Dracula: A Muscial Nightmare
On November 2, 2003 I attended the performance Dracula: A Musical Nightmare at The Dougherty Arts Center in Austin. I am usually not the type of person that would enjoy sitting through a musical performance, yet there have been a few I enjoyed so I thought I could see it before making any assumptions about it. Unfortunately, I could not get myself to enjoy the theatrical performance. When I arrived at the theater I had expected the auditorium to be much larger than how it was in reality. The stage and audience were only one to two feet away from each other; so I felt like the characters were too close to form a “willing suspension of disbelief.” When my favorite part of the play (Intermission) finally came, it was the best fifteen minutes I had all afternoon long. Also, during the first act or two the stage had no scenery on it. This also made the “willing suspension of disbelief” difficult to get in my mind. I was unsure of the setting at the start of play because there was no scenery of trees, buildings, a home, or anything. The reviews on the musical were very pleasing, so I think that it was mainly the proximi
I will admit there were a few things in the musical that I think were portrayed wonderfully to the audience. The costumes in the play were a great representation of the nineteenth century time period. The girls were dressed in tight, cleavage showing, burlesque dresses with fancy high-heeled shoes and fishnets. It instantly let the audience know the time period the play was going on. The men’s costumes were the older style of suites with a cane and hat. This was a perfect combination for a better visual for the setting. Another part of the play I thought was depicted exceptionally was the lighting. During the scene at Carfax, outside of Dracula’s castle, the stage lighting was dimmed to almost complete darkness and the lights flickered with shadows and sounds to seem like a dreary cold night. Every scary movie has the scary seen of darkness and lightning, and it is harder to show on a live stage the affects, but the director did great at making it realistic seeming. Another part I liked of the play was how characters kept disappearing before they came on stage. At first, I didn’t understand what point the directo
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