Bram Stoker News

Patrick O'Malley, the fascinating detective who seems to have to have solved the mysteriously peculiar circumstances in the death of his old friend Edgar Allan Poe, is giving his quickly growing fanbase a more exotic turn of events.

'I want your fear. For your fear, like a current, rushes through your body. Your fear makes your heart pound, it renders your veins rich and full. Your fear hemorrhages deliciously within you.' That hypnotic line from Dracula by Steven Dietz, sets a terrifying tone for a new season of 'killer shows' at The Farmington Players Barn. John Boufford of Northville Township directs the new adaptation of the classic horror tale that he refers to as a 'PG-13' production. The play preserves the suspense and seduction found in Bram Stoker's famous novel. It opens tonight, October 11th on the Barn's brand new stage floor, and runs through November 2nd. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!

Experience the original Prince of Darkness like never before in a one-man tour-de-force based on Bram Stoker's original text of journal entries, letters, and newspaper clippings. Dracula's spellbinding originality, inventive theatricality, and unexpected scares are guaranteed to make audiences' blood run cold.

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF sends chills down Central Florida audiences' spines with Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker. Adapted from Bram Stoker's novel by Orlando Shakes Artistic Director Jim Helsinger and directed by Michael Carleton, Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker begins tonight, October 9 and runs through November 10, 2013 at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Loch Haven Park.

The Coterie embraces the spirit of Halloween with its production of Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker, a unique, one-actor tour-de-force performance based on the classic Gothic novel, Dracula, by Bram Stoker. Directed by Jeff Church, Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker runs October 9 - 27, 2013.

Experience the world premiere of 'Fire & Blood,' a new musical by Andy Long and Adam C. Wright at Richland College. In this new take on a familiar legend, the city of New Orleans finds herself rid of the poor in the wake of Katrina. All that remains is an unspoken balance between the city's socialites and its colony of vampires that have long inhabited the French Quarter. When a more powerful presence from an old European bloodline makes the city his new home, that balance is quickly thrown out of control. As the fight for power, love, and lust climaxes, one thing is certain ... there will be blood. This haunting re- imagining of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' proves that some stories never die. Recommended for mature audiences.

Just in time for Halloween, DRACULA: THE JOURNAL OF JONATHAN HARKER, is an original adaptation by Orlando Shakes very own Jim Helsinger from the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. Jonathan Harker must make a delivery to Castle Dracula and is captured by the mysterious Count. Can Jonathan survive the ordeal and will he be able to stop the powerful undead creature of the night?

Crown Center has announced its events calendar, now through December 2014.

Mark Bruce Company has built up a formidable reputation for critically acclaimed, uncompromising dance-theatre work which often takes the audience on a roller coaster ride into dark and mysterious territory. Productions such as Sea of Bones and 2012's Made In Heaven fascinated and entertained audiences all over the country. This year's new production, 'DRACULA', promises to be thrilling, dark and exciting; directed and choreographed by the company's Artistic Director, Mark Bruce, the company of ten exceptional dancers bring Bram Stoker's 1897 haunting, erotic tale to life in a heart wrenching, magical dance theatre production. Scroll down for a first look at DRACULA!

Sink your teeth into this haunting, heart wrenching dance theatre production from the Mark Bruce Company.

Book By You, the leading publisher of personalized novels and personalized ebooks, offers two personalized vampire books, 'Vampire Kisses' and 'First Bite', which vampire fans will devour wholeheartedly. In 'Vampire Kisses,' a young co-ed encounters a mysterious and handsome stranger at a party and later decides to track him down, only to find that the tables have turned, and she's the one being hunted! In 'First Bite,' the perfect novel for paranormal teen romance fans, hero and heroine meet in a dark library and are instantly drawn to each other, and though he tries to stay away, afraid his dark impulses may overcome him, he finds her irresistible. Both personalized books are full of suspense, intrigue, and romance-will love conquer all, with the hero and heroine together forever, or will dark nature and mystery keep them apart?

BAM Harvey Theater will present NOSFERATU, Oct 30-Nov 2 at 7:30pm. Tickets start at $20.

Weekends just got a whole lot scarier! Travel Channel kicks off its third annual Weekends to Die For programming event tonight, September 27 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT with 'Ghost Adventures: Up Close & Personal' - a one-hour special that celebrates the most unforgettable moments throughout the 'Ghost Adventures' series.

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF sends chills down Central Florida audiences' spines with Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker. Adapted from Bram Stoker's novel by Orlando Shakes Artistic Director Jim Helsinger and directed by Michael Carleton, Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker begins October 9 and runs through November 10, 2013 at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Loch Haven Park. Tickets, priced at $17-$40, are on sale now at (407) 447-1700 orhttp://orlandoshakes.org.

Covedale Center for the Performing Arts presents DRACULA by John L. Balderston, Hamilton Deane and Bram Stoker, running October 17 - November 10, 2013.

Sierra Stages and Miners Foundry Cultural Center are sorry to announce that the September reading of The Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds has been cancelled.

Covedale Center for the Performing Arts presents Dracula, October 17 - November 10, 2013, by John L. Balderston, Hamilton Deane & Bram Stoker.

Paradise Theatre presents the opener of its 4th season -- 'The Year of Adventure!' -- Bram Stoker's DRACULA by Steven Dietz, directed by Jeff Richards, running tonight, September 20 - October 6, 2013.