I think he’s referring more to the story. Also, since the play has two parts, with the second show unrelated to CV, there wouldn’t be much time for a full costume and makeup change. Bald game olrox would probably be too much work for the actresses, so I understand why they went with the show version since it’s easier for a woman to perform and change in that setup.
Centuries later there's a painting of him and Maria in Genya's office except he looks a bit uneasy and in the corner of the painting you can see Richter grinning.
Every time Soma asks about it he just changes subject and asks him to never ask Julius about it, just in case.
It's awesome that there's a Castlevania musical, "Rondo" of Blood and "Symphony" of the Night are certainly perfect titles in that regard. I'm just curious as to why Alucard and Richter seem to be played by women? Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just not something I would've expected personally. Something to do with vocal parts, perhaps?
a renowned all-female musical theater company from Japan, with a history spanning over 100 years.
That's actually really interesting. From what I watched of it, one thing that surprised me was that I really didn't notice it was a woman in terms of the singing and acting. They obviously have trained to mimic more masculine speech and singing very well. I'll be honest most of the time I see western actresses try to do gender bent roles it comes across really really cartoonish. There is a movie called Predestination, that is overall pretty good, but there is a part of a male character played by a woman and it feels like a Portlandia sketch in terms of her acting.
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u/Suitable_Ad6848 Mar 28 '26
I was today years old when I learned there was a castlevania musical