(see song list below). Opening After a prolonged period of development (61 previews in total, with two of the originally set opening dates missed), the English version of Dance of the Vampires opened on Broadway on December 9, 2002. Music and lyrics for the English version were officially credited to Jim Steinman, and the English book was officially credited to Jim Steinman, Michael Kunze and David Ives. This version of the show was critically lambasted; the work of lead performer Michael Crawford was reviewed particularly harshly. When the reviews came out, Jim Steinman made a show of his disapproval of the project by not attending the opening night and publicly distancing himself from the show that had resulted from this "too many cooks" approach: "The show that I wrote is not at the Minskoff. The show that is dear to me is still running in Vienna (sic). The one at the Minskoff was just a job." In later days, on his blog, he would still deny responsibility for what had occurred, writing that "DOTV as we know was UTTER SHIT!" in one post, and describing the production as a "shit pile" in another. He stated in other blog entries that his music was "wasted" on the show, and was careful to make a clear distinction between the Broadway version (referred to as DOTV) and the successful European version (referred to as Tanz). On January 25, 2003, after 56 performances, Dance of the Vampires closed. According to The New York Times, it was "one of the costliest failures in Broadway history", losing roughly $12 million, easily eclipsing the infamous musical Carrie. Original Broadway Cast Count Giovanni Von Krolock – Michael Crawford Sarah – Mandy Gonzalez Professor Abronsius – René Auberjonois Alfred – Max von Essen Chagal – Ron Orbach Magda – Leah Hocking Rebecca – Liz McCartney Herbert – Asa Somers Boris – Mark Price Zsa-Zsa – Erin Leigh Peck Nadja – E. Alyssa Claar Other international productions The musical has thus far been played at the following international venues: Estonia: Tallinn: 2000 at the Tallinna Linnahall Poland: Warsaw: October 8, 2005 – October 24, 2006 at the Roma Teatr Muzyczny Japan: Tokyo: July 7 – August 27, 2006; July 5 – August 26, 2009; November 27 – December 24, 2011; November 3–30, 2015; all at the Imperial Theater Fukuoka: September 2–27, 2009 at the Hakata-za Theater Osaka: January 7–12, 2012;