The Count of Monte Cristo is a musical based on the famed 1844 novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, with influences from the 2002 film adaptation of the book.

On April 21, 2010, the first licensed international production of the show premiered in Universal Arts Center, Seoul, Korea, directed by Robert Johanson, and closed on June 13.

[4] The American professional premiere was produced by Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, in May 2016, under the direction of Marcia Milgrom Dodge.

[5] "From the Tony Award-nominated composer of The Scarlet Pimpernel and Jekyll & Hyde comes this swashbuckling musical adventure of vengeance, mercy, and the redemptive power of love.

Falsely accused of colluding with the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte in 19th century France, newlywed seaman Edmond Dantès suddenly finds himself thrown into a Mediterranean island prison without a trial.

Money in hand, Dantès transforms himself into the powerful and mysterious Count of Monte Cristo and embarks upon a quest to avenge those who stole the heart of his beloved bride, Mercedes, and conspired to destroy him.

Fearing the destruction of his own reputation, Villefort retracts his decision to set Dantès free and sentences him to life imprisonment in the island prison, Château d'If.

The three men meet and explain how their actions are justified by the rules of human nature stating that only the strong survive, and how it was the only way to get what they wanted: Danglars, his captain-ship; Mondego, the chance to court Mercédès; and Villefort, his reputation ("A Story Told").

Back in Marseille, Mondego has been trying to win Mercédès' heart, but in vain: in this moment of worry and anguish the only thing she wants to hear is some news about her fiancé and his imprisonment, wondering why the jailers and who arrested him haven't realized yet their mistake in not believing at Edmond's innocence ("Is there any news?").

The old man introduces himself as Abbé Faria and explains that he had been tunneling his way to freedom, but accidentally chose the wrong direction and ended up in Dantès' cell.

Albert begs his mother for permission to attend Carnival in Rome, but she refuses believing he is too young and would be without a chaperone.

Jacopo divulges that Danglars has become a Baron, who bought out Morrell's company, and Villefort has become chief prosecutor in Paris; but he is reluctant to speak of Mondego or Mercédès.

Dantès introduces himself as the Count of Monte Cristo, and invites Albert, and his parents, to a ball he will be holding at the extravagant mansion he bought after arrived in Paris.

She is sent into a state of shock and tries to speak, but Dantès avoided and ignored her for all the evening, clarifying with the woman there's nothing left to say between them anymore ("I Know Those Eyes / This Man Is Dead").

Danglars plots to become the richest man in Paris, Villefort plans to bribe voters in his future election campaigns, and Mondego hopes to bask in a never ending flood of wine and women.

With his enemies vulnerable Dantès liquidates Llerrom International, causing the villainous trio to lose their fortunes and be publicly ruined.

Danglars commits suicide and Villefort is sent to prison; Mondego, the last of the traitors, reads the name Llerrom backwards and sees that it spells "Morrell" in reverse.

Remembering how Dantès worked for the Morrell Shipping Company, Mondego deduces the Count of Monte Cristo's true identity.

Valentine privately muses on her father, who she thought was a good and right man, only to see him revealed as a scoundrel under a flawless façade.

Mercédès is left to reflect on her wasted life and blame herself for being so blind and for having given up to wait for Edmond during those long years, but still she didn't give up on the dream of being together once more under the light of the star that would always guide them to one another ("All This Time").

Touched by the love Valentine showed for Albert, Dantès begins an internal search for his former self and sheds away all of the pain he suffered over the years, believing he has, at last, found peace ("The Man I Used To Be").

Mondego suddenly appears, demanding his wife back, and engages Dantès in a vicious sword fight.

Dantès can't forgive what he has just done, not in his former intentions, wondering if he really has the right to deserve peace after the sorrow he mercilessly caused with his revenge plan and for all the innocents that have been unfairly wronged because of it, or if there'll be any mercy for Mondego's soul and the murdering guilt he now has towards him.

Mercédès reassures the man that what really killed Mondego at the very end was the rage and hate he wasn't capable of letting go of, along with his selfish choices that led him to his own demise; the woman, with her love and compassion, finally frees Dantès's heart from all the pain of the past.