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. The musical ran in

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from January 13, 2006, to December 16, 2006. The album from the musical contains 14 tracks.

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were made for both the track 'Nous sommes ce que nous sommes' and 'Étranges étrangers'. In January 2008, ''Dracula''s cast performed the musical at the

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, in Lyon, France with

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replacing Rita Tabbakh, Julie Dassylva replacing Elyzabeth Diaga, and Matt Laurent replacing Daniel Boucher. The DVD of the musical was released on March 4, 2008.

Cast

* Bruno Pelletier Martin Giroux (doublure):

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* Sylvain Cossette: Jonathan * Daniel Boucher, Matt Laurent (2008):

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* Andrée Watters: Mina *

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* Rita Tabbakh, Elyzabeth Diaga, Brigitte Marchand,

, Julie Dassylva (2008): vampiresses * Louis Gagné: Grand-Lui * Claude Pineault, Julie Dassylva, Martin Giroux: singers

Cast

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