4th Phase: Give Your Blood to Him! (To be more revised … 3rd Edition)
Frank Wildhorn composed and lyricized it based on book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton (Bram Stoker wrote the actual book). James Barbour starred as Dracula, Kate Shindle as Mina, Rob Evan as Harker, and Norm Lewis as Van Helsing.
A man named Jonathan Harker will deal with Count Dracula, who wants to buy a house in London. Dracula was attracted by the photo of Mina, Harker’s fiancée. Harker will escape to Budapest to marry Mina and Mina’s friend Lucy will marry Arthur in London. In the meantime, Dracula searched for his victims. He tells a man to get him his first victim, who was Lucy. She first dies and then transfigures into a renowned vampiress with the help of Van Helsing. With the pain, eventually, she dies by her former love interests, Jack and Quincey, in her tomb. And so, Mina had to meet Dracula to make him taste her blood and turn into a vampire herself. It is better for the count move away from London before the hunters of vampires and Dracula come and kill them. They will use Mina for the telepathy. Despite the help, Mina will follow the count into the darkness and that is her fate. He asks Mina to release him from his doomed existence. With tears running down her eyes, she fulfils her lover’s last wish.
A magical love trick offers help to the continuity of some of movies, dramas, stories, and reality. I read about the stories of monsters and creatures from the magical world in the guideline book of Harry Potter series, including ones about vampires and Dracula. They are tricky creatures. Let’s see them in this musical!