LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
aces25
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/13/04
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#1re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/16/05 at 3:23pmDo they say it will be playing the Palace?
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
Johnnytoc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#3re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/16/05 at 3:31pmAny official news yet if Hugh Panaro Will be doing it?
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#4re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/16/05 at 3:36pm
According to ibdb.com, playbill.com, and broadway.com, there are no offical news of anyone cast in Lestat. But I dont' know how much I trust ibdb.com, because they have the date of when Matty Morrison is leaving wrong.
--korenglish
#5re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/16/05 at 3:38pm
Given that this website compiles every 'official' web story regarding theater pretty much known to man, wouldn't it make sense to guess that if nothing turns up here that there hasn't been an official announcement yet?
broadwaybelter
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/26/04
#7re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/16/05 at 7:20pmThe cast won't be official until after the out of town tryout is over. You know how often actors are replaced between the leap to Broadway...
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#8re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/19/05 at 12:56am
Hugh has confirmed with me that he will be performing the role of Lestat. Rehearsals for Lestat begin at the end of October.
~Rosalynn
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#9re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/19/05 at 12:59ami would not trust ibdb, don't they still have the revivals of the wiz and dreamgirls on their site?
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#10re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/19/05 at 1:04am
Thanks broadwaybaby! I'm not a big fan of vampires, but I will probably see the show just for Hugh Panaro...
--korenglish
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#11re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/19/05 at 1:41am
They have the Palace.
ASU will be gone with the Summer wind.
2 or 3 weeks at the most.
and I think Carolee Carmello and Jim Stanick
are attached
#12re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/19/05 at 2:11amhow do you know this curtainpd? is this true?
#13re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/19/05 at 2:19am
I am thrilled about this production...Vampire musicals haven't been very succesful in recent years, but I firmly believe that Anne Rice's novels' are pretty "vampire cliche" free! With her writings it's would be easier to take a totally different angle on vampires. Rice has an amazing ability to make you feel sorry for those doing aweful things; in turn this will make the leading characters more vulnerable to the audience making the audience/actor relationship and connection a greater possibility. She has the reader feeling for the "vampire" rather than those you should morally feel sorry for. This series of books is truely something awesome, and I can't wait to see what Elton John has done with it.....We'll see, I'm excited!
Later,
Phantom05
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#14re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/20/05 at 12:23am
the cast of ASU have been told
they will try to make it a few more weeks
#15re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/20/05 at 12:35am
Yep. as someone said. We wont really know the offical cast until out of town.
Sweet Charity anyone? Natascia Diaz and Solange Sandy being replaced by Janine LaManna and kyra DaCosta was one of craziest replacements out of town this past season. No one saw that coming. But Janine and Kyra are great!
aegeusrocks
Featured Actor Joined: 3/20/05
#16re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/20/05 at 12:43amWell, there are other shows that could go into the Palace after ASU, rather than LeStat, cpd. Just b/c ASU is closing doesn't mean that LeStat automatically gets it. After all, it doesn't open til mid-April.
Radioactiveduck
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/05
#17re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/20/05 at 2:00amFor stealing Hugh from Phantom, it had better be DAMN good.
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
sweeneytodd2
Featured Actor Joined: 10/28/04
#19re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/20/05 at 12:19pmI don't understand why there are so mandy vampire musicals. Why aren't there creature from the black lagoon musicals or killer doll musicals?
#20re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/20/05 at 12:21pm
CPD, this posting of stuff before press releases is getting kind of ridiculous; I heard something last night, but am I going to post it? No. I mean, you know people aren't going to believe you, plus, if the press release hasn't come yet, then everyone isn't supposed to know.
heh. My friend said something like that last night. She was reading about Lestat, and was like "aren't there *enough* vampire shows? And I mean, they all do badly." But Elton John is writing this score, so I'm psyched.
#21re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/20/05 at 12:49pmhow do you know for sure asu is closing?
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#22re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/22/05 at 3:08pm
Gah! I cant wait till April. Hugh Panaro is da BEST!!!!!!
AHHHHH! I'm seeing Phantom for the 4th time with Hugh as Phantom this Wednesday, the 24th of august! AHHHHHHHHH!
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#23re: LESTAT to open April 13, 2006
Posted: 8/22/05 at 3:19pmcuz vampires are more romanticized than the creature from the black lagoon and killer dolls.
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