| ABC News: Critics Pour Scorn, Cliches on NY Vampire Musical: The third vampire musical to try its luck on Broadway in four years drew all the familiar puns in scathing reviews. By Claudia Parsons. |
| BBC News: Critics Lay Into Elton's Musical: Sir Elton John's vampire musical Lestat has had its Broadway premiere, but has been savaged by critics. Includes video clips from the show. |
| Broadway.com: Allison Fischer, Fresh Face: Feature interview with the young actress who plays the precocious and ferocious eternally 10-year-old vampire Claudia in Lestat. |
| BroadwayWorld.com: Lestat Cast to Head Into Recording Studios: Performers from Lestat will record a cast album at Mercury Records Studio on May 22, 2006. |
| BroadwayWorld.com: Photo Flash: Cast Announced for Lestat, Show to Tryout in San Francisco in December: Comprehensive article offering biographies on the creative team for the musical. |
| BroadwayWorld.com: Photo Flash: Lestat, Set for Broadway Previews: Elton John and Bernie Taupin's vampire musical Lestat, based on books by Anne Rice, is now set to begin Broadway previews on March 25th. Includes photos. |
| BroadwayWorld.com: Photo Flash: Pre-Broadway Engagement of Lestat: Offers publicity photos from the pre-Broadway tryout production of "Lestat". |
| ContraCostaTimes.com: The Melody of Immortality: "Lestat" is a sympathetic biography of the character introduced by Rice in "Interview." The story follows his life from the time he breaks away from an oppressive family, only to find himself trapped in the dark side and living with the horror of being an immortal. |
| Critics: Bite Me, "Lestat": Elton John and Anne Rice may have set vampires back a thousand years. |
| Did Lestat Make the Critics Swoon?: Lestat is one the season's most anticipated new shows. Did the critics find anything to sink their teeth into? By Broadway.com Staff. |
| Elton's Vampire Musical Sucks: Critics say Elton John's vampire musical was 'bloody awful,' 'sucked of life' and was the 'kiss of death'. By Claudia Parsons. |
| FT.com: Lestat, Palace Theatre, New York: If Lestat is regrettably inconsistent as a standard entertainment, it retains a certain pop-cultural resonance. By Brendan Lemon. |
| Full Cast Announced for Upcoming Broadway Musical Lestat: Lestat, based on Anne Rice's vampire chronicles, tells the extraordinary journey of one man who escapes the tyranny of his oppressive family only to have his life taken from him. |
| Hugh Panaro Signed for Title Role in Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures’ “Lestat”: Article outlining the details of "Lestat", the inaugural production for the Broadway stage by Warner Brothers Theatre Ventures. |
| Lestat Closes at Palace Theatre: The vampire musical Lestat will shutter on Sunday, May 28, 2006, after 33 preview and 39 regular performances. |
| Lestat Lines Up Events in New York, Including Benefit: With the opening of Lestat, a multitude of events will be held all around Manhattan throughout the month of April, 2006. |
| Lestat Takes Manhattan at Swanky Opening Night Celebration: Photo gallery offers 56 images from the opening night of 'Lestat' on Broadway. |
| Lestat: Die Young, Live Forever, Make Bad Musicals: Lestat, based on Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, is one of those unfortunate occurrences where a talented group of artists make fine contributions to material that is just too underwritten and dull to stand a chance. By Michael Dale. |
| MercuryNews.com: Lestat's Journey: Inspired by popular novelist Anne Rice's most famous character, the musical follows a vampire through the centuries as he feasts on the blood of innocents to remain forever young. |
| New York Daily News: Elton's 'Lestat' on B'way: Fangs But No Fangs: These days, it might be accurate to say musicals are marketed, rather than created. By Howard Kissel. |
| New York Times: Lestat Review: Joining the ranks of Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata and other prescription lullaby drugs is "Lestat," a musical sleeping pill. |
| Newsday.com: Hoping It Will Be Love At First Bite: Bernie Taupin's defense of "Lestat" is interrupted by a piercing "Aaaiyyeeee!" as a suicidal vampire plunges into a wall of fire and disappears through a trapdoor. Includes photo gallery. |
| Philadelphia Inquirer: It's So Bloody And So Anemic: Not even an exceptionally talented Philly boy can save it. Review by Howard Shapiro. |
| Photo Coverage: 'Lestat' Cast in the Studio: The cast of Lestat recorded their original Broadway cast album at Sony Studios. Based on Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, Lestat is the first theatrical score from the songwriting team of Elton John and Bernie Taupin. |
| Photo Coverage: Opening Night of Lestat: Lestat, the Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical based upon Anne Rice's The Vampires Chronicles, opened on April 25th. |
| Photo Flash: Lestat in Previews: Lestat, the inaugural production of Warner Brothers Theatre Ventures, is currently in previews at the Palace Theatre where it will open on Tuesday, April 25, 2006. |
| Playbill News: A Crimson Kiss Goodbye: The Devil's Road has come to an end. The new Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical, Lestat, will close on May 28, a month after it opened at the Palace Theatre on April 25. |
| Playbill News: Elton John Musical Lestat Will Take a Bite Out of San Francisco in Late 2005: Article features brief synopsis, discussion of the principals involved and the various adaptations of Anne Rice's vampire character. |
| Playbill News: Lestat Cast Album to Be Released in July: Lestat, the by songwriters Elton John and Bernie Taupin, will get a Broadway cast album, Warner Brothers Theatre Ventures' Gregg Maday announced. |
| Playbill News: Lestat Plays Final Tryout Performance in San Francisco Jan. 29: Author Kenneth Jones provides information on the closing of "Lestat" at the Curran Theater. |
| Playbill News: Lestat Will Land Later Than Expected at Broadway's Palace; Butterell Joins Team: Dates for the first preview and opening of the Broadway musical have been changed to accommodate continued work by the creative team. |
| Playbill News: Lestat Will Sing at Broadway's Palace Starting March 11, 2006: The musical finds a home on Broadway at the Palace Theatre. |
| Playbill News: Tickets for San Francisco Run of Lestat: Tickets for the pre-Broadway world premiere engagement of Lestat, the new Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical based on the vampire characters of Anne Rice, go on sale the day before Halloween. |
| Playbill on Opening Night: Lestat, Sir Elton Takes Wing: Press coverage and photos of the opening night party held at the Time Warner Center. |
| Playbill: Pre-Broadway Production Blog: Lestat: Offers exclusive interviews with Sir Elton John, Anne Rice, Robert Jess Roth, Linda Woolverton, Derek McLane and Bernie Taupin on iTunes podcasts during the eight week pre-production period. |
| Rice's Vampire, Lestat Seeks Life on Broadway: The play is scheduled to open April 25, 2006 after a month of previews at the Palace Theatre. The Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical is being retooled after a world premiere last month in San Francisco where reviewers expressed their distaste for the production. |
| San Francisco Critics Meet Broadway-Bound Lestat: Critics review the musical during the San Francisco tryout. |
| Scotsman.com News: Previews Cancelled for Elton's Show: Lestat, the Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical inspired by Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, has cancelled its first two weeks of preview performances in New York. |
| Sir Elton John Collaborates in Broadway's Mediocre Musical: Elton John says he took the criticism to heart and set about changing much of the show. |
| Taking the First Bite: Freelance writer Ron Dicker offers his opinion on the vampire musical "Lestat", the creative team behind it and its chances for success. |
| The Editor Interviews Robert Jess Roth, Director of Lestat, in New York: Interview discusses how the director first connected with Elton John, the process of obtaining the rights to the books and the cautious apprehension of lyricist Bernie Taupin. |
| The New Yorker: Vampires In Tights: After three years of writing, casting, and rehearsing, “Lestat” had a Christmastime tryout in San Francisco, where, by almost unanimous critical consensus, it was a disaster. |
| The Vampire Lestat has Settled in San Francisco. And He's Singing in a New Musical. Quick! Someone Fetch the Garlic and a Wooden Stake!: San Francisco Chronicle theater critic Robert Hurwitt analyses the many problems he sees in Elton John and Bernie Taupin's latest musical. |
| Theage.com.au: Elton's Vampire Musical Seeks New Blood: The play cancels its first two weeks of preview performances in New York as it looks to restructure the production after receiving poor off-Broadway reviews. Includes photo. |
| To Bite Or Not To Bite? Question Haunts Vampire in Lestat: That seems to be the question haunting the troubled title character in Lestat, the morose new musical that opened Tuesday at Broadway's Palace Theatre. By Michael Kuchwara. |
| USA Today.com: Lestat Proves Syrup Is Thicker Than Blood: There's no love like a mother's love, especially if your mom happens to be a vampire. By Elysa Gardner. |
| USAToday.com: Vampire Musical 'Lestat,' Closing Saturday: They're driving a stake through the heart of Lestat. The $10 million Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical inspired by Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles will close Sunday after a disappointing run of 39 performances. |
| Vampires, The Musical Kiss Of Death: Dear Broadway: I'm not sure how to put this, but, well, the fixation with singing vampires? It has to stop. I mean, give the bloodsucker a ballad, and it's his show that joins the walking dead. By Peter Marks. May require free registration. |
| Variety.com: Reviews - Lestat: Die young. Live forever. At least half that tagline likely will prove prescient in describing the fate of Lestat on Broadway. |
| Wcbstv.com: Cagle's Review: 'Lestat': Bombs like "Dance of the Vampires" should've been the tip-off: musicals about vampires just don't work, reports Jess Cagle in this video review. Requires Flash. |
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