Interview with a vampire

[qwerty]

There is one film of always been wanting to turn into a play and that is interviewed the vampire, but I’m curious would it be able to be done with the “mortal woman on stage” scene?

As I’m thinking that scene which is considered important and the most memorable part of the film would need to be in a play and I’m wondering how a scene like that that would be handled. Because anyone who seen the film would know it would require an actress to be manhandled around the stage for a couple of minutes.

[blaxx]

Broadway did it as a musical, and it is on my top 10 worst stage experiences ever. It was awful.

Vampires rarely work onstage.

[n1david]

Feb 10, 2024 3:07:41 GMT blaxx said:

Vampires rarely work onstage.

They don't like the mirrors in the dressing rooms.

[qwerty]

Feb 10, 2024 3:07:41 GMT blaxx said:

Broadway did it as a musical, and it is on my top 10 worst stage experiences ever. It was awful.

Vampires rarely work onstage.

Why was that

[anthony40]

Feb 10, 2024 3:07:41 GMT blaxx said:

Broadway did it as a musical, and it is on my top 10 worst stage experiences ever. It was awful.

Vampires rarely work onstage.

Yes, I believe that was the case.

I remember reading something about it at the time.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the music by Sir Elton John?

[my fairly obsessed lady]

May 3, 2024 10:56:46 GMT anthony40 said:

Feb 10, 2024 3:07:41 GMT blaxx said:

Broadway did it as a musical, and it is on my top 10 worst stage experiences ever. It was awful.

Vampires rarely work onstage.

Yes, I believe that was the case.

I remember reading something about it at the time.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the music by Sir Elton John?

Yes, the music was by Elton John. The musical is called Lestat, and it's based on the The Vampire Chronicles series. The plot is taken from the first two books in the series I think, but don't quote me on that since I only watched the bootleg ages ago.

But I disagree that vampires rarely work onstage, Tanz der Vampire is a very successful show! (ignoring the Broadway production, which I would argue was not Tanz der Vampire, but a bad parody)

[teamyali]

Oh…have you watched the TV series? Season 2 is coming next week, May 12, on AMC/AMC+ in the US. Currently season 1 is available on iPlayer in the UK. Hoping they announce a UK premiere for season 2 since most of the main cast are British themselves! I also hope they bring the show to Asia.

It’s such a beautiful and underrated show. AMC is working more to promote the show to wider audiences. It’s created by Rolin Jones who did Perry Mason on HBO and worked on Friday Night Lights. How they adapted the source materials are incredible.

The show stars Jacob Anderson (of Game of Thrones fame), Sam Reid (he did Girl in the North Country in the Old Vic and West End), Assad Zaman (East is East), Delainey Hayles (who was in the Narnia production in the West End; she actually replaced Bailey Bass who played Claudia in season 1. Bailey currently stars in thd Avatar franchise of James Cameron), Eric Bogosian (he was recently in Succession and he’s also an accomplished playwright), and Ben Daniels (who will be introduced in season 2. Obviously the Theatreboard folks here know who he is)

[qwerty]

May 5, 2024 16:13:48 GMT teamyali said:

Oh…have you watched the TV series? Season 2 is coming next week, May 12, on AMC/AMC+ in the US. Currently season 1 is available on iPlayer in the UK. Hoping they announce a UK premiere for season 2 since most of the main cast are British themselves! I also hope they bring the show to Asia.

It’s such a beautiful and underrated show. AMC is working more to promote the show to wider audiences. It’s created by Rolin Jones who did Perry Mason on HBO and worked on Friday Night Lights. How they adapted the source materials are incredible.

The show stars Jacob Anderson (of Game of Thrones fame), Sam Reid (he did Girl in the North Country in the Old Vic and West End), Assad Zaman (East is East), Delainey Hayles (who was in the Narnia production in the West End; she actually replaced Bailey Bass who played Claudia in season 1. Bailey currently stars in thd Avatar franchise of James Cameron), Eric Bogosian (he was recently in Succession and he’s also an accomplished playwright), and Ben Daniels (who will be introduced in season 2. Obviously the Theatreboard folks here know who he is)

I saw a clip of the TV shows mortal woman on stage. To be honest, it felt more jump scare and I felt that the way it was presented In the movie was much more menacing, I’ve kind of got to the point with modern things in this genre for them to be a jump scare.

[oxfordsimon]

The modern image of the suave, aristocratic vampire grew out of a 19th century stage play by Planche called The Vampire.

It was an adaptation of Polidori's novel. A huge hit at the time, it directly influenced Bram Stoker (who himself was a man of the theatre) to create Dracula.

The first production of the play created the Vampire Trapdoor to allow Ruthven to disappear very quickly.

So vampires can work on the stage in the right hands

[maggiem]

Aug 20, 2024 19:52:37 GMT oxfordsimon said:

The modern image of the suave, aristocratic vampire grew out of a 19th century stage play by Planche called The Vampire.

It was an adaptation of Polidori's novel. A huge hit at the time, it directly influenced Bram Stoker (who himself was a man of the theatre) to create Dracula.

The first production of the play created the Vampire Trapdoor to allow Ruthven to disappear very quickly.

So vampires can work on the stage in the right hands

I played Bridget in a college production of this when I was 16!