Tanz der Vampire - Musical

Music     Jim Steinman

Lyrics     Michael Kunze

Book      Michael Kunze

Director  Roman Polanski

Alfred, a young scientist, is the assistant of professor Abronsisus on an expedition to Transylvania. The professor has made it his life's work to prove the existence of vampires and to set mankind free. On the search for the castle of the vampire Count von Krolock, they got lost in deep snow in the wilderness. Half-frozen, they finally reach a lonely country village and stumble upon an inn. There, the farmers and lumberjacks sing the praises of garlic, which makes Professor Abronsius suspect that they have finally reached their destination, but the village inhabitants deny that such a castle exists. Alfred falls in love with Sarah, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, and Sarah also likes the young man. As Sarah's father, Chagal fears for his daughter's innocence and boards up her bedroom door. While Sarah and Alfred dream separately of each other, a threatening shadow falls over the inn. Count von Krolock makes it clear, that he has his eye on Sarah...

Later, Alfred sings an ardent song under Sarah's window. But Sarah had left her room a while ago in order to collect a present from the Count, which Koukol has left in the snowy garden. When she discovers Alfred, he thinks she has come down because of him, but she tells him she already has an invitation for the night. She sends Alfred inside to get her sponge and opens the present. Inside is a pair of red boots. Sarah puts them on and dreams about being the admired centre of the annual midnight ball. Before Alfred returns, Sarah runs away. She wants to go to the castle. Alfred's cries wake Chagal in the house. He hurries after his daughter and leaves the desperate Rebecca behind.

The next day the lumberjacks bring the stiff, frozen corpse of Chagal into the inn. Professor Abronsius professionally establishes that the landlord may become a vampire. He suggests putting a stake through the dead heart so that Chagal does not become a member of the undead...

... Alfred has a horrible nightmare, in which he sees Sarah seduced by von Krolock, then himself seduced and bitten before he bites Sarah himself. He awakes and resolves to save Sarah. Before he can go to look for her, he has to accompany the professor to the castle's vaults. There they discover the sarcophaguses of the Count and his son Herbert...

Whilst searching for a better way into the crypt, Alfred and the professor come across the castle library. Abronsius sees the collection of books and forgets about the vampire hunt. There, Alfred hears Sarah singing. He follows the sound of her voice and finds Sarah in a splendid bathroom in the castle. She sits in the bath enthusing about the Count's generosity and doesn't listen to Alfred's calls for her to flee with him. Eventually she expels Alfred from the bathroom because she wants to get dressed. Alfred is desperate. His love for Sarah, however, does not falter.the vampire Count steps out. He no longer pretends to admire the Professor. Once again he orders Alfred to separate himself from Abronsius and follow him, claiming that he already owns Alfred's soul. He then vanishes into the night...

Looking down on the cemetery from the castle's battlements, the professor and his assistant witness the graves opening. The undead of the past centuries push the gravestones aside and loosen their stiff limbs in order to march in a long procession to the midnight ball at the castle. When the cemetery is empty, von Krolock appears. Lost in thought, he goes from grave to grave...

Further Performances:

September 2010
11.09.2010 Sa, 19:30	Tanz der Vampire - Musical Ronacher Theater	Ronacher Theater Seilerstätte 9 1010 Vienna	Seating Plan	Sold out!
12.09.2010 Su, 18:00	Tanz der Vampire - Musical Ronacher Theater	Ronacher Theater Seilerstätte 9 1010 Vienna	Seating Plan	Sold out!
13.09.2010 Mo, 19:30	Tanz der Vampire - Musical Ronacher Theater	Ronacher Theater Seilerstätte 9 1010 Vienna	Seating Plan	Tickets
14.09.2010 Tu, 19:30	Tanz der Vampire - Musical Ronacher Theater	Ronacher Theater Seilerstätte 9 1010 Vienna	Seating Plan	Tickets
16.09.2010 Th, 19:30	Tanz der Vampire - Musical Ronacher Theater	Ronacher Theater Seilerstätte 9 1010 Vienna	Seating Plan	Tickets
17.09.2010 Fr, 19:30	Tanz der Vampire - Musical Ronacher Theater	Ronacher Theater Seilerstätte 9 1010 Vienna	Seating Plan	Tickets
18.09.2010 Sa, 19:30	Tanz der Vampire - Musical Ronacher Theater	Ronacher Theater Seilerstätte 9 1010 Vienna	Seating Plan	Tickets
19.09.2010 Su, 18:00	Tanz der Vampire - Musical Ronacher Theater	Ronacher Theater Seilerstätte 9 1010 Vienna	Seating Plan	Tickets
20.09.2010 Mo, 19:30	Tanz der Vampire - Musical Ronacher Theater	Ronacher Theater Seilerstätte 9 1010 Vienna	Seating Plan	Tickets
21.09.2010 Tu, 19:30	Tanz der Vampire - Musical Ronacher Theater	Ronacher Theater Seilerstätte 9 1010 Vienna	Seating Plan	Tickets
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