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''Lestat'' is a Broadway musical inspired by Anne Rice's ''The Vampire Chronicles''. The score is by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, with the book by Linda Woolverton. The musical had a brief run on Broadway in 2006. ==Production history== The musical had a reading in November 2003, with the title ''The Vampire Lestat.'' The reading cast featured James Barbour as Lestat, Jack Noseworthy, Steve Blanchard and Max Von Essen.〔Jones, Kenneth and Hernandez, Ernio. ("Elton John Musical 'Lestat' Will Take a Bite Out of San Francisco in Late 2005" ) playbill.com, March 31, 2005〕 ''Lestat'' premiered at the Curran Theatre, San Francisco, California on December 17, 2005 and closed on January 29, 2006.〔Simonson, Robert. ("Elton John and Bernie Taipan's 'Lestat' To Close on Broadway May 2 8" ) playbill.com, May 23, 2006〕 The musical opened on Broadway at the Palace Theater on March 25, 2006 and closed on May 28, 2006, after 33 previews and 39 performances.〔〔(" 'Lestat' Listing" ) Internet Broadway Database〕 The musical was directed by Robert Jess Roth with musical staging by Matt West. Scenic design was by Derek McLane, costume design by Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, sound design by Jonathan Deans, visual concept design by Dave McKean, and hair design by Tom Watson. The title role of Lestat was played by Hugh Panaro, and the cast starred Carolee Carmello as Gabrielle, Drew Sarich as Armand, Jim Stanek as Louis, Roderick Hill as Nicolas, Michael Genet as Marius, and Allison Fischer as Claudia.〔Saltzman, Simon. ("Review. 'Lestat' " ) curtainup.com, April 20, 2006〕 The choreographer Jonathan Butterell was added to the Broadway creative team "to give his perspective on the staging."〔Jones, Kenneth. ("Ready for Broadway's Jugular, 'Lestat' Swoops In; Elton John Discusses Recent Revisions" ) playbill.com, March 24, 2006〕 Elton John explained that he had written two new songs for the Broadway production: "Right Before My Eyes" and "My Beautiful Boy," for Lestat's mother, Carolee Carmello. He also noted that "The storyline has certainly changed in Lestat."〔 An additional change is that "Lestat typing his memoirs into a laptop, with super titles being shown to the audience, has been abandoned since San Francisco."〔Jones, Kenneth. (" 'Lestat' Takes a Bite Out of Broadway, Opening April 25" ) playbill.com, April 25, 2006〕 The ''CurtainUp'' reviewer noted: "Press reports from out-of-town about songs, characters, scenes and performers being dropped and/or replaced indicated that there was plenty of work to do on this particular incarnation."〔 The pre-Broadway version of ''Lestat'' was very different from the Broadway version. Even though it was the highest-earning pre-Broadway play in San Francisco history (beating out ''Wicked'' and ''Cats''), the company had drastically revised the play. The San Francisco version had far more elaborate stage effects and production values and included projected images illustrating the main character, Lestat's, story. The Broadway version of ''Lestat'' was more interpretive and used fewer projections; it also cut quite a few plot elements. "In Paris", a duet sung by Nicolas and Lestat, was replaced by a number called "In Paris Sequence," which expanded the original "In Paris" lyrics to include Lestat's first arrival in Paris and his first sight of Nicolas's work at the theater. The play-within-a-play at the Vampire theater was changed from the number "Origin of the Species"—which explained the legend of King Enkil and Queen Akasha—to "Morality Play," which treated the relationship between Armand and Marius. The revision completely scrapped any references to The Queen of the Damned; later in previews, Queen Akasha and King Enkil were cut from the show completely. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lestat (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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