love to Sarah and the two lovers embrace (Draußen ist Freiheit – Reprise – "Outside is Freedom (Reprise)"). However, Sarah is already turned and bites Alfred mid-song, turning him into a vampire as well and both of them flee into the woods. Professor Abronsius, too consumed by his note taking, does not see what is happening behind him, until it is too late. In the epilogue, all vampires rejoice in their eternal dance (Der Tanz der Vampire – "Dance of the Vampires"). Productions Austria originally was played from October 4, 1997, to January 15, 2000, at the Raimund Theater in Vienna, Austria. Steve Barton received the 1998 IMAGE Award for Best Actor for his originating performance as Count von Krolock. A complete cast recording and a highlights cast recording of the Vienna production was released on a double CD in 1998. For the tenth anniversary of the musical, returned to the Raimund Theater for the week of February 3–11, 2007 in a scaled-down concert version. From September 16, 2009, to June 25, 2011, returned to Vienna at the Ronacher. The Ronacher production does not replicate the original. It features new sets, costumes, and lighting. Sets and costumes for the 2009 production were developed by Kentaur, based on the designs he developed previously for the Budapest production (see below). Germany The show had its German premiere in Stuttgart, Germany at the Apollo Theater and ran from March 31, 2000, to August 31, 2003. It had also played in Hamburg at the Neue Flora Theater from December 7, 2003, to January 22, 2006, in Berlin at the Theater des Westens from December 10, 2006, to March 30, 2008, and in Oberhausen at the Metronom Theater am Centro from November 7, 2008, to January 31, 2010. As a result of a public voting, returned to Stuttgart at the Palladium Theater from February 25, 2010, to October 16, 2011. The show returned to the Theater des Westens in Berlin from November 14, 2011, to August 25, 2013. On April 24, 2016, Tanz der Vampire began a touring production across Germany that concluded on March 17, 2019. United States Pre-opening From the premiere of , English producers were seeking to bring the show to English-speaking countries. Composer Steinman was no stranger to the theater scene in New York, having spent five years under the professional wing of New York Shakespeare Festival founder Joseph Papp in