What follows is a chilling tour through a familiar horror story. The script is well paced, with tension and suspense relieved by well-calculated humor. It’s a show with a great deal more emotional breadth than many musicals, including horror, suspense and humor. Here too are love at its most tender and loyal; human frailty and shame; the eroticism of the vampire’s allure and the cold viciousness of predation.
Technically, the play is finely staged. The studio theater’s small space draws the audience into the drama. The score is perfectly suited to the gothic tale. Lighting and sound effects marry with the mood. The costumes are elaborate and authentic. The spare staging admirably translates a story that sweeps across continents onto a small stage. Musical Artists Theatre has brought to life yet another work of original drama that’s well worth seeing."
Review by April Falcon Doss, Bay Weekly
Book and Lyrics by Michael Hulett
Based on the Novel by Bram Stoker
