Dance of the Vampires question

[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 8/12/03 at 8:59pm

Whats the book to Dance of the Vampires?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/12/03 at 9:02pm

That's the $64,000 question.

[Phantess]

Posted: 8/12/03 at 10:13pm

There's a book?

um Dracula is about Vampires...but not dancing ones. I'm reading the book now for school...it's pretty good.

Posted: 8/12/03 at 10:17pm

It is a shame the book for the American one was so ripped apart. If you can get a synopsis of the German one it is more of a real story.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 8/12/03 at 10:22pm

Honestly, ChristineDaae, I'm not sure what you're asking.

[Sunfish]

Posted: 8/12/03 at 11:46pm

If you are asking if DOTV was based on a novel, no, it was based on a 1960's film, The Fearless Vampire Killers. If you are asking about the script it hasn't been published.

[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 8/13/03 at 1:56pm

When I read the playbill, it says "Book by Jim Steinman, Michael Kunze, & David Ives"

What does this mean?

[CourtneyM]

Posted: 8/13/03 at 2:08pm

they did the score and script

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/13/03 at 3:08pm

The book and the score are separate entities.

Which means "What's the book to Dance of the Vampires?" is STILL the $64,000 question.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 8/13/03 at 4:04pm

The book is the script and lyrics, I believe. The score is the music. If I am wrong, feel free to correct me! :)

[Sunfish]

Posted: 8/13/03 at 4:26pm

Oh I see what you are asking. Take out the songs and what is left is the book....the dialog of the non-sung parts of the show.

[robbiej]

Posted: 8/13/03 at 4:45pm

Although this is a dicey area. The book to FALSETTOS won the Tony, even though there is very little spoken dialoge. I suppose the book is considered the recicative sections and the score (which also took the Tony) are the traditional song sections. But still have no idea. It's very confusing to me.

[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 8/14/03 at 2:58pm

Are you able to buy this "Book"?

[Sonofmamamiasam]

Posted: 8/14/03 at 3:07pm

You might try Amazon or the public library.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 8/14/03 at 9:19pm

EVITA won Best Book also, even though it doesn't have much of any spoken dialogue.

[Sunfish]

Posted: 8/14/03 at 9:22pm

No, the book or the score of DOTV are not available commercially. They sometimes come up on e-bay...I think someone got a copy and started making photocopies, because the same person sold the script over and over again.

[DofB5]

Posted: 8/14/03 at 9:28pm

Be very careful about what you buy on E-bay. I just got a letter from the States attorney office naming me as a “victim” in a bootleg scam from e-bay. They named the people I may have bought something (and since I buy so much and they didn’t say exactly what) from but since they use handles as well, I have no idea as to what it was. A CD or a Vid, I would guess.

Gulp! I was very shaky when I opened the envelope and thank God they aren’t going after me for buying whatever it was!

D

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/14/03 at 9:35pm

That'll be next! They're going after individuals who "share" song files to the tune of $150,000 a pop. Pity they have your home address, oh, bootleg-buyer. Bless your heart if you end up in jail.

[DofB5]

Posted: 8/14/03 at 10:26pm

Thank you for the concern and the blessing, which I'm sure was sincere. May you have an interesting life as well.

D

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/14/03 at 10:33pm

But I do, darling, I've seen The Full Monty.

[Sunfish]

Posted: 8/15/03 at 12:08am

I guess the definition of "the book" isn't as clear cut as it was traditionally. It's easy to identify "the book" of Gypsy!

[etoile]

Posted: 8/15/03 at 12:14am

And by seeing the Full Monty, were you referring the the musical, the movie or just in that BroadwayGuy2 sorta way?

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/15/03 at 12:33am

hey now!


For the record, I have seen both.

[etoile]

Posted: 8/15/03 at 12:41am

Honey, I was oh so subtly offering up three options.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/15/03 at 12:43am

I know.

And I said I have seen both the musical and film. it is a given that I have seen the third... though not as many times as some people here would like to believe. After all, I am not a whore.