Not So Sure We Want More

I had been contemplating a short New York excursion to see Elton John's musical adaptation of Lestat. I've always been a big fan of Anne Rice's earlier works before she found Jesus and suckitude. The reviews have not been good. Theater critic Ben Bratley thrashed the play in the NY Times, comparing it to "The Boys in the Band," and reducing subplots to "Claudia Has Two Daddies."

Not promising. Still, others who have seen it insist it's a very good musical. A friend passed the following along. It seems to be a bootleg version of Allison Fischer as Claudia singing "I Want More." I present it at arm's length.

Comments

[Yum Yum]

The bitch is fabulous -- "I want more, I want more ..." The guy on the right was pretty hot.

[Yum Yum]

Bratty ... that was the word I was looking for.

[Celeste]

Oh dear G*d - make it stop! I don't want more...maybe better, but definitely NOT more.

[Chad]

38 seconds. That's all I could take. Now if you'll excuse me I need to see if my roomie is avaliable to remove turkey baster from my ear.

(Just an aside, Robbie? May not be the way to keep readers comin' back.)

[Queer Conservative]

Jesus was lost?

[Yet Another Mike]

But if you only watch 38 seconds, then you miss when the precious blond girl falls down the "reject" chute, not to mention the Oompa-Loompas!

Nice stage fighting technique, though. Takes stunt coordinators and a master class or two to cheat pillow hits that well.

[Malcontent]

That was just — horrible.

[blewsdawg]

SSSSHHHHRRRRIIIIEEEEEKKK!!!!!

[Aatom]

"Jesus was lost?"

this performance proves that there really isn't a God, actually.

[yes woo]

lol
BigMac-Supersize-capitalistic America's anthem: "I WANT MORE"

[Tommy]

Musicals should die.

Tommy - Athens, Greece

[Attmay]

If this is the future of musicals, they're already dead.

[stan]

I saw it in San Francisco. Don't waste your time or money. It was a huge disappointment.

[Attmay]

She looks like Margaux the snobby rich girl from "Punky Brewster."