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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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