Full cast announced for Dracula, The Musical

Thu 27 May 2004 Full cast announced for Dracula, The Musical Full casting has been announced for Dracula, The Musical, the first new musical of the 2004-2005 Broadway season. The production will open at the Belasco Theatre on 16 Aug 2004.(UPDATE: Now opening 19 Aug 2004 Following previews from the 19 July 2004. (UPDATE: Now previewing from 28 July 2004) Dracula will star Tom Hewitt as Dracula and Melissa Errico as Mina Murray. The production will also feature Hinton Battle as Van Helsing, Don Stephenson as Renfield, Darren Ritchie as Jonathan Harker, Kelli OHara as Lucy Westenra, Chris Hoch as Arthur Holmwood, Shonn Wiley as Jack Seward, and Bart Shatto as Quincey Morris. The cast will also include Celina Carvajal, Melissa Fagan, Jenifer Foote, Anthony Holds, Pamela Jordan, Elizabeth Loyocano, Tracy Miller, Graham Rowat, Megan Sikora and Chuck Wagner Dracula will be produced on Broadway by Dodger Stage Holding and Joop van den Ende, in association with Clear Channel Entertainment. The production will be directed by Des McAnuff, and choreographed by Mindy Cooper. Dracula features a book by Christopher Hampton , lyrics by Don Black and music by composer Frank Wildhorn. Dracula is a new musical vision of romance, terror and temptation based on the Bram Stoker classic novel. Set in Europe at the end of the Victorian Age, the production follows Dracula's lust for new blood and a small band of mortal men and women who must face his overwhelming seduction and mesmeric supernatural powers. Sets are by Heidi Ettinger; costumes by Catherine Zuber; lighting by Howell Binkley; and musical direction by Constantine Kitsopoulos. Tickets will go on sale 6 June 2004.