From David Ives' brilliant article on collaborating with Stephen Sondheim on his final musical. All we can say is, David, *we'd* gladly write the book. We take dictation... ;)

22 years ago today, the citizens of Lower Belabartokovich first graced the stage. Happy DOTV-ersary, one and all! (If you're reading, welcome to Bluesky; we'd love to interview you!)

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Playlist number three: perhaps the most exciting offering, this contains never-before-seen non-replica productions, the cream of an admittedly small crop, comprising performances from Poland, Slovakia, Japan, and the (in)famous modern-dress St. Gallen take from Switzerland!

Playlist number two: the "revival" replica. Starting with the 2007 Hungarian production, and in slightly revamped flavors from the 2009 Vienna revival to future productions in Russia, this features Cornelius Baltus' refresh of the Polanski staging, with designs by Kentaur.

Playlist number one: the "original" replica, productions replicating (or featuring) the original Roman Polanski direction, and Sue Blane/Bill Dudley/Hugh Vanstone designs, from 1997 to 2019.

An exclusive for Bluesky followers only: as part of researching for our podcast, we have collected upscaled and/or decent-quality videos of both Tanz and DOTV, and assembled them into YouTube playlists for ease of use by our co-hosts. Tonight, we share the goodies for those with post-election blues!

Guess who? ;)

A sampler CD, distributed to interested critics and VIPs before the Broadway production began previews.

The official cast recordings, to date.

Dance of the Vampires. Overseas, it means 9,500+ performances, in 13 languages, in 15 countries, selling over 10 million tickets. In America, it's "proof" that "vampire musicals don't work on Broadway," a money-hemorrhaging flop on the Carrie/Spider-Man level. How'd it happen? This is our story.