Lestat the Musical??

Timelord88 · Post by **Timelord88** » 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.

The Fallen · Post by **The Fallen** » Wed May 07, 2003 11:34 am

oh gag me

Lost Traveler · Post by **Lost Traveler** » Wed May 07, 2003 12:12 pm

ewww and she supports it huh? well I never liked her anyway.

MahoganyDawn · Post by **MahoganyDawn** » Wed May 07, 2003 1:34 pm

*watches the dead horse get beaten again... and again and again...*

celticsmith · Post by **celticsmith** » Wed May 07, 2003 1:39 pm

I was SOOOO looking forward to the tap dancing vampires

ophelia · Post by **ophelia** » Wed May 07, 2003 3:26 pm

*Set the the tune from the Lion King, in my best Elton John voice...*

"Can you suck my blood tonight?..."

JaZilla · Post by **JaZilla** » Wed May 07, 2003 3:37 pm

JaNell · Post by **JaNell** » Wed May 07, 2003 3:40 pm

Lestat:
(sung to the tune of "Send In The Clowns")

"Isn't it strange
Isn't it weird...
For centuries I've drunk straight blood, yet -
I'm still Queer...
Drink down, the blood.
Drink down the blood."

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Wed May 07, 2003 5:11 pm

Jesus Fucking Quincy Adams... :roll:

ReddErin · Post by **ReddErin** » Wed May 07, 2003 7:11 pm

How stupid.

Timelord88 · Post by **Timelord88** » Wed May 07, 2003 8:09 pm

JaZilla wrote:

I've actually seen this play.....it's very very funny......it was performed a few years ago at the A-1 Artspace that was at the corner of Gay Street and Summit Hill on Halloween......