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What has been done in the past?
San Diego, California, USA: The world premiere of Dracula, The Musical took place
at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego,
California. The show ran from 13 October through 25 November 2001, officially opening on 21
October. The show played to 115% capacity during its run at La Jolla, and had the highest paid
capacity for any world premiere production in the Playhouse's history. Learn more about the
Cast and Crew from the La Jolla production, and the show's
Collaborators.
Belasco Theatre, New York, USA: Dracula ran at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway
from 30 July 2004 through 2 January 2005. The show officially opened on 19 August, and played a
total of 22 previews and 157 performances. The production starred Tom Hewitt as Dracula,
Melissa Errico as Mina and Kelli O'Hara as Lucy. For a complete cast list see the
Broadway Cast & Crew Page. Production photos are available on
Playbill Online.
St. Gallen, Switzerland: The European premiere of Dracula, The Musical took place
at the Stadttheater in St. Gallen (St. Gall),
Switzerland. The show played a first season of performances from 23 April 2005 through 29 June
2005, and a second season from 13 September 2005 through 2 January 2006. Matthias Davids
directed, Koen Schoots (Frank's Musical Supervisor in Europe) was musical director, and Kurt
Schrepfer was choreographer. Roman Hinze provided the German translation for the show.
The cast for this production included Thomas Borchert (Jekyll & Hyde in Vienna) as
Dracula, Drew Sarich as the alternate Dracula, Ann Christin Elverum as Mina Murray, Caroline
Vasicek and then Nicole Sieger as Lucy Westenra, Jesper Tydén as Jonathan Harker, Chris
Murray as Abraham Van Helsing, Stephan Vinzberg as Renfield, Martin Pasching as Arthur Holmwood,
Alen Hodzovic as Jack Seward, Frank Winkels as Quincey Morris, and Marion Furtner, Ines
Hengl-Pirker and Anna Thorén as Ensemble members.
Photos from opening night have been posted in the Project Photo
Gallery. Additional production photos have been posted on several websites, including:
Ann Christin Elverum's Site,
Chris Murray's Site,
Drew Sarich's Site,
and Martin Pasching's Club Site.
West Windsor, New Jersey, USA: Cheng/Ferrara Productions and Mercer
County Community College's Kelsey Theatre presented a new production of Dracula, The
Musical at the Kelsey Theater, 20-31 October
2006. The cast was led by David Weitzer as Count Dracula (by special arrangement with Actor's
Equity Association), Michaela Tomcho as Mina Murray and Charlene Angelini as Lucy Westenra.
For a complete cast list and production photo gallery, visit the
Cheng/Ferrara Productions Website.
This staging was the premiere of a newly revised version of the show, including songs not
heard in the Broadway production. It was also the non-equity premiere of the show. It had new
orchestrations by Nicholas Cheng (Frank's assistant), and Frank himself was directly involved in
the development of the production. The show was directed by Frank Ferrara and choreographed by
Jillian Potash.
Graz, Austria: Dracula had its Austrian premiere at the Musical Festival
Graz. Performances took place at 8:30 pm nightly, on 8 (preview), 9 (premiere), 11, 12, 15, 16,
18, 19 and 21-25 August. Thomas Borchert (Dracula), Caroline Vasicek (Lucy) and Jesper
Tydén (Jonathan) all reprised their roles from the St. Gallen production. They were
joined by Uwe Kröger (Rebecca) as Van Helsing and Lyn Liechty (Jekyll & Hyde)
as Mina. The staging was directed by Andreas Gergen (from Schlossparktheater in Berlin), with
musical direction and new orchestrations by Koen Schoots (Frank's European Musical Supervisor)
and choreography by Michael Reardon (Rudolf - The Last Kiss in Budapest). A new German
translation was provided by Herwig Thelen. Photos have been posted at
rolfbock.at, and more information is available on the
Musical Festival Graz Website (in German).
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