For those of you who continually say that Wildhorn can't write a successful, meaningful, or well-written musical, remeber he's only the composer. Sure the concept may be his idea, but with a show like Dracula most of you have complained about the book and lyrics, remember...Book/Lyrics By: Don Black/Christopher Hampton. If you were to only focus on the music and set all other problems aside, you may actually realize that this is a wonderful score. Although I am not a fan of synthesized music (even though there are 6 live musicians), I feel that this may be one of his best scores yet. I would personally like to see the show close for a while and undergo some serious restructing, and re-open at a later date. Dracula had its great moments and some bad moments, but the majority of the shows problems have to do with its book. The show doesn't flow well between scenes, and leaves much room for confusion. I do not by any means think Dracula is a bad show, I actually feel that it has some wonderful potential. I also look forward to seeing Frankenstein when it opens. Wildhorn tends to do a plausable job with this genre, and it sounds like he's taking a different turn with this musical. For those who like to be critical from the get-go, why don't you hold off until you've actually seen it before you decide to just call it "another Wildhorn musical".
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Phantom05
------- "We Drink Your Blood And Then We Eat Your Soul, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Let The Bad Times Roll"
-------"Past The Point Of No Return, No Backward Glances, Abandon Thought And Let The Dream Begin"
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