Lestat the Musical??
Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 11:10 am
taken from the Atlanta Theater Mailing List......
Rice's 'Lestat' to become Elton musical
Tuesday, May 6, 2003 Posted: 2:50 PM EDT (1850 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) -- No capes, no crosses and definitely no tap-dancing vampires.
Longtime musical collaborators Elton John and Bernie Taupin are
planning to bring "The Vampire Lestat" to Broadway, and they promise a production free of gothic excess.
"It will be dark, sexy and scary, but that doesn't mean it has to be
cliche," Taupin said Tuesday at a news conference to announce the show.
The project, based on the character from Anne Rice's novels, is the
first production from Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and is scheduled to hit the stage in 2005. John already has two productions on Broadway, the Disney hits "Aida" and "The Lion King." This is Taupin's first effort.
"Bernie and I have been huge fans of Anne Rice's books for a long, long time," John said, adding that the New Orleans-based author supported the project and had heard and approved of the music that has been composed so far.
Rice's 'Lestat' to become Elton musical
Tuesday, May 6, 2003 Posted: 2:50 PM EDT (1850 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) -- No capes, no crosses and definitely no tap-dancing vampires.
Longtime musical collaborators Elton John and Bernie Taupin are
planning to bring "The Vampire Lestat" to Broadway, and they promise a production free of gothic excess.
"It will be dark, sexy and scary, but that doesn't mean it has to be
cliche," Taupin said Tuesday at a news conference to announce the show.
The project, based on the character from Anne Rice's novels, is the
first production from Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and is scheduled to hit the stage in 2005. John already has two productions on Broadway, the Disney hits "Aida" and "The Lion King." This is Taupin's first effort.
"Bernie and I have been huge fans of Anne Rice's books for a long, long time," John said, adding that the New Orleans-based author supported the project and had heard and approved of the music that has been composed so far.
