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| Subject: Re: Hmmm, a trip back up to NY may be in order in 2005.. play tourist...take in a Broadway show... | |
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] Date Posted: 13:26:29 08/24/03 Sun In reply to: Karen 's message, "Hmmm, a trip back up to NY may be in order in 2005.. play tourist...take in a Broadway show..." on 09:38:41 05/07/03 Wed >This looks kind of interesting, although I personally >like a bit of gothic excess: > >Elton John to Bring 'Vampire' to Broadway >Wed May 7, 7:24 AM ET > >By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer > >NEW YORK - No capes, no crosses and definitely no >tap-dancing vampires. Longtime musical collaborators >Elton John and Bernie Taupin are planning to bring >"The Vampire Lestat" to Broadway, and they promise a >production free of gothic excess. > >"It will be dark, sexy and scary, but that doesn't >mean it has to be cliche," Taupin said Tuesday at a >news conference to announce the show. > >The project, based on the character from Anne Rice's >novels, is the first production from Warner Bros. >Theatre Ventures and is scheduled to hit the stage in >2005. John already has two productions on Broadway, >the Disney hits "Aida" and "The Lion King." This is >Taupin's first effort. > >"Bernie and I have been huge fans of Anne Rice's books >for a long, long time," John said, adding that the New >Orleans-based author supported the project and had >heard and approved of the music that has been composed >so far. > >Aside from John, the production has others with Disney >connections. The book is being written by Linda >Woolverton, who wrote the stage version of "Beauty and >the Beast," and it will be directed by Robert Jess >Roth, who was nominated for a Tony award for his >direction of that Disney production. > >John said he expected all the content — music, lyrics, >and book — to be completed by the end of September, >and hoped to have a read-through in November. > >The collaborators said the musical would be based on >three Rice novels — "Interview With the Vampire," "The >Vampire Lestat" and "Queen of the Damned" — with >emphasis on the first two. (A movie version of "Queen >of the Damned" came out last year, starring late >singer Aaliyah as an ancient vampire. Neil Jordan's >1994 film version of "Interview With the Vampire" >starred Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.) > >John said the music he was composing was for an >orchestra and would have no electronic components or >other modern sounds, since the books' settings largely >were from a couple of hundred years ago. > >"I didn't see where any modern music could possibly >come in without sounding ridiculous," he said. > >When asked who could play Lestat, John said whoever it >was would have to have charisma — but most >importantly, would have to be able to sing. "My main >concern is finding people who can sing the songs >properly," he said. > >Broadway's last outing with vampires was the musical >"Dance of the Vampires," based on the Roman Polanski >movie, "The Fearless Vampire Killers." The production >starring Michael Crawford closed in January after only >56 performances and a loss estimated at more than $12 >million. I have been a fan of the vampire stories since I was a child. The movie INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE ruined me for all other vampire movies. I was looking forward to seeing tHE VAMPIRE LESTAT as a movie. LESTAT is my favorite character, his story the best. I only hope that Elton John does him justice. I can only hope that this will lead to a movie and that perhaps Neil Jordan and Stan Winston will reunite and bring the wonderful vampire into the light. As for the play, I need an excuse to go to N.Y. since I have never visited that city. I would go for LESTAT. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |