Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks’ hotly-anticipated follow-up to The Producers, will arrive on Broadway in the fall, a casting notice confirms. The new musical will begin rehearsals in June and open out of town this summer prior to its Broadway bow. As with The Producers, music and lyrics are by Brooks, the book is by Brooks and Thomas Meehan, and Susan Stroman directs and choreographs. A recent workshop of the musical starred Kristin Chenoweth as Elizabeth (the role played by Madeline Kahn in the film), Brian D’Arcy James as Dr. Frankenstein (the Gene Wilder role), Sutton Foster as Inga (the Teri Garr role), Shuler Hensley as the Monster (the Peter Boyle role). Marc Kudisch was the police inspector who suspects Dr. Frankenstein, Roger Bart was the hunchback Igor (pronounced "EYE-gore") and Cloris Leachman recreated her own role as the horse-frightening Frau Blucher. The Equity chorus call for singers will be held Feb. 8 and 9, both days at 10 AM, at the Hilton Theatre at 214 West 43rd Street, Third Floor.
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I can’t wait to see what Mel Brooks did to this to turn it into a musical!
