Who liked Dracula?
Who liked Dracula?
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ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#2re: Who liked Dracula?
Posted: 12/24/04 at 10:07am
Faint praise there,tinytoon? Guess I can't fault you - there were some great voices in a very pretty show - but oy! the book!
I don't think it deserved the vicious vitriol it got,though-if you want to see it-do it soon-final performance is Jan 2nd.
#3re: Who liked Dracula?
Posted: 12/24/04 at 10:24amHonestly, I loved it. I've seen it 8 times, with tickets to closing night. I don't think it's the absolute best show out there, but I also don't think it deserved the horrible reviews that it got. I like it more and more everytime I go. Even though this has nothing to do with the show itself, the cast members are so sweet afterwards as well, especially Tom, which makes the experience better.
Dracula 1/2~ I was born to love you and to need you and to let you go free...
maybethistime
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/04
#4re: Who liked Dracula?
Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:09amcouldn't've said it better... it seems almost all bad musicals today are killed by their horrific book... OY is right
#5re: Who liked Dracula?
Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:28ami love dracula so much, i think the show is great, and i'm so disappointed that it's closing. it is true that the cast is exceptionally nice afterwards. i'm gonna miss it!
mule
Understudy Joined: 7/31/04
#6I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:29am
Saw it twice and liked it better the 2nd time.
Only character I did not like was Van Helsing. The accent just did not work for me.
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#7I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 11:32am
I've seen it a couple times. I just can't stand Melissa Errico in the part -- she is bland, boring, and her voice is shot. I saw it once with her cover -- who was heads and tails better than her in every department. I also think the men in the show are quite good.
And, I'd LOVE to see Kelly O'Hara get a Tony nod for this show -- she is GREAT in it -- and her voice...geesh. Amazing.
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#8I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:41pmDracula is obviously a bad show, but I saw it in previews and I don't think it was quite as bad as the critics made it out to be. Most of them said it was boring, and I certainly was never bored. They also gave Tom Hewitt a hard time, but I think he was very good, although his voice is a little too light for a character like Dracula. However, Melissa Errico was obviously very pissed off that she was in that show and seemed to be just walking through it. She took time off from the show because of vocal problems? Yeah right. Anyway, the show was bad but not THAT bad. However, it still should have closed a while ago. If this were a generation ago, when Broadway was Broadway, it wouldn't have lasted a month.
#9I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:48pmI loved it also. I had planned to see it again but my tixs were after the closing date. Tom Hewitt is gorgeous. I waited for autographs and everyone was nice. I do not know why the critcs hated it. The special effects were something to see.
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bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#10I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 1:48pmThe show is not as bad as the critics said and everyone knows it. They were just on a power trip and wanted to have some fun and most of all, went into the show already knowing they were going to pan it which is not smart.
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#11I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 2:47pm
Baritone,
Don't talk about about things you "obviously" don't know about-regardless of how you felt about Ms Errico's performance,the woman was in fact quite ill for some time-and when she recovered she returned to the show & hasn't missed a performance since.
For you to suggest her vocal problems did not exist is really shameful & I hope such a thing never happens to you....and Tom Hewitt's voice "too light"?
How can anyone take your posts seriously after you've said something like that?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#12I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 2:50pmMy wife & I loved it. We look forward to the cd of the show in whatever form it takes
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#13I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 2:59pmOf course you didn't mind it Tiny Toon I mean hell you love that steaming pile called BKLYN!!!!!!!!
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#14I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 2:59pmOf course you didn't mind it Tiny Toon I mean hell you love that steaming pile called BKLYN!!!!!!!!
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#15I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 3:03pm
I love BronxBoundExpress's theories.
I wonder what color the sky is in his world?
#16I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 3:09pmI saw Dracula last week and really didn't want to see it, I thought it was not going to be my type of show. I was very wrong and very pleased with the show. I am glad I went to see it. I saw Bombay Dreams right after Dracula and thought that was excellent, sorry to see these two shows closing. No one gave them a change.
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#17I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 3:17pmI first saw it in La Jolla and I loved it then. I won't get to see it on Broadway but from everything I've heard and seen I would have liked it. I hope the national tour does surface becasue that would be cool. Can't wait for the studio cast recording either. It's gonna be awesome.
#18I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 5:42pm
People DID give this show a chance.
And it really is 100% as terrible as the reviews were. It really is garbage. But, compared to BKLYN, it is a brilliant masterpiece.
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BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#19I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 5:51pm
i don't think i have ever seen a positive comment from you that was worth while (as i am sure you accidently - like now - slipped in a positive comment while making a negative one).
I saw the show in previews. Hope to see it again next week before it closes. i told the parental units i would drive into the city on my own if plans to see it with friends fell through...
#21I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 6:15pmI thought Dracula was very interesting. Tom Hewitt was wonderful as well as the rest of the cast.
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#22I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 7:17pmI saw it I think the day after opening night. I left entertained. There were some nice effects and great voices on the stage. And yes, the cast was very personable afterwards. However, the more I thought about the show the more things I found wrong with it. The book was the problem. I think they tried to hard to stay true to the original novel. Sometimes you do need that freedom to change a few things to make it work. Many novels have been made into musicals and make many changes, Dracula would not have been critized if they changed elements to the plot. Look at Wicked for christ sake.
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Updated On: 12/24/04 at 07:17 PM
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#23I liked it.
Posted: 12/24/04 at 9:28pmI agree the book was the problem, but I don't think the issue was that they stayed true to the novel. I think the problem was that they kept through to the novel, and then only did every third scene. Made it a bit confusing.
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#24I liked it.
Posted: 12/25/04 at 12:15amIt is not a great show but it is also not as bad as the critic say. They were correct but they were also very mean and that is what I meant by them being on a power trip because come on, we all know they ejoyed posting those reviews and thought hard on jokes because Frank is so well known for having bashing reviews.
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