Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
PoisonOnHisLips
Swing Joined: 6/20/06
#0Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 7:29pm
Is it likely that any normal theatres will have Lestat the musical at some point?
And... is there a soundtrack for the musical?
#1re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 7:32pm
I doubt that Lestat will make its way into community/regional theatres.
And, it's a cast recording. (I'm just sayin', better for me to telly ou than someone else.)
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#2re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 7:33pm
Canceled?? You ARE kidding, aren't you?
Other "canceled" shows that are leading healthy lives in regional theatre: Footloose, Seussical, Ragtime, Parade, Aida...seriously. There is a very long list.
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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#3re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 7:35pm
"Normal" theatres.
LOL.
#4re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 7:35pmLizzie, I have had so many HEADDESKS in the past few minutes that I think I feel a migraine coming on. This is why I stick Off Topic.
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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Act4ever
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/04
#5re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 7:39pmLizzie you took the words right out of my mouth.
#6re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:40pmMaybe the Circle Theatre in Illinois will do it. They seem to only like to do flops. They're doing "Sweet Smell of Success" right now.
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#7re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:42pm
"Is it likely that any normal theatres will have Lestat the musical at some point?"
No. No normal theatre would be dumb enough.
#8re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:45pm
VOCABULARY WORD FOR POISION ON HIS LIPS-
Professional theatre- a theatre the hosts national tours and actos with professional credentials
I'm sure someone else can elaborate.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#9re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 8:45pmI love Sweet Smell of Success...I know random, but just saying.
#10re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:26pmTehe tht was Amusing
#11re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:49pm
It's hard to say, but I feel it's unlikely.
While many shows prove to have a relatively healthy life after flopping on Broadway because people fall in love with the cast album ("Baker's Wife", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Rags", "Working", etc.), "Lestat" has many huge obstacles.
It's very costume heavy (300 years or so's worth). Scenery you can skimp on if you have great costumes.
So, you've just ruled out most small and amateur theater groups. The only ones left would be college theaters.
And I don't see Elton John or Bernie Taupin being the way Stephen Schwartz is, encouraging smaller productions of his flops for the chance to keep working on it.
#12re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:55pmWell said, sondheimboy. I don't think Lestat has necessarily disappeared? But I don't think we'll see very much of it. There isn't enough substance to it for an adequate scaled down production, which knocks out a lot of the possibilities.
TheEnchantedHunter
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/27/05
#13re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:00pm
I'm sure somewhere down the line some idiot or group of idiots who believe LESTAT was underappreciated and the greatest musical ever written will start a writing campaign on Broadwayworld, insisting on its revival, like CARRIE. Or some brain-dead producer will rent out the York theater for a one-night-only concert/benefit of LESTAT at the York with second-rate Broadway performers in the hopes that investors will recognize a masterpiece for what it is and transfer the show to Broadway. This is why New York musical theater is a dinosaur lumbering to its death. Please, God, let it happen soon so we can move on to the next epoch.
Allison MacKenzie
Peyton Place, New Hampshire
#14re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:08pmChess closed after 68 performances, and the rights are available. Moose Murders closed after only one performance and it is available. So, in answer to your question, "Eh, maybe."
#15re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:37pmUm. Wow. This is my favorite thread of the day. Thank you.
#16re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:58pmThe initial run of CHESS was also a huge flop, but it has since found life in regional theatre (albeit in a "revised" form). I doubt the LESTAT folks will bother to "fix" the show (since the main problem was the score, and Elton John reportedly refused to change any of it even after the disasterous out-of-town tryout), but I'm sure a quixotic regional producer will take a chance on it at some point.
#17re: Will Lestat Ever Be In Non-Broadway Theatres Since It's Canceled?
Posted: 6/21/06 at 12:16amIt sure would be interesting in the round.
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