If you look up “Tanz der vampire” in wikipedia you will learn that 70% of the music for the show is recycled material. I’m not sure just how this figure is calculated but it does paint a rather distorted picture of just how much music was written for the show. Let’s take a look...
The finnish production of Tanz der vampire is closing for this season with the last performance on March 24th, so hurry op if you want to see the vampires rock in finnish. Theater Website With some good planning you can combine the trip with...
Last night I had the pleasure of seeing the succesful finnish version of the musical “Tanz der Vampire” in the city of Seinäjoki about 350 km north of the capitol Helsinki. Upon arrival one might wonder, why the scandinavian premiere of this musical...
Earlier reports about Jim’s involvement in a project aboutTchaikowsky’s music from the Nutcracker have now been confirmed by Jimsteinman.com. It turns out to be a musical with book by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame and lyrics by Jim Steimman set to Tchaikowskys music....
Jim Steinman will be inducted in the “Songwriters hall of fame” at the the organization’s 43rd Annual Induction and Awards Dinner. The star-studded event is slated for Thursday, June 14th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Other inductees includes Gordon Lightfoot,...
According to Canadian media Jim Steinman is working with Terry Jones, of Monty Phython fame, on a heavy metal version of Tchaikowsky’s music from the ballet “The Nutcracker”. Jim is supposedly providing the lyrics to this piece that’s reportedly “Dark and very Jim” according...
Earlier this month the finnish version of the musical “tanz der vampire” premiered in Seinäjoen kaupunginteatteri,Seinäjoki to an enthusiastic audience. Both audiences and critics praise the musical and the theater sold 11000 tickets with the first week. Looks like another succesful staging. http://www.eclipsis.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=226 http://teatterikarpanen.vuodatus.net/blog/3016086/dance-of-the-vampires/...
