the cast is official now:
Drew Sarich will be Rudolf. :lol:

Mary - Lisa Antoni
Eduard Graf Taaffe - Uwe Kröger
Kaiser Franz Joseph - Claus Dam
Gräfin Larisch - Carin Filipcic
Kronprinzessin Stephanie - Wietske von Tongeren

more details later on Franks site :lol: :lol: :lol:

WHY!!!! WHY HAD WILDHORN TO RUIN TEH BEST SONGS IN THE SHOW!
Although I'm happy with Drew as Rudolf (finnaly a Rudolf that doesn't irritate me) but I won't forgive Frank and VBW for putting Uwe as Taffe... Unless Uwe gets real and understands he can't do high notes anymore (although he didn't missed any in Rebecca when I saw it) he will ruin the songs... :(

Here's a link with a video of a bit of the songs sung in the Press Conference
http://wien.orf.at/stories/312857/

Lisa Antoni is really wonderfull :) ...Uwe Kröger just ruined the best song in the show... :angry:

You all should check the musicalvienna.at site (there's an English option as well.) That has the press release/package and photos.

EDIT: Interesting bits from Frank's bio:

here another video with Drew:
scroll down to Rudolf

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They talking about the new musical and that Drew couldnt be in Vienna because he had now permission to travel!!! He´s American, married in Vienna, working in London and couldnt fly to Vienna. So Frank travelled to London to make the video with him.
Lisa is really amazing :lol:

another one
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and Rebecca goes Broadway :lol:

one more???

next video :D

Thanks Mina for the links to the videos. I am enjoying the musica to Rudolf. :)

see :D I told you guys :D Drewie doesn't lie, and I just deliver his truths haha

anybody know til when the show's running? an aproximate period

The show premieres on the 26th February and then it will close depending on the ticket sales.
If Uwe doesn't ruin it, I expect it to run until, at least December 2009. But its possible that, if sales are good, the run is extended until June 2010. But I doubt it will be staged for that long.
However we'll have to wait until VBW announces the Spielplan (dunno the english name) for 2009/2010.
As for guesswork...there are many people asking for Tanz der Vampire to be Revived in Wien so its a possibility. Also its possible that Rebecca may return again. It will also depend on the Spielplan at the Theater Ronacher. There's no show announced yet to replace The Producers. I dunno until when will it play...
I for sure would like VBW to stage Wildhorn's Dracula since its time the show gets a decent staging (meaning with good sets, not restricted like the Graz one). But I assume in 2010, VBW will stage the new Kunze & Levay's musical "Marie Antoinette" if it closes in Bremen in the end of 2009.

But we'll have to wait... :rolleyes:

My question is, what happens to "Rudolf" after Vienna? It's already going to Japan as "Elisabeth" and "Mozart" did. I can't imagine it going to Broadway...perhaps The West End. Or A Major Motion Picture?

Rudolf to Broadway?
a couple of weeks ago, my answer was: I don´t believe
but
Frederic Morton said in the interviews, that his book "A Nervous Splendor" in the Staates is in the 34. Edition (I hope, that´s the right word :rolleyes: )
that they use it for lessons, I don´t know in schools or universities
so, say never, never ;)

Well, unlike the other shows by Frank, Rudolf stage rights etc are all hold by VBW. So I don't think a B'way run is very likely in a near future. First because VBW is very suspicious about Broadway after the butchering of Tand der Vampire. That's why Rebecca is under all vigillance.
Second because, unlike other Frank shows, VBW doesn't release rights for amateur performances of their shows. So the possibility of comunity Theaters in the USA getting to stage the show are very very reduced.
The possibility of Rudolf to go to the USA is now depending on Rebecca. If Rebecca is staged properly (like in Vienna) with the sucess of the show (wich is bound to happen...'cause otherwise it just proves B'way audiences have no taste at all nowadays). So if Rebecca isn't a sucess, I think VBW will not consider the B'way audiences worth of trying Rudolf.
If (as I hope) B'way audiences still have taste, with the sucess of Rebecca, is possible that GLOBAL BROADWAY Inc. (who will stage Rebecca) gets the rights to Rudolf too. (Though plans are to stage Havana first)

And here is the video to the ENTIRE Press Conference http://musicalclub24.net/cms/index.php?id=837

here some pics from the start of the rehearsals
here

and you can read the rest of the cast :lol:

wanna see a video???

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hi society 25.11.08 Rudolf
They talking about the start of the rehearsal and they asked Drew because in the show he must kiss Lisa several times "g" :lol: ......
Lisa said, she thinks he´s handsome :P
sounds like a good job B)

LOL thanks! I just don't know if Drew's wife will find that very funny :P :D

:lol:

at the end he said something like, that he will enjoy to come home after the rehearsal and to snog (? knutschen?) his wife ;)

Yeah I know he says he will enjoys more to kiss his wife when he gets home. :P
What I don't think his wife would find funny was Lisa saying he's cute so its nice... :D I'm obviously kidding, his wife most certainly wouldn't care less 'cause Drew is an amazing husband and father according to all his friends :D