In 1995, Kröger was cast by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber to star as Joe Gillis in the German-language premiere of "Sunset Boulevard" in Niedernhausen. In 1997, he was offered the role of the Beast in the German premiere of the Disney musical "Die Schöne und das Biest" ("Beauty and the Beast" in English) in Stuttgart. He then went on to play the role of the Emcee in "Cabaret" in Vienna before he returned to "Miss Saigon" (again as Chris) in Stuttgart.