So I was bored and started this list. Feel free to add more.

You may be obsessed with Frank Wildhorn if you...

1. own more than five recordings of Jekyll & Hyde

2. Constantly listen to demo recordings of his shows that may never get staged.

3. Have heard of Linda Eder

4. Subject yourself to Rob Evan's voice simply to hear Wildhorn's newest works

5. Saw Dracula on broadway and actually thought it was good

6. reference Kate shindle to a Wildhorn show instead of Legally Blonde, The Musical

7. believe that Anthony Warlow is God's gift to bari-tenors everywhere

8. Know who Jack Murphy or Nan Knighton are

9. Can name two of his songs besides "Someone Like You" and "This Is The Moment"

10. Have your own Frank Wildhorn fan-site ;-)

Oh, my site is the only statement I'll ever need to make re: my "obsession", although I've never really seen it like that. I'm obsessed with music and theatre, and I love Jekyll, Pimpernel, Dracula, Camille Claudel, Havana etc.

I saw Dracula in Berlin and accually thougt it was really really good, those that count?

the German people just have something with that kinda stuff and they are really good at it, they also made Vampire Der Grusical (and that is funny they call that cause in german gru means horror(and Der means the))
and they have made allot of other horror related ekspretionisme musicals, remember Tim burtons greatest source of inspiration is Germanys movies!!!

You're talking to a huge HUGE fan of "Tanz Der Vampire: Das Musical" and its composer Jim Steinman. I love that show. I HATE the Broadway musical (Don't ask how I saw that...) He is currently working on a "Bat Out Of Hell" musical that's bound for the West End and there is interest to turn "Tanz" into a movie. "Tanz", "Jekyll" and "Glockner" are high on my list. The Germans have impeccable taste (Wagner for a start.) What was "Dracula" like in Germany? Did it flow more compared to the Broadway production?

Germanys theater, musical and film cultur is gennerally sort of paradis for goth, vampire, werewolf and horror lovers.
And i love what they are doing down there to, otherwise it would make little sense for me to travel there so offen as i do, and see tons of theater every time i am there. I just love what they do with the broadway shows, and of cause their original shows, i have never been to broadway so i can't compare but i'll been to west end, who almost just copies the broadway shows they set up, and i must say, The germans likes the eksperiment, but hell what, i have never seen it were it weren't magnificent.

eksept when i were in and see Ganduretzu und Gemüsensuppe... i'm still trying to figure out what i accually saw there..... they had a donkey on the stage

The German version of the Scarlet pimpernel, also incredible, ive only seen pictures from jekyll and hyde, but it looks so eksperimental and awesome, i like the fact that they made the formula into a poison like in the book and most films.

Frank Wildhorn's Dracula hasn't played in Berlin... just in St. Gallen Switzerland, and Graz Austria (for the german productions). Maybe you saw another Dracula?

Welcome to the boards, by the way. And I agree with both you and Rock... the Germans do gothic extremely well (I also like "Tanz", but not "Dance").

I never knew there was another "Dracula" in Berlin. I only knew it was a popular choice for a musical. There are tonnes of different versions. A good friend of mine composed one of them. If you're interested, check out the "Dracula" concept album with Michael McCarthy in the lead. Christopher Orton wrote the music. They've just completed a music-video and they're working on The Complete Album. It will be interesting to see if its staged, considering the Wildhorn version etc.

"Tanz" just closed, or is about to close, in Berlin. It's always been somewhere in Austria or Germany since 1997. In case you didn't know, Roman Polanski is the director and it's based on "The Fearless Vampire Killers". The movie starred Sharon Tate who was later one of the many victims of the Manson family. The reason why Polanski didn't direct the Broadway production, which henceforth turned into a disaster, was because he fled the United States on rape-charges in the 1970s. He's worked, primarily, in Europe ever since. Even Jim Steinman disowned "Dance of the Vampires" and publicly slams it to this day.

And yes, "Batman Returns" is influenced by the German Expressionism. I love that. "Nosferatu" is the greatest vampire movie ever made, IMO.