Dance of the Vampires is a cheery cartoon with happy dancing and trivial songs. It's an unsophisticated, entertaining, harmless fairy tale, all tongue-in-cheek, with a cast of fine voices and real dancers and acrobats -- sort of a humorous tale by Grimm, for the whole family. The music by Jim Steinman seems like lesser Lloyd Webber, with a little Gilbert and Sullivan on occasion. But when Michael Crawford opens up his pipes, there's a show. Mandy Gonzalez is beautiful in face, voice, figure and performance, and Rene Auberjonois is an engaging surprise, the whole cast is Broadway caliber, and the good-natured tone keeps the audience smiling.
Director John Rando does fine with what he is given, and the set by David Gallo is imaginative and appropriate, as it lighting by Ken Billington.
Opened:
December 9, 2002
Ended:
January 2003
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
Bob Boyett, USA Ostar, Andrwe Braunsberg, Lawrence Horowitz, Michael Gardner, Roy Furman, Lexington Road Productions, David Sonenberg.
Theater Type:
Broadway
Theater:
Minskoff Theater
Running Time:
2 hrs, 30 min
Genre:
Musical
Director:
John Rando
Review:
Parental:
adult themes, raunchy humor
Cast:
Michael Crawford, Rene Auberjonois, Mandy Gonzalez, Max von Essen, Leah Hocking, Liz McCartney, Ron Orbach, Mark Price, Asa Somers, Robert Evan, Jason Wooten, Edgar Godineaux.
Technical:
Set: David Gallo; Costumes: Ann Hould-Ward; Lighting: Ken Billington; Sound: Richard Ryan; Hair: David H. Lawrence; Make-up: Angelina Avallone; Fight Dir: Rick Sordelet; Orchestr: Steve Margoshes; Music Dir: Patrick Vaccariello; Music Coord: Michael Keller; Casting: Bernard Telsey; GM: 101 Productions; Tech Sup: Tech Production Services Inc; Prod Sup: Bonnie Panson; Assoc Choreog: Tara Young. PR: Barlow-Hartman.
Other Critics:
TOTALTHEATER David Lefkowitz ?
Critic:
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed:
January 2003
