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Post by Sissi on May 11, 2005 20:12:14 GMT -5
Has anybody seen it yet? Being a big fan of this musical, i'm really dying to get more info on the Swiss production. If anyone has seen this, can you please tell me about it?
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Post by Cia on May 12, 2005 7:04:56 GMT -5
I would so much want to see it! I love the story of Dracula and vampires in general, so I think I would love the musical, but I haven't found any websites about it or heard the music. Does anyone know if they sell any cast recordings of it in Germany? Or has anyone any nice links where I could find more information about it?
Btw, is this the same musical they performed in Tecklenburg, with Ethan Freeman as Dracula?
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Post by Sandrinoo2004 on May 12, 2005 10:40:05 GMT -5
I don't know if it's the same than the Dracula with Ethan Freeman but it's the version of Frank Wildhorn that had been played in Broadway in 2004.
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Post by Sissi on May 12, 2005 14:48:45 GMT -5
Btw, is this the same musical they performed in Tecklenburg, with Ethan Freeman as Dracula? No, it's not. It's a completely different version of a Dracula musical. it wasn't very successful on Broadway, and it closed after playing for only half a year. but it seems that the Swiss production might be more successful than the broadway one. |
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Post by Milady on May 12, 2005 16:36:30 GMT -5
No, it's not. It's a completely different version of a Dracula musical. it wasn't very successful on Broadway, and it closed after playing for only half a year. but it seems that the Swiss production might be more successful than the broadway one. Word is that it opened on Broadway so Wildhorn could market it as a Broadway musical in Europe, where he's been considerably more successful than he has in America. I can't imagine any other reason for having done it, since it was certain to lose money from the get-go. |
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Post by Sissi on May 12, 2005 18:21:20 GMT -5
Word is that it opened on Broadway so Wildhorn could market it as a Broadway musical in Europe, where he's been considerably more successful than he has in America. I can't imagine any other reason for having done it, since it was certain to lose money from the get-go. I think i have to agree here. what happened to Dracula is almost the EXACT same with what happened to Jekyll & Hyde. And just like Jekyll & Hyde, the European version is the better one, w/ all the good songs from before the show opened on Broadway put back, and the bad songs cut out. I don't know why he does that though... why not just put the good version onto Broadway to begin with, so that it might have had a better chance of being successful? I truly think that Jekyll & Hyde could have done a lot better had Wildhorn left it alone and not butchered the good version by changing it so much to put on Broadway... or maybe in the case of Dracula, he has learned his lesson? |
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Post by Stacy on May 12, 2005 19:09:05 GMT -5
I pretty much asked Frank that when I got the opportunity to interview him.  He said that the director and producers have a really big say into the overall tone of a show in New York, and a show like Jekyll & Hyde got really "tamed" ... and I imagine Dracula was the same thing. In Europe, I've found that directors and audiences are way more open to different approaches and scenes that may be considered "scandalous" on Broadway. Can you imagine putting "The World has Gone Insane" into the Broadway version of J&H? It would have seemed totally out of place, because the show up until then had barely scratched the surface of Jekyll's fight with madness. But in Germany, it was great! I'm feeling very inarticulate tonight, but I hope that made some sense. Oh, and if anyone really wants to buy me a plane ticket to Switzerland, I'd be happy to give my first-hand view of Dracula there. |
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Post by Milady on May 12, 2005 20:24:19 GMT -5
I pretty much asked Frank that when I got the opportunity to interview him. He said that the director and producers have a really big say into the overall tone of a show in New York, and a show like Jekyll & Hyde got really "tamed" ... and I imagine Dracula was the same thing. I love Broadway's idea of "tamed". "The World Has Gone Insane"?? No, no, no! Can't deal with it! *runs away screaming* "Full frontal nudity, for no good reason?" Yes, yes, yes! Oh, and I'd be happy to take up anyone offering a free trip to Switzerland, too. Just... I'd need to go twice. You know, once to see Thomas, once to see Drew, and, well, twice to see Jesper. *dies* |
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Post by Sandrinoo2004 on May 13, 2005 2:21:18 GMT -5
Speaking of the cast, well heu what is the cast??  I know the Thomas Borchert and Jesper Tyden are in but which role they take and who are the other?  |
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Post by Milady on May 13, 2005 11:26:43 GMT -5
Dracula - Thomas Borchert Alternate Dracula - Drew Sarich Jonathan Harker - Jesper Tyden Van Helsing - Chris Murray Mina Murray - Ann Christin Elverum Lucy Westenra - Caroline Vasicek Renfield - Stephan Vinzberg Arthur Holmwood - Martin Pasching Jack Seward - Alen Hodzovic Ouincey Morris - Fank Winkels Ensemble - Marion Furtner, Ines Hengl-Pirker, Anna Thoren ... is the cast, according to www.musicalzentrale.de |
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Post by Sandrinoo2004 on May 13, 2005 11:40:30 GMT -5
Thank you!!
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Post by Sissi on May 14, 2005 18:13:19 GMT -5
Hehe, another reason why i'm so interested in the show in Switzerland is because it stars 4 of my favorite actors (Thomas Borchert, Jesper Tyden, Ann Christin Elverum, Caroline Vasicek). |
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Post by Stacy on May 15, 2005 7:35:07 GMT -5
Hehe, another reason why i'm so interested in the show in Switzerland is because it stars 4 of my favorite actors (Thomas Borchert, Jesper Tyden, Ann Christin Elverum, Caroline Vasicek). Tell me about it, it's an amazing cast!! Still nobody here who's seen it? I'd really like to hear some reviews! |
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Post by Nene on May 15, 2005 18:50:55 GMT -5
I need to get rich! Or at least enough of money to move myself that way.  |
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Post by Sandrinoo2004 on May 16, 2005 7:18:31 GMT -5
I wish I could see it it seems to be really an amazing cast!!!! I can't wait the CD!!
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