Lestat

 I found the new vampire musical, Lestat, book by Linda Woolverton, music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin, to be visually interesting (set by Derek McKean, lighting by Kenneth Posner, costumes by Susan Hilferty) but not engaging. They didn't know whether to be campy or serious, so they went serious, and the few laughs show that it might have worked if it took a different tack.
Singing voices are all excellent; Carolee Carmello is outstanding, vivid, and a young phenom with a wide-open mature voice, Allison Fischer, steals the stage in terms of performance. When she's on, it's another, more interesting show. But the music is flat, without memorable tunes, the dialogue is corny and cliche, the lyrics don't amuse, the direction by Robert Jess Roth doesn't take us anywhere exciting, and the whole thing seems to be a $12,000,000 mistake. A Vampire show should be scary, fun and interesting. This is none of these.