LESTAT - The New Carrie! — Page 6

The ending in SF was alright, simply because I liked the song tune. I was completely confused as to what had just happened when the show ended though.

What I DID like were the individual solos and having all the main characters come together in spirit at the end. And the minute or so where they all sang their own thing was very cool, and the lyrics were actually good in that segment! But other than that it did desperately need a new ending.

I do hope the show lasts long enough for me to at least see it, and also for them to make a cast album. So I can listen to Drew over and over. =)

Monday night's house was about 3/4 full for Act I and about 1/2 full for Act II. There were a few people who stood at curtain call in the front mezz, but it was mostly polite applause (except for Claudia who got a huge response).

FYI, they're "pre-selling" the cast album, so I'm guessing they're planning on recording regardless of what happens to the show (one of the benefits of having Elton John write your score).

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Also there Monday night.

Claudia was the highlight.

House looked full from where I was sitting (horrible second row seats, VERY high stage). They had tickets available at the TKTS booth, I saw few empty seats, but more after intermission. A woman and daughter next to us left at intermission, but the girl was 11 - maybe not the right age for this show IMO...

Okay, a few things...

- To the first post of this thread....I can't believe that half of what's opening or on Broadway right now is on Broadway.

"It should be clear that, unless it's on a small scale, vampire musicals will be laughed out of American theatre. So take "Lestat" elsewhere, with some reworking, and it would probably be a big success."

- I don't entirely know what this says about America, lol. In regards to Dance of the Vampires, Tanz Der Vampire is an ENTIRELY different production in every aspect, from the make-up all the way to the orchestrations; it is remotely possible to tell that they are even the same show, lol. In terms of Dracula I would agree with anyone that said it was a big piece of junk. I loved the original novel and the history of the topic, but even being well versed in the topic didn't help me understand that clunker at all. I saw the original at La Jolla, as well as the Broadway production in and after previews...It always had problems. Saying that Vampire musicals will ALWAYS be laughed off of a "large American stage" is crap! It just depends on how well the "vampire" story is adapted and executed. I can about guarantee that if someone would construct a good musical about vampires, that US audiences would flaunt. Considering that every one of them up until this point has been junk, your comment isn't valid.

- As for Lestat, the San Fran premier was just boring, and there is no other word for it. I have yet to see what the Lestat kitchen is cultivating on Broadway right now, but in regards to the changes, I have heard that there were a lot, so we'll see...I am looking forward to seeing it again. I also don't agree that Hugh Panaro was mis-cast, but more that the entire show was just "mis-written." The material in SF was really long and boring, and I personally felt bad for the talented cast having to work with the material that they did! I still, however, can't wait to see the changes in the NY production!

Tootles!

Phantom05

P.S.
If DAVID IVES,
Rando and Carrafa,
wouldn't screwed it into
the ground and Stage Holding
had produced it, Tanz der Vampire
would have had an amazing AMAZING premier..Just my feelings, lol!

BYE!

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Ken,

You're awfully negative. My friend and I were in the third row and we saw everything just fine!

The song "Nothing Here" should be the title of the show! Please, if people feel they must part with $100 plus, just send it on to me. I could really use it.

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jimnysf, you've got to be kidding me. You can't come up with a more intelligent post than that?

Without A Trace, here you go:

Act One
From the Dead
Beautiful Boy
In Paris
The Thirst
Right Before My Eyes
Make Me As You ARe
To Live Like This
Morality Play
The Crimson Kiss

Act Two
Welcome to the New World
Embrace It
I Want More
I'll Never Have That Chance
Sail Me Away
To Kill Your Kind
Embrace It (rep)
After All This Time
From the Dead (finale)

Point taken.

Well, the playbill has "From the Dead (finale)" listed, but that must have been cut very close to the first preview, because "After All This Time" is the last song, at least that I remember.

Someone mentioned a pier.. which I don't remember from San Francisco.

Is Marius' every line still a joke? I remember every line he had to be so damn annoying.

I doubt this show stays open till June

LOL, yes, I'm a 5 foot 3 NBA player.

. And I agree with Eponine...what a revelation it would have been to see Drew as the rockstar Lestat!

I was just about to ask if Drew ever got to go on as Lestat, but I guess we would've heard about it otherwise. (Plus, a full week hadn't finished before he had the baton passed to -- well, more like thrown at -- him from Noseworthy.)

He would've been really interesting, I think. If he puts out another solo album, may I request in advance he adds a Lestat song on there?

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