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I'm back on my "Jekyll and Hyde The Musical" bullshit!

Yep. Back in my Chuck Wagner fan era. I follow the guy on Insta and YouTube. However, my dumb ass is still waiting for his masterclass on Dracula the Musical to be done. The dude has been busy with life, which I get, but I gotta know what it was like! There's a demo of him as Van Helsing, but there aren't any videos of his performance as Dracula, Van Helsing, or Quincy Morris. Bruh, you're holding out on us! Come on, friend. Show the class the awesomeness that is you (mostly) as Dracula.

#the signal in the sky: {out of character}#wolf howls in the distance: {trigger warning}#Chuck Wagner

"He who waits on God never waits too long."

Chuck Wagner

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huh, i just made an interesting connection in my brain that, frankly, i should have made a while ago.

so we all know the dozens of ways productions stage "Confrontation", right? it turns out that one of the main appeals of this song in many productions—having the lead rapidly switch characters to duet himself—didn't actually come about until basically the Broadway version!

i think it's safe to assume that most fans of this show know that the 1995 tour pre-recorded the Hyde lines and projected an image of Hyde over a mirror, but i only recently learned how the 1990 Alley Theatre production staged the song. instead of pre-recording Hyde or having Chuck Wagner perform both parts live, they had Dave Clemmons (standby Jekyll/Hyde) perform the Hyde part!

i'm actually really fascinated by this staging! i wish we had more video of this production so that we could see how "Confrontation" looked onstage, but having a whole second person onstage as Hyde opens up a lot of interesting new doors staging-wise

#seph speaks #jekyll and hyde #jekyll and hyde musical #chuck wagner #dave clemmons #admittedly this staging risks a lot by making Hyde a 'stranger' to the audience in the climax of the show #but i haven't seen many (if any!) other productions try this style for confrontation so i find it intriguing!#maybe i just like when i find versions that do something other than gratuitous hair-flips sklgjsdlk #but i do find it fascinating that the thing that becomes the big draw/'showstopper' in most productions (the lead dueting himself live)—#—isn't actually a part of the show until YEARS down the road #side note: do we actually have a solid date for when that change was made?#ik that the 95 tour was CONSTANTLY making changes to the show so i imagine that sometime during its run they switched to the both-parts-liv #*live #but to my knowledge we don't actually know when exactly that switch happened

Automan S01E06 - Flashes and Ashes (1984) 20th Century Fox Television Created by Glen A. Larson Dir. Winrich Kolbe

Chuck Wagner as Automan / Otto J. Mann Desi Arnaz Jr. as Walter Nebicher

#automan #1980s television #chuck wagner #desi arnaz jr.#1980s telefantasy #quis custodiet ipsos custodes?#glen a. larson

Automan S01E06 - Flashes and Ashes (1984) 20th Century Fox Television Created by Glen A. Larson Dir. Winrich Kolbe

Chuck Wagner as Automan / Otto J. Mann

#automan #1980s television #1980s telefantasy #1980s science fiction #chuck wagner #glen a larson

Automan S01E06 - Flashes and Ashes (1984) 20th Century Fox Television Created by Glen A. Larson Dir. Winrich Kolbe

Chuck Wagner as Automan / Otto J. Mann Desi Arnaz Jr. as Walter Nebicher

#automan #chuck wagner #desi arnaz jr.#1980s telefantasy #1980s science fiction #1980s television #glen a. larson

I am forever mad that there is no footage of Chuck Wagner in "Dracula: The Musical." There's audio of him as Van Helsing for the demos, but there isn't footage of him as Dracula, Quincy Morris, or Van Helsing! He was supposed upload a master class of it, almost two years ago, but I know he's busy with cruises and stuff. Still, I want to see my mans as Dracula!

#dracula the musical #the signal in the sky: (out of character}#Chuck Wagner