Young Frankenstein Tickets

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After much success with The Producers in 2001, Mel Brooks decided to take another one of his famed classics and adapt it for the stage. The project began in April of 2006 when Brooks teamed up with Thomas Meehan, co-author of the 1974 film of the same name. The film was a parody of the horror film genre with specific reference to the 1931 adaptation of Marry Shelley’s Frankenstein and the sequel, Son of Frankenstein.

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The first reading of the script began in October of 2006 directed by Susan Stroman (director of The Producers). Cloris Leachman, the first Frau Blucher from the film) attended the reading and was reported to have been offered the role, but was later sent a letter stating she would not be considered for the Broadway production to keep the stage and film aspects separate.

Pre-Broadway tryouts began on August 7, 2007 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, WA and ended on September 1, 2007. Previews for the show began on October 11 and the show opened on November 8, 2007 at the Hilton Theatre. The show opened to some cold criticism, which is a heavy blow for their reported $16 million plus budget, and the producers of the show have indicated they will not report Box Office returns.

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The plot of the show is based largely off of the film, with some minor cuts and extending some scenes to allow for songs.

Act I consists of 11 songs:
The Happiest Town – Villagers
The Brain – Frederick, Students
Please Don’t Touch Me – Elizabeth and Voyagers
Together Again – Frederick, Igor
Roll In the Hay – Inga, Frederick, Igor
Join the Family Business – Victor, Frederick, Ancestors
He Vas My Boyfriend – Frau Blucher
The Law – Kemp and Villagers
Life, Life – Frederick
Welcome to Transylvania – Transylvania Quartet
Transylvania Mania – Igor, Frederick, Inga, Kemp and Villagers

Act II consists of 10 Songs:
He’s Loose – Kemp and Villagers
Listen to Your Heart – Inga
Surprise – Elizabeth, Igor, Frau Blucher, Sasha, Masha, Basha, Tasha and Bob
Please Send Me Someone – Hermit
Man About Town – Frederick
Puttin’ on the Ritz – Frederick, The Monster, Inga, Igor, Frau Blucher, Ensemble
Deep Love – Elizabeth
Frederick’s Soliloquy – Frederick
Deep Love (reprise) – The Monster
Finale Ultimo – The Company

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About Mel Brooks:
Mel has a laundry list of accomplishments and awards, and his is a name that can be heard East or West and most certainly all over Hollywood. Mel is a director, producer, writer and actor. He began his career as a writer for Sid Caesar on “Your Show of Shows” during the TV Golden Age of 1951. In 1952, he played a major role in the writing of New Faces of 1952, the Leonard Sillman’s Broadway smash-hit review, and with Joe Darion he also wrote the book for the musical Shinbone Alley starring Eartha Kitt.

He received his first Emmy Award nomination in 1955 for Best Comedy Writing for “Caesar’s Hour”. Brooks has teamed up with a number of other big writers like Carl Reiner (to write the bestseller “The 2000 Year Old Man” albums). The two were nominated for Grammy Awards for the Best Spoken Word Comedy and Best Comedy Performance. The two teamed up again in 1997 for “The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000”, this time winning a Grammy in 1998 for the Best Spoken Word Album: Comedy.

In 1964, Mel wrote and narrated The Critic which got him an Academy Award for best animated short subject in 1964. Mel wrote and directed his first feature film in 1968, the smash hit The Producers staring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, earning him an Academy Award for best original screenplay.

Other hit comedies include:
1970- The Twelve Chairs
1974- Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein
1976- Silent Movie
1977- High Anxiety
1981- History of the World, Part I
1983- To Be or Not to Be
1987- Spaceballs
1991- Life Stinks
1993- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1995- Dracula: Dead and Loving It
2005- The Producers (film version)

Brooks was also a frequent player on the comedy “Mad About You” with his role as Uncle Phil. His film company, Brooksfilms Limited, produced a number of hit films such as David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, David Croneberg’s The Fly, Frances, Richard Benjamin’s My Favorite Year, and 84 Charing Cross Road (starring Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft).

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