King's Theatre Pantomime King's Theatre Pantomime The pantomime at the King's has been running annually since 1971. Before that a few pantomimes were staged from 1964/65 after Glasgow Corporation bought the theatre from Howard & Wyndham Ltd. Pantomime in Scotland has always been popular, particularly in Glasgow, and there has been a long tradition developed from the 1860s. From the 1970s pantomime productions for the King's were funded jointly by the City Councils of Glasgow and Edinburgh and staged in both cities. Stanley Baxter one of Britain's top pantomime dames performed at the King's in the 1980s in Cinderella, written and directed by
Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are "Die Unstillbare Gier", a song performed by the character Graf von Krolock in the rock-opera "Tanz der Vampire". Steve Barton performed the song on the 1998 Original Vienna Cast Recording. Steinman rewrote the "Tanz" version into English as "Confession of a Vampire" for the ill-fated US version ("Dance of the Vampires") of the musical starring Michael Crawford. Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" is a song composed and written by Jim Steinman, and recorded by Meat Loaf. The song was released in