Dance of the Vampires (musical)

Dance of the Vampires
Tanz der Vampire
MusicJim Steinman
LyricsMichael Kunze
Jim Steinman (English)
BookMichael Kunze
Jim Steinman (English)
David Ives (English)
Basis1967 Roman Polanski film, The Fearless Vampire Killers
Productions1997 Vienna

2000 Stuttgart
2002 Broadway
2003 Hamburg
2006 Berlin
2008 Oberhausen
2009 Vienna Revival
2010 Stuttgart Revival
2011 Berlin Revival
2014 Paris
2016 Berlin Revival
2017 Vienna Revival
2018 Berlin Revival
2019 Oberhausen Revival
2020 Copenhagen

2023 Stuttgart

Dance of the Vampires is a musical adaptation of the 1967 Roman Polanski film (known as The Fearless Vampire Killers in the United States). Polanski also directed the musical’s original German-language production (titled Tanz der Vampire). The music was composed by Jim Steinman, orchestrated by Steve Margoshes, and Michael Kunze wrote the original German book and lyrics.