| Dracula | |
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| The Musical | |
 Album cover of the original concept album | |
| Music | Frank Wildhorn |
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| Basis | Dracula by Bram Stoker |
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Dracula, the Musical is a musical based on the original 1897 Victorian novel by Bram Stoker. The score is by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton.
The show had its regional premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California, in 2001, playing to 115% capacity, earning the highest paid capacity for any world premiere production in the playhouse's history.[1] It then premiered on Broadway in 2004, starring Tom Hewitt as the vampire Count and Melissa Errico as the woman he loves, Mina Harker.
A brief nude scene in which Dracula seduces Lucy Westenra (played by Kelli O'Hara) received much publicity,[2] as did the show's numerous special effects. Despite that, the show ran for only 154 performances, and received mainly negative reviews.[3] The show was heavily revised and later had engagements in Europe, where it proved to be a hit.[4]
- ^ "Dracula". www.frankwildhorn.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
- ^ "Kelli O'Hara Interview broadway.com, September 28, 2004
- ^ Brantley, Ben (August 20, 2004). "THEATER REVIEW; The Bat Awakens, Stretches, Yawns". The New York Times. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ^ Dracula: Productions Archived June 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine frankwildhorn.com