Lestat 4/3/06: The Crimson Kiss of Death — Page 2

one other thing, when I went to the box office, the lady at the window warned another father with his child that the show could frighten him because of the darkness, strobe lights, and music. This show wouldn't even scare a mouse. It's just funny. The people at the box office should be warning people more about the subject matter than the scariness itself. This show was much more sexual than I thought, which left me feeling very uncomfortable considering how close I was to the stage.

rentboy - they said that the cast recording would be out before Memorial Day.

Just to add that I saw the show April 1, also, and really enjoyed it. I did not see people leaving after the first Act, (sitting in orch) and the audience responded quite enthusiastically to several of the numbers, both in Act I and Act II. In Act I, "The Thirst", "Right Before My Eyes" "Make Me As You Are" and "Crimson Kiss" were all well received. In Act II "I Want More", "Embrace It", and "Sail Me Away" all got a big applause. And the audience gave an enthusiastic standing ovation as well.

Yes, this show has its flaws, but the audience seemed to enjoy it overall...I know I did.

Oh, and I thought Drew Sarich was just wonderful!

What was so awful about it? I thought it did a good job explaining the mythology of Marius in a creative bit of theatre, and tied together the Theatre of the Vampires theme.

rocker, while I think that Carole, Allison and Drew are all wonderful, I was astounded by the work Jim Stanek and Hugh Panaro do in this show Hugh is on stage almost the entire 2 hours and 45 minutes, and his voice is just THAT good. And Stanek commands so much attention in such an underwritten role. I was captivated by both actors.

"rocker" - to say that the standing ovation was "completely undeserved" is only your opinion. I've been to other shows that had no, or little standing ovation. So are you implying that this audience was just faking it? Mkay, that's just a little silly. You may have not liked the show (hey that's cool, you're entitled to your opinion) but to imply that the rest of the audience didn't (uh, did you poll them or something) is a bit arrogant, don't cha think?

And by the way, those "retarded tourist" that you seem to think you are so far above, poor a lot of money into the city. And no, I'm no tourist, but do have respect for them.

Updated On: 4/4/06 at 10:53 AM

I agree with you Walt, Hugh and Jim do a great job with their undeveloped roles. Hugh is on stage practically the whole show which is amazing. My biggest problem with the show is the book itself. It's so badly written. You don't feel anything for the characters at all. One other problem with the show was Sail Me Away. The song is good, I like it, it's a nice ballad, but completely unexpected in the show. One minute Lestat is screaming "I can not die this way!" and a curtain comes down, and all of the sudden, he's on a boat. It made no sense. It was just very sudden. The sets and lighting were great, the music they played during the "sucking-blood" scenes was great. The show just suffers from bad writing, that's all. The performances were great, yet wasted on such bad material. Lestat was a major disappointment.

"...when I went to the box office, the lady at the window warned another father with his child that the show could frighten him because of the darkness, strobe lights, and music.".

She should be warning people not to waste money on this crap!

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rocker, how can you say in the same thread that Lestat is a "piece of crap" (or agree that it is) and still say that there were performances that deserved standing ovations?

And obviously the comment about the box office staff warning people about the show is crap, but I think everyone should walk into Lestat with an open mind. I was prepared to HATE the show, and there are so many wonderful things about it.

i know that is a bit wrong to say because that would make me a hypocrite but i'm just in a huge state of disappointment. All of the hype actually made the show look great, and the pictures from SF actually looked good. Then, when the show came here everything was different, the sets (some of them), the musical arrangements (not a bad change), and the book (BAD CHANGES!). I was also very mislead by the commercial (trailer). The performers try so hard to put some life into the show (Hugh especially), but the writing is so bad, that they really can't. I actually found myself laughing right after the curtain came up on Hugh kneeling over the dead wolf. In my opinion, this show was a disappointment.

I agree with Walt. There is a lot to love in this show, minus the problems.


And yes there are many people who don't like the show; but there are many people who also loved the show. Don't forget.

"...it was insulting to have paid Broadway prices to have this presented. Not only should they not garner praise, they should be ashamed.".

I agree 100%. This was the worst show I have ever seen and I have seen many, many shows in my lifetime.

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Dear Walt,

I might ask you the same thing. How many times have you posted defending this garbage?

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Yes, Walt, but your substance as to why you like it has been posted many times. I guess I will have to restate my reasons for hating this show. I didn't like it. It had bad acting, bad songs, bad sets, bad script. It was dull and boring. Lestat spoke in a very annoying "sing song" voice. Each song sounded like the one before it. It was a snoozefest. Only "I Want More" woke the audience up from a sound sleep and when that was over, boredom returned. A waste of almost three hours.

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