DOTV good or bad?

[TheGirlinTheFrock]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:34pm

I havent seen the show but my friend has and it is absolutely her favorite show. Just wondering all of your opinions on it. I read that alot of people listed it on another thread for one of the worst musicals ever. Wondering why its "so bad." So please post away!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:36pm

Dancing vampires and a geriatric Michael Crawford withs tuffed pants.. and the sponge!!


Max Von Essen and Mandy Gonzalez -- FABULOUSNESS

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:38pm

German version? Wonderful.

American version? "Hey, we need more jokes! Bring in the rewrite!"

'Nuff said.

[SammyGal]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:42pm

I never saw it either but some people sware it was good!

BG2, don't forget Liz McCartney and Asa Somers!!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:43pm

but of course

[AnothaPartofMe]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:54pm

Oh come on-- any show that includes "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and models the grave sequence after the Michael Jackson "Thriller" video gets thumbs up in my book.

[Mamie]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 9:15pm

Guilty pleasure? Well, I enjoyed it a lot. VERY funky.

[Benzy92]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 10:04pm

Mandy Gonzalez was the only worthwhile thing in the show.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 10:10pm

i have seen many clips and heard sounds and stuff, and it looked like a good show. i wish that i had gone to see it.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 10:28pm

DOTV? Is that the porno channel? Mine's always scrambled...

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 10:38pm

At a performance of BARE, I struck a conversation with this adorable older couple beside me; they have been seeing musicals for decades and decades. They say they love 99.9999% of what they see. You know how some people just love anything they see on a stage? Well, they HATED "Dance of the Vampires"; they thought it was embarrassingly bad.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 11:20pm

Max von Essen was in it. Need I say more?

[starlyricist]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 11:26pm

thank you Phantom...Mandy was NOT the only good thing about that show...

[Phantom2]

Posted: 7/10/04 at 11:29pm

starlyricist- Great icon!!

[corfriends]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 2:23am

well i saw it, and thoroughly enjoyed it. that could have been because i was expecting it to suck, afterall, dancing vampires? anyway, i really enjoyed it, the music especially.

[mcphan19]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 9:05am

Well at the risk of being called a shill (which I was once when I was hanging around the box office), I loved the show, the score, the cast, the costumes (after the changes - the preview costume Crawford wore was awful, but cool in its weird way - BG2 those tuffed pants were taken out probably sometime in November, I think) the sets, etc. Not to dwell on the things that went wrong and how they could have been prevented (they were unavoidable) I think it was an entertaining show and worth the money I paid the nine times I went.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 12:31pm

oh my gosh 9 times. ok nvm i get it (icon).

[Sunfish]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 2:22pm

I enjoyed it. The score and orchestrations were gorgeous. The sets were lush and all of the musical performances excellent, EVEN Michael Crawford. He still has the pipes, whatever people want to make of his career choices. And the others...Max Von Essen, Mandy Gonzalez, Asa Somers, Liz McCartney, Leah Hocking....I found a whole bunch of performers whose careers I want to follow from just this one show. The danceers may have been portraying vampires but they were wonderful to watch. The ensemble voices were also strong and well-used.

That leaves the book with it's somewhat schitzo character. Some of the jokes were misplaced, but some were quite funny. Personally I had no trouble switching from funny to more serious moments but apparently a lot of people did. In any case, with all of the above treasures, who cares? LOL....

Mind you, I saw it at the end of it's run, and a lot of the criticisms come from the preview periods, where I understand it changed daily. And I'm sure the performances strengthened from the opening since it was changing right up until the last moment. So maybe I saw the very best of the show.

[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 2:34pm

I loved it!! I miss DOTV =*-( I have a demo CD and I always listen to it.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 2:38pm

really? where did get the demo cd? info please!!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 3:14pm

The Music reminded me alot of CARRIE.

The music could be absolutely incredible and absolutely horrid all at the same time.

[Blackangel]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 3:28pm

I hate the Broadway Version of DotV. It isn't the same as it was played in Europe!

[JakeB]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 4:13pm

I actually thought the sets for DOTV on Broadway were pretty poor considering how much they cost. The rising graves were impressive, but that was about it. I also thought the flying was LAME for a show about VAMPIRES.

But it was 'OK' for $20 Front Mezz.

[SMiller]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 6:35pm

I saw the show 3 times. 1 preview, 1 after it opened and closing night. Michael Crawford never got better. I am a Jim Steinman fan so I liked the music. Poor choice to open act 2 with Total Eclipse of the Heart.
I thought the sets were great for that theatre. David Gallo did a wonderful job and I liked the flying. Paul Rubin did a great aerial dance sequence with one female vampire and a few male ones. I agree there could have been more and better flying.
Hated the costumes. Before and after the changes.

SM

[Sally]

Posted: 7/11/04 at 8:13pm

I pretty much agree with the things Sunfish said in his comment. I too saw the show late in its short run and despite having low expectations because of all the negative things I had read about it, I enjoyed it. Maybe the low expectations helped, but I loved the music, thought the "Red Boots Ballet" was beautiful, and didn't really have much trouble with the switching between comedic parts and the serious bits. Some of the jokes were pretty lame, but others made me laugh and also got a good laugh from the audience when I was there.