Young Frankenstein |
Broadway theater |
A wickedly inspired re-imagining of
the Mary Shelley classic from the comic genius of Mel Brooks. When
Frederick Frankenstein, an esteemed New York brain surgeon and
professor, inherits a castle and laboratory in Transylvania from
his grandfather, deranged genius Victor Von Frankenstein, he faces
a dilemma. Does he continue to run from his family's tortured past
or does he stay in Transylvania to carry on his grandfather's mad
experiments reanimating the dead and, in the process, fall in love
with his sexy lab assistant Inga? Unfolding in the forbidding
Castle Frankenstein and the foggy moors of Transylvania Heights,
the show's raucous score includes 'The Transylvania Mania,' 'He
Vas My Boyfriend' and the unforgettable treatment of Irving
Berlin's 'Puttin' On the Ritz.'
The production stars Roger Bart (Dr. Frederick Frankenstein),
Megan Mullally (Elizabeth), Sutton Foster (Inga), Shuler Hensley
(The Monster), Andrea Martin (Frau Blucher), Fred Applegate (Kemp)
and Christopher Fitzgerald (Igor).
Young Frankenstein has a book by three-time Tony Award winner Mel
Brooks and three-time Tony Award winner Thomas Meehan and music
and lyrics by Brooks. The production is directed and choreographed
by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. Musical supervision
is by Glen Kelly.
Children under four years are not admitted.