Master of Multiplication Cynthia Erivo Will Play 23 Characters in a New Dracula Play

She sings. She dances. She plays historical figures, detectives, and murderers with equal flair. Is there anything Cynthia Erivo can’t do? We already know she can play multiple people at once on the same TV episode (see: the Poker Face season two premiere, featuring Erivo as identical quintuplets)—and we have every confidence she’ll bring all the characters in the new Wicked audiobook to vivid life. So there’s no reason to think she won’t kill it playing 23 roles, including the title vampire, in a new stage production of Dracula. Deadline brings this news that has us seriously considering booking an international theater trip, though the folks behind it also created and produced the Sarah Snook-starring The Picture of Dorian Grey—featuring the Succession star in 26 different parts—which came to Broadway after a successful run in London’s West End. That’s not a guarantee that Dracula, which will open next year and is described as “a one-woman theatrical extravaganza,” will follow in it ... Read full article.