mourning a very specific version of an iwtv (not show version, sorry!!) musical in my head. a projection that reads 1976 is across the curtain. open on louis and lestat being interviewed separately. louis sits at a table in a run down hotel, being interviewed by a young journalist. lestat sits in front of a camera (in full rockstar mode) being interviewed by a documentarian. they begin to tell their stories, saying “the year was 1791” in unison. the year flashes once more as the stage begins to transform, and the music picks up. they each give exposition. louis mentions how he recently lost his wife and unborn child (once again, sorry paul, it’s for the claudia parallels) lestat mentions how he recently lost his dear friend nicki, notably hesitating on the word “friend.” during this exposition, both are lost into the dark night streets of new orleans before reappearing in their 1791 clothing. plot continues to happen. I’d really like to focus on the idea that lestat turned louis out of loneliness. he turned everyone he ever loved into a vampire, and not one stayed with him. blah blah blah claudia happens. throughout this at several points we freeze the scene in time as one of the interviewers asks a question. louis or lestat look to the audience and answer. whenever the year changes, it flashes across the screen as we get more snippets of the interviews. develop the trios relationship, imply feelings between louis and lestat. end act i with claudia killing lestat, and their eventual escape to europe. open act ii with interviews again, this time louis recounting their search for other vampires in a large scale, fast paced song. project a map to show everywhere they go. blah blah paris happens. cut between the lead up to claudia’s death and the interviews, creating a sense of dread. lestat and louis are once more present in the interviews during her death, rather than simply speaking to the audience from within the story they are telling. sitting in their chairs, they both break down in grief. in the aftermath, some version of the “I could not prevent it” conversation happens. they separate. from the interview chairs they say in unison “I never saw him again.” sad song about grief and living forever. whole thing with louis attacking the journalist happens. he decided to seek out lestat. documentarian asks question that makes lestat want to seek out louis. awkward reunion that ends with a heartfelt conversation about claudia and companionship. tagline “the worst thing a vampire can be is alone.” please take this whole thing with a grain of salt, this was just me trying to condense the first book into a thematically cohesive musical structure while considering some fun technical details. I wanted to make lestat more of an equal protagonist to incorporate parts of the vampire lestat into his background. as a result of this I changed the ending slightly. it’s bittersweet, but there’s a catharsis with their reunion as apologies and confessions are made. music style wise I’m very much thinking dracula, the scarlett pimpernel, frankenstein musical.
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