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...
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/ http://ponytales-ponytales.blogspot.com/2011/09/pardon-me-but-your-teeth-are-in-my-neck.html http://somesuperfluousopinions.blogspot.com/2011/09/dancing-vampires.html
The Germans can’t seem to get enough of Roman Polanski and Jim Steinman’s masterpiece-musical “Tanz der Vampire”. According to the latest newsletter from Stage Entertainment, the musical is set to return to the German capitol in november. The will once again open in Teater des Westens like the previous run from 2006 to 2008. Tickets...
Jim Steimman’s wonderful songs in “Tanz der vampire” will get new audiences in September 2011 when the popular musical opens in Seinäjoki, Finland and also in St.Petersburg Russia, according to Set designer Kentaur who worked on the Hungarian and new Vienna versions.
