I ♥ his bored uninterested look during the dancing/menuet scene xD (incl that eyebrow lifting ^^): Been there, done that, now back to business, fellows!
Can all fandoms please have an existing fandom name for them? Like even if it’s not a very well-known fandom, some of us don’t know what to call ourselves
Aren’t we Tanzblr? I just assumed we would go by Tanzblr or “the tanz fandom”
October 4 marked the twentieth anniversary of the world premiere of Tanz der Vampire in Vienna (kudos to Jim Steinman, Michael Kunze, and all associated with the creation of that popular European rock musical), and marking that anniversary got me thinking about my personal anniversary connected to the show.
As some of you may know, it’s also been 10 years (last month) since I was first engaged on a project very close to my heart: a new English bid on Tanz, solicited by one of its creators. Rest assured, Tanz fans, this wasn’t going to be a retread of Dance of the Vampires. My team (and I, as the exec producer) worked very long and very hard on a new translation/adaptation that was true to the German material, similar in form, meaning, and spirit, while also having our own unique sense of poetry, language, etc., geared to the sensibilities of an English-speaking audience.
For a variety of reasons, this project has not yet moved forward. A planned reading in the summer of 2010 with Broadway caliber talent didn’t happen, and it’s been in limbo ever since (I mean, I personally have never quite let it go, but the level of activity has varied over the past seven years or so).
I still have my memories. And the script, which is fantastic (but, due to confidentiality, unable to be shared). And… a handful of demos. They’re rough (the vocals aren’t processed to a professional level, the singers occasionally drop a word here and there), but they’re good; the vocalists have a gorgeous quality, and they show how well the lyrics fit the melody (accurate to the German recordings, with a few of our accents thrown in).
As the demos are available at our discretion, I
decided to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of Tanz my way, by shedding a little light on the 10th anniversary of the version that never came to be. Here are two demos of Krolock’s material
(sung by two very different vocalists, when we were considering two very different ways to view the character) for the listening pleasure (hopefully) of #tanzblr.
First, “Hungry for Love,” known as “Gott ist tot” to German-speaking fans:
And second, “Endless Appetite,” known as “Die unstillbare Gier” to German-speaking fans:
(Obligatory copyright info is in the video descriptions. Please note that
no commercial usage of these selections can be made whatsoever without the permission of Messrs. Steinman and Kunze.)
My sexuality is the production of Tanz with Steve Barton when his Sarah embraced him while he bit her.
You: *telling me about your day in detail while I nod and smile*
Me: *is secretly thinking about how ripped Drewlock must be*
Janlock is swooshing around with his awesome cloak.
It was the last curtain at the Derniere on sunday 25.09.
And I cried a lot, even when I filmed this
one of the best things that’s gonna come from the new Vienna production (I hope) is an actual DECENT COMPLETE AUDIO OF DREW SARICH AS KROLOCK, because for the life of me I don’t think one exists at the moment
Penhales 