18 Terrace Review — Wednesday, November 19, 1986

Arts community scores major bull

abilities as producer were
evident in every aspect of
a very enjoyable evening.
The sheer number of peo-
ple involved in bringing

It had everything,

polish, punch, profes-

sionalism - and populari-
ty. The various arts
groups of Terrace pulled
together recently in an ex-
traordinary effort that
made “Young Dracula’
an unqualified success
both on the stage and at
the box office.

That the Terrace arts
community can call up the
resources needed to put
together an ambitious pro-
duction like this musical
should come as no sur-
prise to local audiences,
but the attention to detail
and organization in the
three performances were
still remarkable. Sets,

The selection of Tim
Kelly’s Script was
judicious; the concept of
the aging king of vampires
gone somewhat batty
(sorry) amidst the
trivialities of twentieth
century life has a broad
appeal without the scat-
tergun dissipation: of ideas:
characteristic of the

“something for everyone”

story approach. The pro-
duction used a number of
peripheral devices effec-
tively: interludes of
musical-hall tunes with a
touch of melodrama
emanating from the Ter-
race Community Band in

’ the orchestra pit; a sort of

domestic Greek chorus of

pear on stage at the begin-
ning of Act 2 and, engag-
ingly, bear no relationship
whatever to anything in
the story.

Doug Roszmann’s pro-
trayal of the elder Dracula
was perhaps the center-
piece of the production.
Roszmann appéared to be
at home both on stage and
in his creation of the
character; rather than a
close caricature of Bram
Stoker’s archetypal hor-
ror, a figure perhaps all
too near to everyone’s
suppressed nightmare
of other-selfhood, Rosz-
mann’s Dracula is a
favorite uncle in decline,
commanding tolerant af-

prohibits

‘Young Dracula” to stage

dividual credits,
everyone who took part in
the effort has good reason

but

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to feel smug about the
in- outcome. This will cer-
tainly rank as one of the
best entertainments of the
arts season in Terrace.

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