Bernie Taupin News

Kris Stewart of NYMF Talks About Fall Festival and Spring Concert Series

The New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced its first-ever Spring Concert series, featuring 4 different shows from March through June - beginning with 'More Unauthorized Musicology of Ben Folds' on Monday, March 26 at the Zipper Theatre

According to Elton John's website, the cast recording of Lestat will not be released in the immediate future

Lestat, the musical based on Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, will hang up its cape on May 28.

The cast of 'Lestat' in the studio recording their cast album, May 22. The album is set to release in July, with Hugh Panaro, Carolee Carmello, Allison Fischer, Jim Stanek, and Drew Sarich.

The cast of Lestat will go into the recording studios of Mercury Records on May 22nd to record a cast album, which will be released in July

Sarah Solie, currently on Broadway in Lestat, was chosen as the latest winner of the Gypsy Robe, which was presented to her on April 25th

Lestat, the Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical based upon Anne Rice's The Vampires Chronicles, opened on Tuesday, April 25th at the Palace Theatre

Elton John and Bernie Taupin's Lestat opens on Broadway tonight, April 25th

Lestat, which is in previews at the Palace Theatre, will open on April 25th

Lestat, the new Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical, will open at the Palace Theatre on April 25th

In celebration of the opening of Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures' inaugural production Lestat, a multitude of events will be held all around Manhattan throughout the month of April

Elton John and Bernie Taupin's big-budget vampire musical Lestat, based on books by Anne Rice, is now set to begin Broadway previews on March 25th

In preparation for the Broadway run, Jonathan Butterell has joined the production as creative consultant to provide an objective overview as it undergoes revisions. To accommodate these revisions, LESTAT will now begin previews at the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway at 47th Street) on Saturday, March 25, 2006, and open on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.

Drew Sarich has been cast as Jack Noseworthy's replacement as Armand in Lestat, which is currently running in San Francisco and will open on Broadway in March

BroadwayWorld shares with you publicity photos from the pre-Broadway tryout production of Lestat, a new musical featuring the music of Elton John the lyrics of Bernie Taupin, and a book by Linda Woolverton.

Amazon.com has put up 'Make Me As You Are,' a song from Lestat, as part of its Amazon.com A-List for Hurricane Relief project

Tickets for the upcoming Elton John musical Lestat are currently on sale through November 12th for holders of an American Express card

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.

When you sit down with Max Von Essen, you don't feel as though you are meeting a stranger - in fact it's just the opposite, you feel as though you are already his friend.