Bloodsucking Theatre

Nine years after I read in Anne Rice's biography that Elton John wanted to do a musical based on her Vampire Chronicles, Lestat is coming to Broadway. Previews start March 11, and tickets are on sale as of November 13. Stake your claim now to see it with me. Ha ha ha. Ha. Ahem.

 

Not only is Armand (and Marius! and Nicolas! and Louis! and Gabrielle!) in the production, they've cast someone younger than Antonio Banderas to play him. We need only overlook the fact that the actor's surname is Noseworthy. And Marius may actually be played by someone who can act (sorry, Vincent Perez, we still love you). See the cast photos for yourself, in which everyone looks predictably oversexed. Hurrah for they have foregone the rabbit-fangs.

 

Holy crow. And Dave McKean (of Sandman/MirrorMask fame) is Visual Concept Designer.

Lyricist Bernie Taupin says something promising about the show: "We have unified these books into a linear storyline and our intention is to make a stylish, sexy, intelligent and richly hypnotic show that is stripped of gothic clichés and that shows the vampire dealing with his damnation on a more realistic and human level. Please let me make this clear this is NOT a rock opera."

The official website can be found here.