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• BBC News: Critics Lay Into Elton's Musical

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4941488.stm
  Sir Elton John's vampire musical Lestat has had its Broadway premiere, but has been savaged by critics. Includes video clips from the show.

• BroadwayWorld.com: Lestat Cast to Head Into Recording Studios

  http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=9786
  Performers from Lestat will record a cast album at Mercury Records Studio on May 22, 2006.

• BroadwayWorld.com: Photo Flash: Cast Announced for Lestat, Show to Tryout in San Francisco in December

  http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=4512
  An article offering biographies on the creative team for the musical.

• BroadwayWorld.com: Photo Flash: Lestat, Set for Broadway Previews

  http://boston.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=8224
  Elton John and Bernie Taupin's vampire musical Lestat, based on books by Anne Rice, is now set to begin Broadway previews on March 25th. Includes photos.

• BroadwayWorld.com: Photo Flash: Pre-Broadway Engagement of Lestat

  http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=6498
  Offers publicity photos from the pre-Broadway tryout production of "Lestat".

• Elton's Vampire Musical Sucks

  http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/eltons-vampire-musical-sucks-critics/2006/04/27/1145861488362.html
  Critics say Elton John's vampire musical was 'bloody awful,' 'sucked of life' and was the 'kiss of death'. By Claudia Parsons.

• FT.com: Lestat, Palace Theatre, New York

  http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9134e034-d483-11da-a357-0000779e2340.html
  If Lestat is regrettably inconsistent as a standard entertainment, it retains a certain pop-cultural resonance. By Brendan Lemon.

• Lestat Lines Up Events in New York, Including Benefit

  http://dc.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=8744
  With the opening of Lestat, a multitude of events will be held all around Manhattan throughout the month of April, 2006.

• Lestat: Die Young, Live Forever, Make Bad Musicals

  http://chicago.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=9382
  Lestat, based on Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, is one of those unfortunate occurrences where a talented group of artists make fine contributions to material that is just too underwritten and dull to stand a chance. By Michael Dale.

• New York Times: Lestat Review

  http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/theater/reviews/26lest.html
  Joining the ranks of Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata and other prescription lullaby drugs is "Lestat," a musical sleeping pill.

• Photo Coverage: 'Lestat' Cast in the Studio

  http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=9866
  The cast of Lestat recorded their original Broadway cast album at Sony Studios. Based on Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, Lestat is the first theatrical score from the songwriting team of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

• Photo Coverage: Opening Night of Lestat

  http://westend.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=9228
  Lestat, the Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical based upon Anne Rice's The Vampires Chronicles, opened on April 25th.

• Photo Flash: Lestat in Previews

  http://westend.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=9051
  Lestat, the inaugural production of Warner Brothers Theatre Ventures, is currently in previews at the Palace Theatre where it will open on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.

• Taking the First Bite

  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/18/PKGQ1G4VV41.DTL&feed=rss.entertainment
  Freelance writer Ron Dicker offers his opinion on the vampire musical "Lestat", the creative team behind it and its chances for success.

• The New Yorker: Vampires In Tights

  http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/05/01/060501ta_talk_seabrook
  After three years of writing, casting, and rehearsing, “Lestat” had a Christmastime tryout in San Francisco, where, by almost unanimous critical consensus, it was a disaster.

• The Vampire Lestat has Settled in San Francisco. And He's Singing in a New Musical. Quick! Someone Fetch the Garlic and a Wooden Stake!

  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/10/DDGCQGKMFA1.DTL&hw=lestat&sn=001&sc=1000
  San Francisco Chronicle theater critic Robert Hurwitt analyses the many problems he sees in Elton John and Bernie Taupin's latest musical.

• Theage.com.au: Elton's Vampire Musical Seeks New Blood

  http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/eltons-vampire-musical-seeks-new-blood/2006/02/08/1139074263645.html
  The play cancels its first two weeks of preview performances in New York as it looks to restructure the production after receiving poor off-Broadway reviews. Includes photo.

• USA Today.com: Lestat Proves Syrup Is Thicker Than Blood

  http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/reviews/2006-04-25-lestat_x.htm
  There's no love like a mother's love, especially if your mom happens to be a vampire. By Elysa Gardner.

• USAToday.com: Vampire Musical 'Lestat,' Closing Saturday

  http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/news/2006-05-23-lestat-closing_x.htm
  They're driving a stake through the heart of Lestat. The $10 million Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical inspired by Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles will close Sunday after a disappointing run of 39 performances.

• Vampires, The Musical Kiss Of Death

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/25/AR2006042502251.html
  Dear Broadway: I'm not sure how to put this, but, well, the fixation with singing vampires? It has to stop. I mean, give the bloodsucker a ballad, and it's his show that joins the walking dead. By Peter Marks. May require free registration.

 

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