Young Frankenstein: The New Mel Brooks Musical
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Free Music Review: Mel Brooks Creates a Hilarious Musical
Hit: 5 Stars
I listened to the twenty-one tracks on this CD before and after I saw Mel Brooks's musical "Young Frankenstein" on January 10, 2008 in the Broadway production. The star of the show is Roger Bart, from "The Producers," a very talented performer who plays Dr. Frankenstein.
The show has three strong women's parts: Inga, the sexpot, Elizabeth, Frankenstein's New York girlfriend who falls in love with the monster because of his prowess, and the gloomy, brooding housekeeper, Frau Blucher. Igor, the hunchback, becomes the doctor's lab assistant and buddy.
Since it's a Mel Brooks effort naturally there is a lot of sexual, downright crude, coarse, raunchy, bawdy but very funny stuff. It's anything for a gag which sometimes produces weak jokes. Brooks goes the extra mile to milk a joke.
The music is not particularly memorable. The songs move the plot along and delineate character. No one song pops out as a brilliant memorable single. Some are patter songs, funny tongue-twisters. One of best numbers is "Puttin' on the Ritz." The doctor and his monster in white ties, tails with canes sing and tap dance gloriously to Irving Berlin's classic. The song and dance number that Igor and the doctor do, "Together Again" is a solid musical comedy piece.
The overture on the CD sounds derivative, a compilation of familiar old-time Broadway show tunes. In the theater the overture is given short shrift and the curtain quickly rises on "The Happiest Town in Town" number. Much of the show is foolish but still hilarious.
The show and CD are delicious fun, over the top, tasteless humor at times, but whoever said that Mel Brooks in his whole brilliant career showed good taste, just witness the flatulence scene in "Blazing Saddles" that is still a classic bit of bad taste and hilarious comedy.
Some critics panned the show because they thought "The Producers" was better and didn't want Mel Brooks to have another hit. I think both shows are great. It's not fair to keep comparing the two shows. It's like comparing a bagel to an English muffin. People should really see the DVD of the Brooks movie before seeing the show or listening to this CD. I can think of a number of Broadway musicals of the last five years that have less tuneful music than this one.
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Free Music Review: Musical Fun!
Hit: 5 Stars
Saw the B'way show....loved it! Listened to the CD afterwards....loved it! What a happy experience, both the show and the music/CD. It's a good thing CD's don't wear out....mine would be 50% gone if they did. Yes, I play it THAT much. It gives me a lift when I need it most.Free Music Review: Better than a tall carmel macchiato!
Hit: 5 Stars
I saw the musical and the CD is a wonderful memory of the show. It really completed my total Broadway experience. The songs are cathchy, there's a lot of laughs and it's just plain fun. It's alive and on ths CD. Get it.Free Music Review: Young Frankenstein The Musical
Hit: 4 Stars
Young Frankenstein is just as good as The producers. Mel Brooks does an excellent score when he does it from a movie to a musical. Maybe he can do Blazing Saddles into a musical next time.Free Music Review: Young Frankerstein-soundtrack
Hit: 5 Stars
Saw this on Broadway. If you loved the movie, you'll flip over the Broadway show.