Save Dracula!!!!- Page 2

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 8:22am

I need to understand something. This is a legitimate question. I know that's it been repoterd here and elsewhere that 'Dracula' is only playing to 33% capacity. But when I saw the show again this past Wednesday night (not a Friday or Saturday night, mind you), how is it that all but a few scattered seats were empty? I'm talking orchestra section. I honestly have no idea what the deal was in the Mezz and Balcony. But I expected the theatre to be half-empty, and I was surprised to see just about every seat in the orchestra filled. How can they be filling that many seats on a weekday evening and still only be playing to 33% capacity?

[Corine2]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 8:56am

Margo-
I AGREE WITH YOU.
If only his sugar daddy could have met Jeanine Tesori!
Dracula is not worth saving. It would be great to take the cast and put them in something fantastic written by Jeanine and Tony Kushner.
I wish he could have saved Caroline or Change, a brilliant musical!
(Curtain up maybe Dracula is papering the house)
Tow Hewitt deserves to be starring in a better show. Updated On: 9/18/04 at 08:56 AM

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 9:41am

curtainup, maybe the mezz and balcony moved down to the orchestra... capacity figures aren't just determined from how many orchestra seats there are, but from the entire seating capacity of the theater, and sometimes standing room as well...

[Dawg]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:27am

They are papering the hell out of the show...which is nice, since no one's actually buying tickets-its good for the actors to be playing to SOMEone.

And someone said earlier that the reveiws were "not kind." On the contrary, 23 out of 23 major theatrical reviews were downright pans.

[bronxboundexpress]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:03am

So if Wildhorn shows keep getting bailed out of ticket sales losses so they run longer, why did CIVIL WAR die after 2 months? It was selling better than DRACULA is and was a smaller budget probably.

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:15am

I agree, when I saw Dracula, I was in the orchestra and there were only a few empty seats here and there. But please, go see Dracula!!!! Its really a lot of fun!!!

[bronxboundexpress]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:25am

I'm going again today!!!

[Tiny-Toon]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:47am

I'm going to see Dracula again soon! :)

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 12:02pm

Thank you to those who were KIND.

[luvbdwy]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 12:17pm

Am going to see it next Saturday night - hope it doesn't close before then. I like Frank Wildhorn and loved the Scarlet Pimpernel (saw it 3 times). Tried to see Civil War, but it closed before we could go.

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 1:17pm

thanks

[TheGirlinTheFrock]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 1:30pm

"curtainup, maybe the mezz and balcony moved down to the orchestra... capacity figures aren't just determined from how many orchestra seats there are, but from the entire seating capacity of the theater, and sometimes standing room as well..."

Always a possiblity. But wouldnt it normally be after intermission that people from the Mezz and Balc would move down? You have to see if there is a person who already bought that seat first!

Also, what is "papering" a show?

[PleaseChangeMe]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 2:04pm

"this is like trying to save the titanic..lol"

No, that was possible.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 2:23pm

I can accept the fact that some people simply don't feel Wildhorn is a credible composer...and you are entitled to that opinion, though I think it's unrealistic to overall trash his music as worthless junk, as many have done. The fact remains that he has written some very recognizable songs that are popular enough to be performed by some very credible people, internationally for years. And he has gotten his chance on Broadway four times now, regardless of how his shows are received. An enviable feat for many.

I am the first to agree that his shows, all of them, have had their share of troubles on Broadway. But no one is more aware of that than his collaborators, as well as his supporters. Wealthy investors are not usually blind to a potential client's track record. I'm quite sure that all of his investors including the European 'money folk' for Dracula do their homework and make their choices voluntarily.

Frank Wildhorn may be a wealthy man. Oddly,I didn't ask him. I did ask him if he considered his work to be a success? His answer is found in my interview. https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=953

In a nutshell, he told me that "he loves writing music for theater and that theater goes beyond the several blocks in Manhattan. Having a show succeed and endorsed in NY is without a doubt a bonus, but knowing others will enjoy his work nationally and intertnationally as in the case of J&H & Pimpernel is just as important to him. He also is grateful that he can do what he loves to do and earn enough money to feed his family and many others who work alongside him with his projects"

Personally, I don't know how others measure success, but I think that a pretty balanced and fufilling attitude.

Updated On: 9/18/04 at 02:23 PM

[bronxboundexpress]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 4:01pm

AMEN!

*****gets up from the computer and does a cheesy interpretive dance around the living room to "Before the Sumer Ends."****

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 9/18/04 at 4:10pm

http://www.goseedracula.zoomshare.com/1.shtml, go and write some comments under NEWS please.