I like the English language and this could have become a great musical hit on Broadway if they just had stuck to the original version. There’s so much magic in the German version of this musical. It’s not only comedy, it’s drama as well. You feel with the characters and not only laugh at them. In the German version you don't laugh at the count, because he is serious and authoritative. In this version he tells jokes… (although I laughed about the one with the mirror)
The original as you say is a mixture of comedy and drama but there is A LOT of comedy -, you have a man carrying another frozen man on his back, villagers singing about garlic and then the dude arriving with the frozen guy and everybody reacting like it’s conpleteny normally and that’s just the first five minutes. The broadway production is bad, it missed the mark but if the original production had been presented as it was in Germany in would’ve died a death on broadway because that style of comedy (like in many other German/Russian/French) musicals is awkward in English. What it needed was an adaptation where the creative team understood the original intent and tweaked and cajoled the original into something more palatable for broadway. However that takes skill. It takes skill to look at a song like the villagers garlic number and say ‘what is funny about this in German and why?’ Then create a set of lyrics that are not a direct translation but honour the original intent. That’s what tHis needed. But the problem with doing that is the interpretation of the Count. Playing a role completely straight amidst a sea of comedy seems to work in foreign language movies, plays, musicals - it’s a cultural thing. It just doesn’t sit well in an English translation. Mixing high drama and comedy in English always just ends up looking silly or completely uneven. I can understand why Michael Crawford panicked during the lead up to Broadway and why the tone of the show needed to be more even. He isn’t wrong, for it to work on a commercial level with English speaking audiences the tone needs to be more even. However they absolutely screwed up and the tone is just as uneven as beguile expect now we have straight faced Vampire dance sequences and then parody
in the original (German) version; Sarah is bathing and the Count meets her there (yes, while she's in the bathtub) and the Count is just overwhelming with his presence, intimidating and seductive at the same time, oh I don't even know how to put it, but this is a mere parody of the original version.
The worst part is that, when it actually gets to the "Einladung zum Ball" bit, the lyrics are pretty true to the German version. THERE WAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND THEY THREW IT ALL AWAY.
The original is a comedy, you have a man carrying another frozen man on his back, villagers singing about garlic and then the dude arriving with the frozen guy and everybody reacting like it’s conpleteny normally and that’s just the first five minutes. The broadway production is bad, it missed the mark but if the original production had been presented as it was in Germany in would’ve died a death on broadway because that style of comedy (like in many other German/Russian/French) musicals is awkward in English. What it needed was an adaptation where the creative team understood the original intent and tweaked and cajoled the original into something more palatable for broadway. However that takes skill. It takes skill to look at a song like the villagers garlic number and say ‘what is funny about this in German and why?’ Then create a set of lyrics that are not a direct translation but honour the original intent. That’s what tHis needed.
I'm sure Michael is laughing all the way to the bank unless he had a stake in the show. He's a real stage pro who can take his lumps, it's not the first show that's failed in his career. I hope he does more recordings and concert shows, that voice is still a gem and nobody does show tunes like he does. Rock on, Mr. Crawford!
TRUE! I'd have died to see him play a vampire regardless if how bad it was! And I'm sure if I knew German, I could enjoy the original. So right NOW, I'm watching Michael, here, for the first time in DOTV. Just gotta hear his voice despite all else. 😍💘💘💋💋💋
My ears are bleeding now. But thank you for uploading this, it’s interesting to watch. So I guess it’s a good thing Steve didn’t get that part, that Krolock wouldn’t have done him any justice, unless he could have changed the directors’ mind about, well the whole US concept of this brilliant musical.
I hate to say it but this debacle is largely Michael's fault. I read somewhere that they were going to do the show as a replica of the German production but Michael didn't want to play another "Phantom"-like character (mysterious, sensual, conflicted, etc) so soon after Phantom and made them change the show. Star power like that must be nice to have...
Crawford did not get that his previous phantom character was perfect for the Krolock character. So much lost potential. I wish Steve would have done it.
The worst part is that at this time he was struggling with myalgic encephalomyelitis at the time so the pain you see on his face is very real. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is not for the faint of the heart. Doctors used to scoff at this kind of disease cause it was all in the mind but despite all his pain and sleep deprivation he managed at 61 years old to put on heavy make up and sing opera under the unforgiving lights of the stage . Someone give him a round of applause, perhaps a crown cause he deserves it.
I LOVE Broadway but what they made out of "Tanz der Vampire" (and yeah I'm accidently saying the German title and not Dance of the Vampires) is absolutely ridiculous and has nothing to do with the original anymore. Such a shame.
yes I see ... I heard Steve Barton portrayed this character in that version and he was brilliant . It's like Raoul was more interesting than the phantom this time 😂 love them both
This musical proves that even the best idea sometimes fails to engage. Personally I love it (having tried very hard to find a US soundtrack recording; it is funny, has great music and the staging I have seen looks impressive. If I had a spare mil or two; I would put it on
@Artagnang did you watch the movie the fearless vampire killers (which is the movie were the musical is based on) ? This broadway version has very less to do with that movie!!!
I think most things have been said about this... production... of TdV. What I'd also like to point out: Crawford is WAY TOO OLD for the part. And although TdV is, at times, humorous, it is definitely NOT strictly a comedy and Krolock is supposed to be an authoriative, serious, slightly sexy and incredibly sad character... and not a joke.
Les Miserables, Phantom Of The Opera, Blood Brothers, Cats, Starlight Express....5 of the longest running shows in the world...none of them by an American...and in the top 10 only 6th, 9th & 10th were by an American composer. Also Jim Steinman said the company producing wanted a ton of jokes added to this as that's what audiences at the time wanted.
Der deutsche (österreichische...) Graf sieht besser aus (kostüm, Zähne, make-up)... Der Graf ist viel zu komisch... Da würde ich mich gaaanz sicher nicht beißen lassen. Ich finde auch, dem Lied fehlt hier im Zwischenteil die Kraft:/
I've said it before, I'll say it again: As a Michael Crawford performance, this is wonderful!! Edit: And if he showed up at night and sang to me like that, I'd marry him on the spot.
I can't decide wether this version is so bad because it's so americanised or if it is because of the lack of acting and because no one put some real effort into it. The thing is that I know that Crawford can do much better! He was a fantastic Phantom. Luckily, the German, Russian and Finnish (and lots of the other European) productions are way better. It saddens me though that America never managed to get a real taste of blood ;)
what the fuck happend to dance of the vampires ????? I love the german version and now i find this one. They use cheap costumes and bad actors. Also the text is bad. How could they... I'm really horrified.
Is this a joke or a parody? That can't be real?! I ever asked how Tanz der Vampire couldve flopped on Broadway.. if that is the real one OMG. Why didnt they just translate the german version?!!
This is ridiculous compared to the German production with Steve Barton. In Germany it is a MUSICAL, I don't know how Broadway would call THIS. In my opinion, it's awful...
Than you have never heard Dance of the Vampires in german:) Tanz der Vampire..It's so different!! I recommend you to listen to it in German.maybe you don't undestand anything but it's really different you cannot compare this!! So don't say rubbish about something which you don't know ;)
OH MY GOD!!! This is the worst performance of Dance of the Vampires i've ever seen. I mean they can't be serious! This is the american stage called Broadway!!?? Those so-called actors are acting like in a amateur dramatic performance. The Musical is sooooooooo much better in German, especially if it's sung by Steve Barton and considering that he was american he would be turning in his grave. But the worst thing is that it's etched on the memory. They should go bright red with shame!!!!!!!
Why didn't Michael just go reprise the role of the Phantom, either on broadway, us tour, or west end? DOTV was the biggest bust in broadway history. Michael should've just went back to being the man behind the mask. He would've been magnificent
A lot of the fault with the failure of DOTV is because of Michael Crawford. The producers wanted a HUGE name above the title and Michael wouldn't do it as written in Tanz because the character was too much like the Phantom. He wanted it to be a comedy and wanted that ridiculous Italian accent.
I need to tell you sir that YOU are wrong here at some point. Sure, American musicals are deep but that doesn't mean that there aren't any others in the world. Only someone who just watches American musicals can say something like that. Austria alone already produced three fantastic ones: Rebecca, Elisabeth and Tanz der Vampire. Oh and have you heard of Phantom of the Opera or Les Miserables yet and NO, they are NOT American. Watch those first before posting such a thing.
This show doesn't hold a candle to Jekyll 2013. people are making bad comments about Jnh 2013 saying it sucks! That show is still going on when Dance of the Vampires has now closed on Broadway...For Eternity!! Goes to show you that Constantine rules and more younger people will be flocking to see Constantine. They won't know who Michael Crawford is.
Jekyll & Hyde on Broadway sucked. The earlier version is much better. And, the Dance of the Vampires (Tanz der Vampire) franchise has been tremendously more successful than anything Frank Wildhorn has done.
@CoralineBlack The heavy, dark German version, like their beer, doesn't suit the taste of popular audiences in the US. Better if they'd just adapted the original movie's lighter touch. After losing out on the Phantom movie lead, his handlers should have put up a show better suited to his amazing talent, like a musical based on the life of Danny Kaye, one of his early influences. That would have put him back on top. I blame his agent/producers for letting him get into this disaster.
He's usually great at accents, but not here. Kudos to him for changing the role though, of COURSE it didn't work, but it was way too close to Phantom for him.
I am more than astonished, or well not really. The broadway show sucks - sure, if this piece of it stands for the complete idea of the broadway version, I honestly must say: bad in every way. And NO, Roman Polanski rewrote his own script and made the musical version much darker than his own movie. This way Crawford is interpretating the vampire part is absolutly bullshit - I´m sorry. Worst - wrong - totally wrong. and if he lost his voice, he better take classes. btw: vampires are not fat
The original is a mixture of comedy and drama but there is A LOT of comedy -, you have a man carrying another frozen man on his back, villagers singing about garlic and then the dude arriving with the frozen guy and everybody reacting like it’s conpleteny normally and that’s just the first five minutes. The broadway production is bad, it missed the mark but if the original production had been presented as it was in Germany in would’ve died a death on broadway because that style of comedy (like in many other German/Russian/French) musicals is awkward in English. What it needed was an adaptation where the creative team understood the original intent and tweaked and cajoled the original into something more palatable for broadway. However that takes skill. It takes skill to look at a song like the villagers garlic number and say ‘what is funny about this in German and why?’ Then create a set of lyrics that are not a direct translation but honour the original intent. That’s what tHis needed. But the problem with doing that is the interpretation of the Count. Playing a role completely straight amidst a sea of comedy seems to work in foreign language movies, plays, musicals - it’s a cultural thing. It just doesn’t sit well in an English translation. Mixing high drama and comedy in English always just ends up looking silly or completely uneven. I can understand why Michael Crawford panicked during the lead up to Broadway and why the tone of the show needed to be more even. He isn’t wrong, for it to work on a commercial level with English speaking audiences the tone needs to be more even. However they absolutely screwed up and the tone is just as uneven as beguile expect now we have straight faced Vampire dance sequences and then parody
Hi. Have you ever heared of Andrew Lloyd Webber? I didn't think so.....otherwise you wouldn't have written such a stutupid comment. By the way: I have seen the German production in Hamburg. Just listen to some songs and compare them to the american version. Crawford is a great singer, but his voice is just not made for this musical....And he wanted to change the musical into a comedy. and they did so. They wanted a star but that was one of the reasons why the musical did not work. Too bad :D
I'm Polish . I really love Dance of the Vampires in Polish , German production and many others . But this ? What is this ? This is some massacre !!!
maribelka65 agree. The German production was legendary
I like the English language and this could have become a great musical hit on Broadway if they just had stuck to the original version. There’s so much magic in the German version of this musical. It’s not only comedy, it’s drama as well. You feel with the characters and not only laugh at them. In the German version you don't laugh at the count, because he is serious and authoritative. In this version he tells jokes… (although I laughed about the one with the mirror)
The original as you say is a mixture of comedy and drama but there is A LOT of comedy -, you have a man carrying another frozen man on his back, villagers singing about garlic and then the dude arriving with the frozen guy and everybody reacting like it’s conpleteny normally and that’s just the first five minutes. The broadway production is bad, it missed the mark but if the original production had been presented as it was in Germany in would’ve died a death on broadway because that style of comedy (like in many other German/Russian/French) musicals is awkward in English. What it needed was an adaptation where the creative team understood the original intent and tweaked and cajoled the original into something more palatable for broadway. However that takes skill. It takes skill to look at a song like the villagers garlic number and say ‘what is funny about this in German and why?’ Then create a set of lyrics that are not a direct translation but honour the original intent. That’s what tHis needed. But the problem with doing that is the interpretation of the Count. Playing a role completely straight amidst a sea of comedy seems to work in foreign language movies, plays, musicals - it’s a cultural thing. It just doesn’t sit well in an English translation. Mixing high drama and comedy in English always just ends up looking silly or completely uneven. I can understand why Michael Crawford panicked during the lead up to Broadway and why the tone of the show needed to be more even. He isn’t wrong, for it to work on a commercial level with English speaking audiences the tone needs to be more even. However they absolutely screwed up and the tone is just as uneven as beguile expect now we have straight faced Vampire dance sequences and then parody
in the original (German) version; Sarah is bathing and the Count meets her there (yes, while she's in the bathtub) and the Count is just overwhelming with his presence, intimidating and seductive at the same time, oh I don't even know how to put it, but this is a mere parody of the original version.
Anastasia Cooper It's from Austria
In all honesty, I feel it might have meant to be a parody.
@@schnitzel_linski there is also a German translation version
The worst part is that, when it actually gets to the "Einladung zum Ball" bit, the lyrics are pretty true to the German version.
THERE WAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND THEY THREW IT ALL AWAY.
The original is a comedy, you have a man carrying another frozen man on his back, villagers singing about garlic and then the dude arriving with the frozen guy and everybody reacting like it’s conpleteny normally and that’s just the first five minutes. The broadway production is bad, it missed the mark but if the original production had been presented as it was in Germany in would’ve died a death on broadway because that style of comedy (like in many other German/Russian/French) musicals is awkward in English. What it needed was an adaptation where the creative team understood the original intent and tweaked and cajoled the original into something more palatable for broadway. However that takes skill. It takes skill to look at a song like the villagers garlic number and say ‘what is funny about this in German and why?’ Then create a set of lyrics that are not a direct translation but honour the original intent. That’s what tHis needed.
I'm sure Michael is laughing all the way to the bank unless he had a stake in the show. He's a real stage pro who can take his lumps, it's not the first show that's failed in his career. I hope he does more recordings and concert shows, that voice is still a gem and nobody does show tunes like he does. Rock on, Mr. Crawford!
TRUE! I'd have died to see him play a vampire regardless if how bad it was! And I'm sure if I knew German, I could enjoy the original. So right NOW, I'm watching Michael, here, for the first time in DOTV.
Just gotta hear his voice despite all else.
😍💘💘💋💋💋
My ears are bleeding now. But thank you for uploading this, it’s interesting to watch.
So I guess it’s a good thing Steve didn’t get that part, that Krolock wouldn’t have done him any justice, unless he could have changed the directors’ mind about, well the whole US concept of this brilliant musical.
I hate to say it but this debacle is largely Michael's fault. I read somewhere that they were going to do the show as a replica of the German production but Michael didn't want to play another "Phantom"-like character (mysterious, sensual, conflicted, etc) so soon after Phantom and made them change the show. Star power like that must be nice to have...
Crawford did not get that his previous phantom character was perfect for the Krolock character. So much lost potential. I wish Steve would have done it.
The german version is so much better
Ach du Sch.....
Jetzt verstehe ich wirklich, warum es damals nicht erfolgreich war Oo Ein Glück, dass sie das umgeändert haben.
Gottseidank gab es erst die deutschsprachige Version....dieses "Verbrechen" an dem Musical war gottseidank erst viel später...
Why ?! The german production is so wonderfull. But this ?!
My heart is bleeding too :(
In this show's case, Raoul beat Phantom lol
The worst part is that at this time he was struggling with myalgic encephalomyelitis at the time so the pain you see on his face is very real. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is not for the faint of the heart.
Doctors used to scoff at this kind of disease cause it was all in the mind but despite all his pain and sleep deprivation he managed at 61 years old to put on heavy make up and sing opera under the unforgiving lights of the stage .
Someone give him a round of applause, perhaps a crown cause he deserves it.
I LOVE Broadway but what they made out of "Tanz der Vampire" (and yeah I'm accidently saying the German title and not Dance of the Vampires) is absolutely ridiculous and has nothing to do with the original anymore. Such a shame.
He's meant to be a bat and then turns into the count, if that helps at all.
I suspected but wasn't sure, thank you! 😂
A FUCKING MUPPET? If it was me in bed I'd be like "You gotta be shitting me, Crawford."
This hurts. It just hurts.
Michael Crawford really did screw this pooch, didn't he? Tanz was so sensual, so gothic, so beautiful. No wonder Steinman himself disowned this.
not really he could not come back to th states cause of some court case
@@lowtiershadowyt9008 Jim Steinman is the Composer ...
The guy with the legal issues is the director/writer of the Film and Musical Roman Polanski
Michael Crawford I love you BUT WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS??!!
yes I see ... I heard Steve Barton portrayed this character in that version and he was brilliant . It's like Raoul was more interesting than the phantom this time 😂 love them both
@Anjelica Snorcket 👌🏻❤
Nobody’s perfect. 😂😂😂
being a fan of MC this did not dissappoint. i would see it again if it hadnt have closed
Please do your self a favor and watch the original austrian version its way better🤣
@@mseb3909 nawww i did
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We were in the audience...… A Brilliant Show. regardless of the idiotic Press reviews who were looking to denounce it!
The play together maybe crap, but i love Michael Crawford singing, he is the only person that makes this think worth watching.
He is an angel of muic
This musical proves that even the best idea sometimes fails to engage. Personally I love it (having tried very hard to find a US soundtrack recording; it is funny, has great music and the staging I have seen looks impressive. If I had a spare mil or two; I would put it on
This is embarrasing! No voice, no good acting, bad make up and costume and especially Michael Crawford?!? The only Krolock is Steve Barton RIP
i cannot stop crying
@Artagnang did you watch the movie the fearless vampire killers (which is the movie were the musical is based on) ? This broadway version has very less to do with that movie!!!
i don't know why there are so many negative comments, because Michael is A- MAZING!!!
oh no, what did they do to this incredible musical?!?!?!
I think most things have been said about this... production... of TdV. What I'd also like to point out: Crawford is WAY TOO OLD for the part.
And although TdV is, at times, humorous, it is definitely NOT strictly a comedy and Krolock is supposed to be an authoriative, serious, slightly sexy and incredibly sad character... and not a joke.
Les Miserables, Phantom Of The Opera, Blood Brothers, Cats, Starlight Express....5 of the longest running shows in the world...none of them by an American...and in the top 10 only 6th, 9th & 10th were by an American composer. Also Jim Steinman said the company producing wanted a ton of jokes added to this as that's what audiences at the time wanted.
So?
Der deutsche (österreichische...) Graf sieht besser aus (kostüm, Zähne, make-up)... Der Graf ist viel zu komisch... Da würde ich mich gaaanz sicher nicht beißen lassen. Ich finde auch, dem Lied fehlt hier im Zwischenteil die Kraft:/
I think I prefer the original. This is so cheesey.
I've said it before, I'll say it again: As a Michael Crawford performance, this is wonderful!!
Edit: And if he showed up at night and sang to me like that, I'd marry him on the spot.
I can't decide wether this version is so bad because it's so americanised or if it is because of the lack of acting and because no one put some real effort into it. The thing is that I know that Crawford can do much better! He was a fantastic Phantom. Luckily, the German, Russian and Finnish (and lots of the other European) productions are way better. It saddens me though that America never managed to get a real taste of blood ;)
Das man Tanz der Vampire so grausam darstellt, ist eine Schande vom Broadway!!!
what did he mean ''show me yours if you'll show me mine."
Is he supposed to be an Italian vampire? 🤨 Heavy rewriting indeed
This song is actually not that bad and Crawford's voice is amazing. He could have made a good von Krolock in the normal version
Shit! That's an insul for the original Tanz der Vampire"!! How Can a normal Human create this! I can't understand!
what the fuck happend to dance of the vampires ????? I love the german version and now i find this one. They use cheap costumes and bad actors. Also the text is bad. How could they...
I'm really horrified.
@phantomnvamps tbh I think that they thought Michael Crawford would sell it
Is this a joke or a parody? That can't be real?!
I ever asked how Tanz der Vampire couldve flopped on Broadway.. if that is the real one OMG. Why didnt they just translate the german version?!!
This is the worst thing I have ever seen. They should not have changed it so much from "Tanz der vampire."
This is ridiculous compared to the German production with Steve Barton. In Germany it is a MUSICAL, I don't know how Broadway would call THIS. In my opinion, it's awful...
I think the German version ( and the costumes) are much better!!!!
This is so bad it's good 😂
@richard20bris I read on wiki that Crawford meant for it to be a comedy. I just don't know what to believe. This is all too crazy.
Than you have never heard Dance of the Vampires in german:) Tanz der Vampire..It's so different!! I recommend you to listen to it in German.maybe you don't undestand anything but it's really different you cannot compare this!! So don't say rubbish about something which you don't know ;)
Sorry for saying .. I love the musical but this is terrible ! Come to Germany and we will teach you how to play it !
Oh gott, gleich erstmal die gute deutsche Version anhören. Das geht ja mal gar nicht.
Die deutschsprachige Version ist viel, viel besser. Es ist eine Schande aus so einem tollen Musical so etwas zu machen.
Oh ja,ist traurig sowas tolles umzuändern
Mr. Crawford looks like a clown, not a vampire.
OH MY GOD!!! This is the worst performance of Dance of the Vampires i've ever seen. I mean they can't be serious! This is the american stage called Broadway!!?? Those so-called actors are acting like in a amateur dramatic performance. The Musical is sooooooooo much better in German, especially if it's sung by Steve Barton and considering that he was american he would be turning in his grave. But the worst thing is that it's etched on the memory. They should go bright red with shame!!!!!!!
A Good Nightmare was actually quite a good song. I hope Steinman re-uses it some point.
Why didn't Michael just go reprise the role of the Phantom, either on broadway, us tour, or west end? DOTV was the biggest bust in broadway history. Michael should've just went back to being the man behind the mask. He would've been magnificent
A lot of the fault with the failure of DOTV is because of Michael Crawford. The producers wanted a HUGE name above the title and Michael wouldn't do it as written in Tanz because the character was too much like the Phantom. He wanted it to be a comedy and wanted that ridiculous Italian accent.
Gene Elliott WELL HE SHOULD HAVE WENT BACK TO PHANTOM 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Michael. Crawford.
This is sooooo terrible. I have been a huge fan of him for years... untill saw this. Nothing compared to German or Russian versions
even after this i am still a fan! its michael freakin crawford!
I need to tell you sir that YOU are wrong here at some point. Sure, American musicals are deep but that doesn't mean that there aren't any others in the world. Only someone who just watches American musicals can say something like that. Austria alone already produced three fantastic ones: Rebecca, Elisabeth and Tanz der Vampire. Oh and have you heard of Phantom of the Opera or Les Miserables yet and NO, they are NOT American. Watch those first before posting such a thing.
This show doesn't hold a candle to Jekyll 2013. people are making bad comments about Jnh 2013 saying it sucks! That show is still going on when Dance of the Vampires has now closed on Broadway...For Eternity!! Goes to show you that Constantine rules and more younger people will be flocking to see Constantine. They won't know who Michael Crawford is.
Jekyll & Hyde on Broadway sucked. The earlier version is much better. And, the Dance of the Vampires (Tanz der Vampire) franchise has been tremendously more successful than anything Frank Wildhorn has done.
Watch the Original for comparison: ruclips.net/video/Ru4szTQTQeE/видео.html
Oh. they just didn't take it seriously, at all. now i get why this flopped.
@CoralineBlack The heavy, dark German version, like their beer, doesn't suit the taste of popular audiences in the US. Better if they'd just adapted the original movie's lighter touch. After losing out on the Phantom movie lead, his handlers should have put up a show better suited to his amazing talent, like a musical based on the life of Danny Kaye, one of his early influences. That would have put him back on top. I blame his agent/producers for letting him get into this disaster.
Is this supposed to be a spoof? It has to be.
He's usually great at accents, but not here. Kudos to him for changing the role though, of COURSE it didn't work, but it was way too close to Phantom for him.
oh god, what have they done to it? This is complete rubbish! Why on earth did they have to change it?!?
The okay stinks, but Mandy Gonzalez is INCREDIBLE :D
As a German, I will always prefer the original production in my mother language...
But this song: 4:00 this is actually a nice add 👏
"This is a one time special offer!!" XDDD
this is a one time special offer XD
well, in comparison to the vienna version this sucks, but at least it's funny.
I´m shocked...
the german production is so much better!!! This ideas are BAD!!!
das kann doch nicht ernst gemeint sein??? wer produziert so einen Mist??
Ah geh weg, das ist ja grauenvoll, eklig, beleidigend....
What is this nonsense? Is that a RUBBER BAT ON A STRING? Also....what is that ridiculous accent?
italian
I am more than astonished, or well not really. The broadway show sucks - sure, if this piece of it stands for the complete idea of the broadway version, I honestly must say: bad in every way. And NO, Roman Polanski rewrote his own script and made the musical version much darker than his own movie. This way Crawford is interpretating the vampire part is absolutly bullshit - I´m sorry. Worst - wrong - totally wrong. and if he lost his voice, he better take classes. btw: vampires are not fat
oh shit. ich bin sprachlos und zwar nicht im guten sinne.
Cabbage?
please check out the austrian/german version:
"einladung zum ball". the broadway show is trash!
Das tut ja weh :/
@maxumms it's Italian, Romanian if you will
Now i know why the trailer had a phantom of the opera feel tbh
To be fair quite a few Krolock actors that were very popular overseas have played Phantom in their productions.
To be fair quite a few Krolock actors that were very popular overseas have played Phantom in their productions.
This is - in my opinion - not good, for a variety of reasons, but I am glad I was able to check it out, so thank you for that, at least!
WTF?!
No...just, no. This is painful. Why, MC? Why?
Sie sprechen zu viel
That being said....they should have still kept the tub scene!
Can you make me a dvd of this show??? will pay
why dose he have such small vanges
Oh my gosh, this is awful. And what's with the bobbing bat at the beginning?
i agree with Uglydoll! I love him too! Too bad this show closed so soon!
Oh, Michael... you're the only good thing in this musical.
he fucked up one og the most popular musicals in history
Is this for real ?
WTF ?! Was soll das sein ....... Hilfe ...
What a bloody mess 😂😂😂😂
.....NO
oh my god my heart is bleeding ´cause THIS is crap.....why...why they ruined the great german version? WHYYYYY :(
The original is a mixture of comedy and drama but there is A LOT of comedy -, you have a man carrying another frozen man on his back, villagers singing about garlic and then the dude arriving with the frozen guy and everybody reacting like it’s conpleteny normally and that’s just the first five minutes. The broadway production is bad, it missed the mark but if the original production had been presented as it was in Germany in would’ve died a death on broadway because that style of comedy (like in many other German/Russian/French) musicals is awkward in English. What it needed was an adaptation where the creative team understood the original intent and tweaked and cajoled the original into something more palatable for broadway. However that takes skill. It takes skill to look at a song like the villagers garlic number and say ‘what is funny about this in German and why?’ Then create a set of lyrics that are not a direct translation but honour the original intent. That’s what tHis needed. But the problem with doing that is the interpretation of the Count. Playing a role completely straight amidst a sea of comedy seems to work in foreign language movies, plays, musicals - it’s a cultural thing. It just doesn’t sit well in an English translation. Mixing high drama and comedy in English always just ends up looking silly or completely uneven. I can understand why Michael Crawford panicked during the lead up to Broadway and why the tone of the show needed to be more even. He isn’t wrong, for it to work on a commercial level with English speaking audiences the tone needs to be more even. However they absolutely screwed up and the tone is just as uneven as beguile expect now we have straight faced Vampire dance sequences and then parody
Hi. Have you ever heared of Andrew Lloyd Webber? I didn't think so.....otherwise you wouldn't have written such a stutupid comment. By the way: I have seen the German production in Hamburg. Just listen to some songs and compare them to the american version. Crawford is a great singer, but his voice is just not made for this musical....And he wanted to change the musical into a comedy. and they did so. They wanted a star but that was one of the reasons why the musical did not work. Too bad :D
Hah try pausing at 2:43 :p
Instead of returning to Phantom, he does this hot mess of a show. Why Michael, Why?
That's horrible and a shame for the original extraordinary Musical!
Uhhhh, they totally stole this song from The Shadow.
You can't really steal something when you are the one who wrote. Jim Steinmein wrote the song and used a lot of his songs in this musical.
Heehee, yyyeaahhhhh, right after I posted the comment I looked up more info, My bad. :D