yuletide | 2021 Yuletide Promo Post

Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!

Here's where you get those eyes on your fandoms for sign ups!

Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!

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FANDOM NAME:
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT:
WHERE CAN I FIND IT (optional):

(Bonus optional: What are you thinking of requesting for this?)

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For reference, last year's promo post!

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FANDOM NAME: Dance of the Vampires (the Broadway version 2002/03!!) - music and lyrics by Jim Steinman, book by Ives (based on Kunze).

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: First, let me tell you: this is very different from the Austrian success musical "Tanz der Vampire". Most Tanz fans hate the Broadway version with a vengeance. Much has been changed, "adapted" to an American audience, and I admit that there are many changes that are indeed frown-worthy. I have only recently come to see the Broadway version's charms, and much of its appeal is connected to the changes. It's campy. It's often absurd. It tries to be a grand romance but also a comedy. The suave and gothic Count von Krolock has been turned into a tragic clown who hides his sadness behind puns and jokes and a fake Italian accent. There are dick jokes. Anachronisms. Vampire threesomes. I can see why this musical bombed on Broadway, but listen: it's glorious. The music slaps, and our heroine Sarah is anything but a damsel in distress. Panned by critics and hated by Tanz fans, it is still a damn good piece of entertainment, and if you look beyond the camp aspects, you will find that the added humour actually adds to the tragic story of the vampire count; he is a kind of blood-thirsty Pierrot here, hungry for life and love, and Count Giovanni von Krolock deserves fannish love (and an after-life beyond the show, via fic) indeed.

There are so far only 13 fics on the AO3 for this version, and all written by one and the same author (me). I dearly hope someone will give this fandom a chance.

WHERE CAN I FIND IT: If you haven't seen it live on Broadway during its very short run, there's only one option: bootlegs, aka unauthorised recordings by audience members. There are a few floating about on the internet, HOWEVER: most are really no joy to watch. Here's a better-quality bootleg (download from my Google Drive). Of course even the best bootleg can never be as good as a professional recording, but this one is definitely watchable.

Length: roughly over 2 hours.

What are you thinking of requesting for this? There are endless possibilities for this show. Something set during canon, or post-canon, or a backstory. Vampires are pretty much immortal, so you can even set the story in a different century, without making it an AU. I adore the pairing Sarah/Krolock, but there is wonderful potential for a threesome with Alfred. Or Abronsius/Krolock.

2021 Yuletide Promo Post

Dance of the Vampires (Broadway 2002/03) - Steinman/Kunze/Ives