Aug. 24th, 2005
Bloody good show
Aug. 24th, 2005 12:13 pmAnyone else hear about this one?
AP-NEW YORK -- "Lestat," a musical inspired by novelist Anne
Rice's best-selling "Vampire Chronicles," will have its world
premiere December 17 at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco.
The show is a first for the songwriting team of Elton John and Bernie
Taupin, but John's third Broadway musical, following "The Lion
King" and "Aida." Hugh Panaro ("Les Miserables," "Side
Show") stars in the title role.
"Lestat" is scheduled to play San Francisco through January 29,
2006, before opening on Broadway in March 2006, according to the show's public
relations representative, Wayne Wolfe.
Elton John and Bernie Taupin? Uncharacteristic material for those two, I'd say.