They should wait till April then bring along Drew Sarich. He did Dracula in Germany and form what I heard, did pretty well. He also is an American and is an astounding performer. I saw Drew Sarich should be brought onto the CD if the Barbour situation doesn't work out.
They wouldn't pay to record it again with an even more unknown lead.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
I think the decision not to release was made before Barbour's troubles
If Wildhorn had to rethink it (knowing what he knows now ) he would have either not done one ( ala Civil War) or did an original cast album. All he did was spend a lot of money & he has nothing to show for it
To my knowledge, Dracula was scheduled to release prior to the Barbour incident. In fact there was talk of a double release with J&H Ressurection and Dracula because of a distribution deal they were working on for both for an international campaign, as I understood this.
Visit the Globalvision site as there's lots of discussion about all of this.
Not sure why they would do all the work to record it and then just shelve the project. I'm sure there's a market for it out there. I don't understand how all that works.
re: any more news on the DRACULA concept recording? Posted On: 4/18/06 at 11:56 AM
POSTER:"It would have been much simplier to say that the CD was recorded, and we hope that it will be released, instead of giving date after date after date."
Jeremy Roberts:"Yes, you're correct. We were misled by one of our distribution partners... which then started a chain reaction... That's why we pulled the date, and we won't declare another date until everyone and everything is in place.
Additionally, NOBODY could anticipate that one of our stars would get in trouble... since we don't know what's happening in this situation, it's better to pull it for now, then once things are clear, to move forward."
In other words, they were supposedly misled by somebody, so they pulled the date, then one of their leads may have done something illegal, which apparantly takes all the pressure off, and gives them an excuse to bail entirely. How convenient.
I'll say what I've always said about this. It was a scab recording, they screwed the Broadway cast, and maybe there's something to karma after all. I sincerely hope this recording never sees the light of day.
" don't see why they can't release the cd anyways. The whole thing makes me bitter."
Didn't they just finally release Capeman on iTunes? Maybe they should do something like that if there's not a market for a traditional release. If the recording is finished the cost must be next to nothing.
And what's going on with the Barbour situation anyway? Is there a date for a trial or something? It's a shame to see his career (and the jobs of those working with him) held back when he hasn't been found guilty of anything.
If Barbour's legal troubles are getting in the way of this being released, that's ridicuous. Most people don't know and don't care about Barbour's arrest. Besides, he's released and already working again.
