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Elton John To Premiere Vampire Musical In San Francisco
04/04/2005 3:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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Elton John's next stage production will have its debut in San Francisco. John and his longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin have been working on Lestat, which is a musical version of the Anne Rice vampire novels. Lestat will open at the Curran Theatre in the fall, with a Broadway run in New York City being planned for next year. John's had great success with the stage musicals Aida and the Lion King, both of which he did with Tim Rice, but this is his first Broadway production with Taupin.
Lestat is drawn from the character Lestat in the Anne Rice vampire novels, which include Interview With The Vampire, the Vampire Lestat, and Queen Of The Damned. When the musical was announced, John said that he thought Interview With The Vampire would make a perfect setting for a musical: "I think that the book is so beautifully written, and there's so many different areas--in Paris, in New Orleans, whatever, the different scenarios at the opera. It is a very visual book. This is a very good subject matter for music. Some books aren't -- this is, I think."
John's got another week of shows left on the current leg of his Las Vegas residency. After that, he'll hit the road for traditional concerts starting April 22 in Milwaukee.
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