| Young Frankenstein | |
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| Music | Mel Brooks |
| Lyrics | Mel Brooks |
| Book | Mel Brooks Thomas Meehan |
| Basis | Young Frankenstein by Gene Wilder Mel Brooks |
| Productions | 2007 Seattle (tryout) 2007 Broadway 2009 United States tour 2011 United States tour 2017 West End |
| Awards | Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical |
Young Frankenstein (promoted as The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein) is a musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, and music and lyrics by Brooks. It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Gene Wilder and Brooks who also directed and has described it as his best film.[1] It is a parody of the horror film genre, especially the 1931 Universal Pictures adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and its 1935 and 1939 sequels, Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein.
After tryouts in Seattle and four weeks of previews, the musical opened on Broadway on November 8, 2007 to mixed reviews. The Broadway production closed on January 4, 2009, after 30 previews and 484 performances. A U.S. tour started on September 29, 2009, in Providence, Rhode Island.[2]
A revised version of the show opened in London's West End at the Garrick Theatre on October 10, 2017 (after a tryout at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle) to positive reviews.
- ^ Spiegelman, Arthur (April 10, 2006). "Mel Brooks thinks it time for Frankenstein to dance". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth (July 30, 2009). "Together Again: Bart and Hensley Will Tour in Young Frankenstein". Playbill. Retrieved September 6, 2020.