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Lestat

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In 18th-century France, dissolute young nobleman Lestat de Lioncourt is transformed into a vampire by the ancient Magnus. Gifted with immortality but cursed with an insatiable thirst for blood, Lestat journeys through centuries — from revolutionary Paris to the modern world — seeking companionship and meaning. He creates a vampire daughter, Claudia, with fellow vampire Louis, but their dark family unravels as Claudia…

Opened
2006
Performances
39
Type
Musical
Era
Modern
Music: Elton JohnLyrics: Bernie TaupinBook: Linda Woolverton

Productions1 on Broadway

2006 Palace Theatre Original. April 25, 2006 · Robert Jess Roth 39 performances

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Recordings 3 albums held

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In the literature9 passages

Lestat (2006), based on the Anne Rice vampire novels, was a failure. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p206

Lestat (2006; 39 performances). book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p98

He also created the title role of Lestat in 2006, a five-week flame-out and one of three disastrous musicals about vampires that opened on Broadway during the early years of the new century. book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p405

Only Lestat failed to connect with critics and audiences. book:cambridge-companion-to-the-musical-cambridge-companions-to-music-the-the-cambrid#p379

It's Not Easy Being Green (Shows in which significant characters were, at some point, green): Wicked, Seascape, Avenue Q, Tarzan and The Pillowman. Also: The Wedding Singer had a song titled “All About the Green.” The Colors of My Life: The Color Purple, Woman in White. Also: Ring of Fire contained a song “The Man in B… book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-1-2005-may-31-2006-viagas-robert-second-annu#p13

The benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS was a sold-out celebration of theater and cabaret crooners singing everything from Loesser to Lestat. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-third-annual-edition-viagas-robert-3rd-annual-ed-#p465

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