jung began acting in his hometown Kaiserslautern at the age of twelve. His first role was Gustav with the horn in EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES . He decided to become an actor and thoroughly studied drama, song and dance. In 1981 he played his first lead in the European premiere of ANYTHING GOES.
In 1984 Helmut Baumann contracted Cush as soloist to the ensemble of the Theater des Westens, and his Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR was an instant success. He soon became the audience's darling at this traditional musical house, playing, e.g., Jean-Michel in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES and Cliff in CABARET, siding Helen Schneider and Hildegard Knef. In ZUM WEISSEN ROESSL he played Sigismund, in GYPSY Herbie, and in PIRATES he was the King of Pirates. Her performed Tony in the WEST SIDE STORY, appearing in Kassel, Dortmund, Bonn and at the Metropol-Theater Berlin. Other important roles were: Che Guevara in EVITA, Vernon in THEY`RE PLAYING OUR SONG , and Klaus in SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm.
In 1999 Cusch Jung was star attorney Billy Flynn in the successful production of CHICAGO on the stage of the Theater des Westens, the Deutsche Theater München and the Theater in Basel. From 2002 to 2004 he impersonated Harry in the musical MAMMA MIA, and played Rochefort in THE THREE MUSKETEERS in 2005/06.
In 2009 and again 2013 he was the archaeologist-presenter of WALKING WITH DINOSAURS in the german speaking countries.
In 1996 Cush Jung debuted as stage director with ALLES NUR THEATER at the Theater des Westens. He continued in 1999 at the Tribüne producing the German premiere of Neil Simon's A GIRL LIKE THE STAR-SPRANKLED BANNER. In 2000 he staged EVERY LITTLE CROOK AND NANNY, followed by the chorus line arrangements of MEINE HERREN HEUTE SEHEN SIE MICH... in Dessau, and the production of CLAIRE WALDOFF - HER LIFE. Lately Cusch Jung was very successful with the staging of MY FAIR LADY in St. Gallen, performing Higgins himself, with ANATEVKA,CABARET (performing the Conférencier), A NIGHT IN VENICE, and in Rostock, where he put ON THE TOWN on stage as well as in Tecklenburg JEKYLL & HYDE (2007), MOZART (awarded as best short-term-musical 2008 musical-journal Da Capo) and THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO 2011 - 13 in Leipzig (performing Abbe himself).
2010 until 2012 Cusch Jung played "Curtis Shank" in SISTER ACT in the Operettenhaus Hamburg.
At Oper Halle he has been seen as Captain Hook in his production of the German premiere of PETER PAN since 2014. In the same year he staged WEST SIDE STORY at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern.
From the 2015/16 season until 2021/22, Cusch Jung was head director at the Musikalische Komödie Leipzig.
He lent his voice to the adult Simba in the feature film KÖNIG DER LÖWEN, and spoke and sang the princes in the animated feature films of DÄUMELINE and SCHWANENPRINZESSIN.
He can also be heard in the feature films BUBE, DAME, KÖNIG, SPION and DER MEDICUS (Merlin).
He has also made a name for himself in the industry as a dubbing music director for various children's and young people's television programmes (e.g. LAZY TOWN, MARTHA SPRICHT, LITTLE PEOPLE etc.).
In 1984 Helmut Baumann contracted Cush as soloist to the ensemble of the Theater des Westens, and his Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR was an instant success. He soon became the audience's darling at this traditional musical house, playing, e.g., Jean-Michel in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES and Cliff in CABARET, siding Helen Schneider and Hildegard Knef. In ZUM WEISSEN ROESSL he played Sigismund, in GYPSY Herbie, and in PIRATES he was the King of Pirates. Her performed Tony in the WEST SIDE STORY, appearing in Kassel, Dortmund, Bonn and at the Metropol-Theater Berlin. Other important roles were: Che Guevara in EVITA, Vernon in THEY`RE PLAYING OUR SONG , and Klaus in SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm.
In 1999 Cusch Jung was star attorney Billy Flynn in the successful production of CHICAGO on the stage of the Theater des Westens, the Deutsche Theater München and the Theater in Basel. From 2002 to 2004 he impersonated Harry in the musical MAMMA MIA, and played Rochefort in THE THREE MUSKETEERS in 2005/06.
In 2009 and again 2013 he was the archaeologist-presenter of WALKING WITH DINOSAURS in the german speaking countries.
In 1996 Cush Jung debuted as stage director with ALLES NUR THEATER at the Theater des Westens. He continued in 1999 at the Tribüne producing the German premiere of Neil Simon's A GIRL LIKE THE STAR-SPRANKLED BANNER. In 2000 he staged EVERY LITTLE CROOK AND NANNY, followed by the chorus line arrangements of MEINE HERREN HEUTE SEHEN SIE MICH... in Dessau, and the production of CLAIRE WALDOFF - HER LIFE. Lately Cusch Jung was very successful with the staging of MY FAIR LADY in St. Gallen, performing Higgins himself, with ANATEVKA,CABARET (performing the Conférencier), A NIGHT IN VENICE, and in Rostock, where he put ON THE TOWN on stage as well as in Tecklenburg JEKYLL & HYDE (2007), MOZART (awarded as best short-term-musical 2008 musical-journal Da Capo) and THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO 2011 - 13 in Leipzig (performing Abbe himself).
2010 until 2012 Cusch Jung played "Curtis Shank" in SISTER ACT in the Operettenhaus Hamburg.
At Oper Halle he has been seen as Captain Hook in his production of the German premiere of PETER PAN since 2014. In the same year he staged WEST SIDE STORY at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern.
From the 2015/16 season until 2021/22, Cusch Jung was head director at the Musikalische Komödie Leipzig.
He lent his voice to the adult Simba in the feature film KÖNIG DER LÖWEN, and spoke and sang the princes in the animated feature films of DÄUMELINE and SCHWANENPRINZESSIN.
He can also be heard in the feature films BUBE, DAME, KÖNIG, SPION and DER MEDICUS (Merlin).
He has also made a name for himself in the industry as a dubbing music director for various children's and young people's television programmes (e.g. LAZY TOWN, MARTHA SPRICHT, LITTLE PEOPLE etc.).
Publications
News
JEKYLL & HYDE
Theatre
Staatstheater Meiningen
Premiere 6.12.2024
Spielzeit 2024/25
Theatre Directing
2024
Jekyll & Hyde
(John Utterson)
Staatstheater Meiningen
dir.: Cusch Jung
auch Choreographie
Liebe, Mord und Adelspflichten
Theater Plauen Zwickau
dir.: Cusch Jung
Plauen & Zwickau
2023/2024
CRAZY FOR YOU
(Zangler)
Oper Graz
dir.: Cusch Jung
2023
Der Mann von La Mancha
(Don Quijote)
Heidelberger Schlossfestspiele
dir.: Cusch Jung
Anatevka
Musikalische Komödie
dir.: Cusch Jung
Leipzig
2022/23
Der Graf von Monte Christo
(Abbe Faria)
Staatstheater Meiningen
dir.: Cusch Jung
Bullets over Broadway
(Nick Valenti)
Musikalische Komödie
dir.: Cusch Jung
Leipzig
2022
La Bohème
Volkstheater Rostock
dir.: Cusch Jung
ME AND MY GIRL
Musikalische Komödie
dir.: Cusch Jung
Leipzig
Maskarade (Nielsen)
Oper Leipzig
dir.: Cusch Jung
2021/2023
Sweeney Todd
Musikalische Komödie
dir.: Cusch Jung
Leipzig
2020
The Pirats (of Penzance)
Wuppertaler Bühnen
Spiel mir eine alte Melodie
Musikalische Komödie im Felsenkeller
Leipzig
My Fair Lady WA (ausgesetzt)
(Henry Higgins)
Festspiele Bad Hersfeld
dir.: Cusch Jung
Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten
(der Moderator)
Musikalische Komödie im Felsenkeller
dir.: Cusch Jung
Leipzig
Jesus Christ Superstar
(Pontius Pilatus)
Musikalische Komödie im Westbad
dir.: Cusch Jung
Leipzig
Kiss of the Spider Woman
(der Gefängnisaufseher)
Musikalische Komödie im Westbad
dir.: Cusch Jung
Leipzig
2019/20
Spiel' mir eine alte Melodie
Musikalische Komödie im Westbad
dir.: Cusch Jung
Leipzig
2019
Jesus Christ Superstar
(Pontius Pilatus)
Staatstheater Augsburg
dir.: Cusch Jung
2018/19
On the town
Musikalische Komödie
Leipzig
2018
The Girl of the Golden West
Oper Leipzig
Casanova (Lortzing)
Musikalische Komödie
Leipzig
Doktor Schiwago
Musikalische Komödie
Leipzig
2017/2020
My Fair Lady
Oper Wuppertal
dir.: Cusch Jung
2017-2020
LoveMusik
(Bertolt Brecht)
Musikalische Komödie Leipzig
dir.: Cusch Jung
Leipzig
2016/17
My Fair Lady
(Henry Higgins)
Festspiele Bad Hersfeld
dir.: Cusch Jung
2016
Die Piraten
(Piratenkönig)
Musikalische Komödie Leipzig
dir.: Cusch Jung
Leipzig
Dracula
Musikalische Komödie Leipzig
dir.: Cusch Jung
2015
My Fair Lady
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
dir.: Cusch Jung
2014
West Side Story
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
dir.: Cusch Jung
Peter Pan
Bühnen Halle
dir.: Cusch Jung
2013/2023
The Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas)
(Abbe Faria/Jacobo)
Musikalische Komödie Leipzig
dir.: Cusch Jung
2012
A Night in Venice (Johann Strauss)
Theater St. Gallen
dir.: Cusch Jung
The Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas)
(Abbe Faria/Jacobo)
Musikalische Komödie Leipzig
dir.: Cusch Jung
2011
On the town (Leonard Bernstein)
Volkstheater Rostock
dir.: Cusch Jung
choreography
2010-2022
Jekyll & Hyde (Wildhorn/Bricusse)
Musikalische Komödie Leipzig
dir.: Cusch Jung
choreography
2008
Mozart
Freilichtbühne Tecklenburg
dir.: Cusch Jung
best short-term-musical in 2008
2007/08
Cabaret
(the emcee)
Theater St. Gallen
dir.: Cusch Jung
2007
Jekyll & Hyde (Musical) (Wildhorn/Bricusse)
Freilichtspiele Tecklenburg
dir.: Cusch Jung / Claudio Bueno
choreography
2005
On the town (Leonard Bernstein)
Volkstheater Rostock
dir.: Cusch Jung / Claudio Bueno
also choreography
Fiddler on the Roof (Stein/Bock/Harnick)
Theater St. Gallen
dir.: Cusch Jung / Claudio Bueno
choreography
2004
Kiss me, Kate (Cole Porter)
Freilichtspiele Tecklenburg
dir.: Cusch Jung / Claudio Bueno
choreography
2003-2004
My Fair Lady (Loewe/Lerner)
(Prof. Higgins)
Theater St. Gallen
dir.: Cusch Jung / Claudio Bueno
2002
A Girl like the Star-Sprankled Banner (Neil Simon)
Komödie im Bayerischen Hof
dir.: Cusch Jung
Munich
2000
Claire Waldoff-Ihr Leben
Tribüne
dir.: Cusch Jung
Berlin
Every little crook and Nanny (Evan Hunter)
Hansa-Theater
dir.: Cusch Jung
Berlin
Meine Herren, heute sehen Sie mich Gläser abwaschen
Kurt Weill Festival Dessau
dir.: Cusch Jung
1999
A Girl like the Star-Sprankled Banner (Neil Simon)
Tribüne
dir.: Cusch Jung
Berlin
1996
Alles nur Theater! (Hans-Christian Lange)
Theater des Westens
Berlin
1995
revues, specials
Theater des Westens
own choreographies
videotaping by the SFB
Berlin
Voice-Over and Dubbing Directing
2001
Cradle Will Rock (Tim Robbins)
Berliner Synchron
dir.: Synchronregie: Cusch Jung