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[darchildre]

The ACT theater Dracula did several things that were super interesting:

1) The cast is highly condensed - only 7 actors. Most of the condensed characters were as per usual: though all three of Lucy's suitors wer mentioned, the only one we saw was Dr Seward. However! They also entirely cut Van Helsing and gave his role as vampire expert to Mina. I've never seen a Dracula without a Van Helsing before and it was weird and novel and pretty great.

2) Mina also got to kill Dracula, which I always approve of.

3) Until he reached England, Dracula was a super unsettling puppet.

4) The curtain call music was Cry Little Sister from The Lost Boys and I had to explain to all my siblings was I was suddenly laughing so hard.


We have a tradition of debriefing over gelato after theater and today I discovered that, despite knowing me and having to put up with my Dracula nonsense for years, none of my siblings are conversant with any version other than the 1931 film. I feel I really should rectify that.

Comments

[james]

That sounds like an awesome version.

[darchildre]

It was very rad.

[silveradept]

That sounds like a good production.

[darchildre]

It was - I very much enjoyed it.