Vampire Musicals: Difference between revisions

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== Broadway ==

* Jim Steinman's ''Dance of the Vampires'', a [[Executive Meddling|vastly rewritten]] version of the wildly successful ''[[Tanz ~~Der~~ Vampire]]''. It's ''horribly'' ironic that one of the most popular and profitable musicals in European history was mutated into [[Incredibly Lame Pun|the most prominent nail in the genre's coffin]].

* Jim Steinman's ''Dance of the Vampires'', a [[Executive Meddling|vastly rewritten]] version of the wildly successful ''[[Tanz der Vampire]]''. It's ''horribly'' ironic that one of the most popular and profitable musicals in European history was mutated into [[Incredibly Lame Pun|the most prominent nail in the genre's coffin]].

* Frank Wildhorn's ''[[Dracula]]: [[The Musical]]''

* Elton John's ''[[The Vampire Chronicles|Lestat]]''

* ''Vampire's Rock'' a [[Jukebox Musical]] using the music of ''[[ACDC ~~(Music)|AC/DC~~]]'', ''[[~~Guns N' Roses (Music)|~~Guns N' Roses]]'', ''[[Led Zeppelin]]'', ''[[Bon Jovi]]'', ''[[Meat Loaf]]'', ''[[Joan Jett]]'', ''Suzi Quatro'', ''[[Queen]]'' etc. Which has the basic plot of, "The year is 2030, and the evil BARON VON ROCKULA is looking for his eternal bride!".

* ''Vampire's Rock'' a [[Jukebox Musical]] using the music of ''[[ACDC]]'', ''[[Guns N' Roses]]'', ''[[Led Zeppelin]]'', ''[[Bon Jovi]]'', ''[[Meat Loaf]]'', ''[[Joan Jett]]'', ''Suzi Quatro'', ''[[Queen]]'' etc. Which has the basic plot of, "The year is 2030, and the evil BARON VON ROCKULA is looking for his eternal bride!".

== [[Comics]] ==

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* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'' [[Musical Episode]] ''Once More With Feeling'' may be the only vampire musical that has been well-received. This may be because there's really not a whole lot of vampirism driving the plot (lots of demons, sure). Spike however does open his heart about his feelings for Buffy in several songs.

* In ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]'', there was a ''[[Zombie Apocalypse|zombie]]'' musical.

* ''[[The Vampyr a Soap Opera ~~(TV)~~|The Vampyr a Soap Opera]]'', a 1992 miniseries setting an updated story to the music of Heinrich Marschner's opera ''[[~~Der Vampyr (Theatre)|~~Der Vampyr]]''.

* ''[[The Vampyr: A Soap Opera|The Vampyr a Soap Opera]]'', a 1992 miniseries setting an updated story to the music of Heinrich Marschner's opera ''[[Der Vampyr]]''.

== [[Theatre]] ==

* ''Dracula Spectacular''

* Vampire [[Opera|operas]] are nothing new -- for example, Marschner's ''[[~~Der Vampyr (Theatre)|~~Der Vampyr]]'' (premiered 1828); however, while this one is still performed occasionally, vampire operas aren't hugely popular.

* Vampire [[Opera|operas]] are nothing new -- for example, Marschner's ''[[Der Vampyr]]'' (premiered 1828); however, while this one is still performed occasionally, vampire operas aren't hugely popular.

** ''The Dracula Diary'' is modern chamber opera by Robert Moran, concerning a vampire opera diva and her hapless impressario.

* One of the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' musicals swapped out the Death Busters for Dracula.

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* Apparently, a musical based on ''[[Angel]]'' was recently performed in Tel Aviv of all places.

* ''The Cure'', an [[Our Vampires Are Different]] musical in the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

* The original European ''[[Tanz ~~Der~~ Vampire]]'', of course.

* The original European ''[[Tanz der Vampire]]'', of course.

* Lampshaded in ''[[Excited Show Title|Gutenberg! TheMusical!]]'', which is partially about writing musicals.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[X Men Evolution]]'' had one of these as a [[Show Within a Show]], a school play that Kitty wound up "teaching" Rogue how to dance for.

* ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'' had one of these as a [[Show Within a Show]], a school play that Kitty wound up "teaching" Rogue how to dance for.

** The play was literally the above ''[[Dracula]]: [[The Musical]]''.

== [[Web Original]] ==

* Fan made [[Twilight the Musical]]. Played for laughs, though.

* "I Kissed a Vampire," an Internet musical available through iTunes. Probably trying to follow in the footsteps of [[~~Dr. Horribles Sing Along Blog|~~Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]].

* "I Kissed a Vampire," an Internet musical available through iTunes. Probably trying to follow in the footsteps of [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]].