Molnár, Daniel
Daniel Molnár is a theatre historian focused on theatre entertainment in Central Europe. Starting his career as a performance artist, he went on to obtain a clown degree in 2005 and a PhD in history in 2017. He has curated three exhibitions about the former Budapest nightlife; in February 2019, his latest, Red Stars – Showbusiness during Hungarian Stalinism and the socialist revues, opened in the National Szechenyi Library accompanied by a monography of the same title. After working for the Budapest Operetta Theatre in season 2016/17, he moved to Berlin where he did his practice in stage directing at the Komische Oper in May 2019.
ORCID: 0000-0002-3338-3998
Veröffentlichungen bei WAXMANN:
Klang der Berge?
Populäres Musiktheater und Musikfilm zwischen Weltflucht, Alpenmythos und Gipfelsturm
2025, 236 Seiten, broschiert, 34,90 €, ISBN 978-3-8309-4999-2
Reckoning and Framing
Current Status and Future Prospects of Hungarian Ethnography in the 21st Century
2022, 366 Seiten, broschiert, 39,90 €, ISBN 978-3-8309-4629-8
Popular Music Theatre under Socialism
Operettas and Musicals in the Eastern European States
1945 to 1990
2020, 236 Seiten, broschiert, 34,90 €, ISBN 978-3-8309-4248-1