Tickets for San Francisco Run of Lestat on Sale Now
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 are now on sale.
Tickets for the Dec. 17-Jan. 29, 2006, San Francisco run went on sale 10 AM Oct. 30. The production at the Curran Theatre is presented as part of the 2005-2006 Best of Broadway season, under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays and Scott E. Nederlander.
Lestat will arrive on Broadway in spring 2006 at the Palace Theatre following the California engagement.
Inspired by novelist Anne Rice’s “Vampire Chronicles,” Lestat is the first theatrical score from the legendary pop songwriting team of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and has a book by Linda Woolverton.
Directed by Robert Jess Roth with musical staging by Matt West, Lestat stars Hugh Panaro in the title role, Carolee Carmello as Gabrielle, Jack Noseworthy as Armand, Jim Stanek as Louis, Roderick Hill as Nicolas, Michael Genet as Marius and Allison Fischer as Claudia.