Jim Steinman - Dance Of The Vampires (2003 Final Version Act 1 - Broadway Live Recording)

**Be Careful: The Broadway version was heavily rewritten. if you are expecting the spirit of the original "Tanz" as conceived by Jim Steinman you are in the wrong place.** Act I 1 Overture 0:00 Scene 1: A Graveyard In The Woods 2 Angels Arise 1:15 3 God Has Left The Building 4:32 4 Original Sin 8:23 Scene 2: An Inn 5 Garlic 13:53 6 Logic 22:07 Scene 3: Sarah's Room, Upstairs at the Inn 7 There's Never Been A Night Like This 28:13 8 Don't Leave Daddy 37:07 9 The Invitation / Forevermore in the Night 39:29 Scene 4: Outside The Inn, Next Day 10 Death Is Such An Odd Thing 45:23 Scene 5: Outside the Inn, That Evening 11 Braver Than We Are / Red Boots Ballet / Say A Prayer 52:04 Scene 6: The Castle Gate 12 Come With Me 1:03:49 Creative Team Music:Jim Steinman Lyrics:Jim Steinman Book:Michael Kunze, David Ives, Jim Steinman Director:John Rando Choreography:John Carrafa Costumes:Ann Hould-Ward Lighting:Ken Billington Music Supervisor:Michael Reed Setting:David Gallo Orchestrations:Steve Margoshes Cast Graf Von Krolock:Michael Crawford Sarah:Mandy Gonzales Alfred:Max Von Essen Professor Abronsius:Rene Auberjonois Magda:Leah Hocking Chagal:Ron Orbach Rebecca:Liz McCartney Herbert:Asa Somers Boris:Mark Price Nadja:E. Alyssa Claar Zsa-Zsa:Erin Leigh Peck Madame Von krolock:Dame Edith Shorthouse After a prolonged period of development (61 previews in total, with two of the originally set opening dates missed), the English version of Dance of the Vampires opened on Broadway on December 9, 2002. Music and lyrics for the English version were officially credited to Jim Steinman, and the English book was officially credited to Jim Steinman, Michael Kunze and David Ives. This version of the show was critically lambasted; the work of lead performer Michael Crawford was reviewed particularly harshly. When the reviews came out, Jim Steinman made a show of his disapproval of the project by not attending opening night and publicly distancing himself from the show that had resulted from this "too many cooks" approach: "The show that I wrote is not at the Minskoff. The show that is dear to me is still running in Vienna (sic). The one at the Minskoff was just a job." In later days, on his blog, he would still deny responsibility for what had occurred, writing that "DOTV as we know was UTTER SHIT!" in one post, and describing the production as a "shit pile" in another. He stated in other blog entries that his music was "wasted" on the show, and was careful to make a clear distinction between the Broadway version (referred to as DOTV) and the successful European version (referred to as Tanz). On January 25, 2003, after 56 performances, Dance of the Vampires closed. According to The New York Times, it was "one of the costliest failures in Broadway history", losing roughly $12 million, easily eclipsing the infamous musical Carrie.