Inside 'The Vampire Lestat' Live NYC Concert: Glittering Tanks, Rabid Fans and a Once-in-a-Lifetime Showman

It starts with a screening. It's a normal enough beginning for those lucky enough to live in L.A. and New York, but the event already kicks off as something special for those who have traveled from neighboring states to see if a man playing an immortal vampire playing a regular musician who definitely isn't a real vampire (or so his human bandmates think) can live up to a once in a lifetime one-night engagement. People from Boston took a five-hour train to be able to attend the event, while others drove up from Philly to get to experience Sam Reid's Lestat play live. This journalist . . .