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Lestat

Opened 2006

39 performances

Musical, Modern

Will Swenson, who was in the 2006 production.
Will Swenson, who was in the 2006 production. Nick Step

In 18th-century France, dissolute young nobleman Lestat de Lioncourt is transformed into a vampire by the ancient Magnus. Gifted with immortality but cursed with an insatiable thirst for blood, Lestat journeys through centuries — from revolutionary Paris to the modern world — seeking companionship and meaning. He creates a vampire daughter, Claudia, with fellow vampire Louis, but their dark family unravels as Claudia rebels against her eternal childhood and Lestat confronts the loneliness of endless existence.

Music
Elton John
Lyrics
Bernie Taupin
Book
Linda Woolverton

Productions1 on Broadway

2006
Palace TheatreBroadway Original, opened April 25, 2006, directed by Robert Jess Roth
39 performances

Recordings 3 recordings

Lestat is a Broadway musical inspired by Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles. The score is by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, with the book by Linda Woolverton. The musical had a brief run on Broadway in 2006.

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