Young Frankenstein
Broadway Musical Comedy Previews
October 11 2007
Opened November 8 2007
Closed January 4 2009 Run
29 previews & 485 performances Producer
Robert F X Sillerman, Mel Brooks
Creative
Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan book
Mel Brooks music & lyrics
Doug Besterman orchestrations
Susan Stroman director & choreographer
William Ivery Long costume design
Peter Kaczorowski lighting design
Robin Wagner scenic design
Jonathan Deans sound design
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Opening Night Cast |
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Roger Bart |
Dr Frederick Frankenstein |
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Shuler Hensley |
The Monster |
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Fred Applegate |
Inspector Kemp |
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Christopher Fitzgerald |
Igor |
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Sutton Foster |
Inga |
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Andrea Martin |
Frau Blucher |
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Megan Mullally |
Elizabeth |
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Heather Ayers |
Masha |
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Jim Borstelmann |
Ziggy
Shoeshine Man
Lawrence |
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Paul Castree |
Herald
Bob
Transylvania Quartet |
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Jack Doyle |
Mr Hilltop
Transylvania Quartet |
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Eric Jackson |
Equine
Sasha
Ritz Specialty |
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Matthew Labanca |
Medical Student
The Count |
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Kevin Ligon |
Medical Student
Victor
Transylvania Quartet |
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Linda Mugleston |
Tasha |
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Christine Marie Norrup |
Basha |
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Justin Patterson |
Medical Student
Equine |
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Brian Shepard |
Telegraph Boy
Transylvania Quartet |
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Synopsis
Dr Frankenstein, Igor and Inga sing,
dance and build a monster
The Road to Broadway
Just a simple pre-Broadway run
through at Seattle's
Paramount
Theater in August and September 2007
In the Movies
Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder wrote the
screenplay for the 1974 movie on which the stage version is based.
Wilder starred as Dr Frankenstein and Peter Boyle played a breakout
performance of The Monster. Marty Feldman (Igor), Cloris Leachman
(Frau Blucher) and Teri Garr {Inga), kept the movie as silly as
possible, helping turn it into the classic it is
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