Dance of The Vampires.......WOW

unmasked they do the show in German in both Germany and Austria.
It was originally done in Vienna, where I saw it in 1998.
It was translated into English for Broadway.
While not popular here, it is still running in Germany, and about, I believe to be redone in Austria.

I loved it when I saw it, and am sorry I never got to see it on Broadway

Having been in the Army in Germany, I can tell you they do NOT do musicals in English just cause we have forces there, except in the small theater centers on base.

shows are often translated into the native tongue of a country if being producted there. RENT has been done in German, Spanish, Italian, Icelandic, and now in Montreal in French....and probably more I do not know about.

I own many german productions (POTO, Evita, Joseph, etc...and I have Titanic in German coming)

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Because this is going to start everyone on their, "I HATED DOTV"
rants.

Let's just let it lay folks. Better off un-dead....

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That's why it's nice to be an American

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I went to the show expecting to hate it but I honestly LOVED it. I thought the sets, choreography, and the music were INCREDIBLE - I was shocked that it closed so soon.

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I loved it actually

I initially had no intention of seeing it since I'm at the end of my rope with horror musicals, but when word of a disaster spread I began to reconsider. When the pans came out, I knew this was one of those "so bad it's good" moments we are treated to on occasion. And the thought of witnessing Michael Crawford disgrace himself all over a Broadway stage for two-and-a-half hours was irresistable.

I got a great seat at the TKTS booth and had a wonderful time.

I wish they made a cast recording of this! I love Mandy Gonzalez and Max Von Essen.

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It succeeded as mindless entertainment. It was nowhere near the train wreck the critics said it was. Metro - there was a train wreck

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Phan, you should have seen the Vienna (and for that matter the Hamburg) production. This took Vienna by storm, playing at the same time as Elisabeth, the musical about the life of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria........While I liked, and saw, both...Tanz moved me more.

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i saw it closing day on bway
the show was a mess
everything about it was great on its own
good campy humor
fun sets
really interesting choreography
a strong cast
and music i adore
buttttt, it didnt work together
the problem was mr crawford
he had creative control over teh script and took what was a serio-comedy in teh original german... a musical that has one award after award and garnered roman polanski theatrical acclaim
he took that, and tried to use it to parody his role in phantom. david ives, who is credited for the book, complained later taht he was basically taking dictation
crawford thought of a joke, he had ives put it in
the music is amazing, for what it is... over the top, rock-operatic melodramatic shtuff. composer/lyricist jim steinman is most recognized for essentially creating bonnie tyler and meat loaf, as he produced and composed and wrote their mega hits--holding out for a hero and total eclipse of eth heart for tyler; bot bat out of hell albums for meat loaf--and also wrote celine dions super hit, it's all coming back to me now.
he also did teh lyrics for webber's whistle down teh wind... so you'd think he'd be in greta shape, musically speaking.
i love teh music, adore it.... or cant u tell
thsi was a show that had everything going for it, but nothing worked together
a melodramatic score CLASHES with rocky horro camp
anne rice meets "scary movie" wa sjust not a good production route
but i loved that performance. i had a great time.


sry 'bout typos

Wow. I have the complete score to this show and a poster proudly on my wall - I unabashedly love it.

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