Elton John has a new musical coming to Broadway this Spring. It is Lestat, yes the one that Anne Rice writes about in her vampire chronicles. I've been following the process for several months by web sites and articles and so on since it was first announced and into the try outs in San Fransisco. To my excitement broadway.com has a video diary which will carry the show from now until it opens on May. There are interviews with the stars, the director, the creative team and procucers. Go to the Lestat Video Diary, check it out and keep up with what is going on. Very interesting stuff.
If you go to the official Lestat Musical web site you can hear some of the demos of the songs. It sounds pretty good. After Aida, any musical written by Elton John I will happily listen to. He also has a musical version of Billy Elliot which is playing now in London and will come to Broadway in 2007. The music in that is very strong and emotional, but full of profanity.
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