The free magazine is aimed at audiences and active people aged 14 and over and is published every year in September.
Fifty nine authors of the journal took part in the 2020 survey, choosing the Münchner Kammerspiele under the outgoing artistic director Matthias Lilienthal.
In 2020, the Landestheater Schwaben in Memmingen directed by Kathrin Mädler was considered the most "convincing" theatre work "away from the big centres".
According to the critics, the "outstanding directing contribution to the current development of acting" was made by Johan Simons with Hamlet at the Schauspielhaus Bochum.
As the magazine is published by the Deutschen Bühnenverein, the reporting is mainly concentrated on theatres members of the Association.