Young Frankenstein: The New Mel Brooks Musical
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Free Music Review: UNSTOPPABLE COMEDY TRAIN BARRELING STRAIGHT UP YOUR CHOO-CHOO!!
Hit: 5 Stars
If you love comedy and you love great musical theater talent, this album will knock your socks off. Megan Mullally is the greatest Broadway singer working today, plus she brings her amazing comedy chops to the stage. The woman is old-school FUNNY! No wonder Mel Brooks grabbed her for the role. Her numbers on this record are like a tsunami of a master class!!! A TSUNAMI !!! Listen to the detail she adds to every phrase!! Roger Bart is like a crazed Robert Preston in The Music Man, carrying it off with charm and manic charisma. "The Brain" is a g.d. laugh riot! Sutton Foster glows as always, Andrea Martin is a mugging genius, Christopher Fitzgerald is like a little hunchback version of TAZ the Tasmanian Devil, whirling about the stage, chewing up scenery with a monster's appetite. Speaking of, Shuler Hensley is SO GREAT as the monster. I was worried the most about his role because Peter Boyle's work in the film was so indelible, but Shuler is a giant, lumbering, understated success. I've seen this show twice and it is relentlessly entertaining. Buy this record, it's a gas, but get yourself to Broadway and see this show! It's SO GREAT!!! Free Music Review: Hilarious!
Hit: 5 Stars
I could not wait to get my hands on this CD. As soon as I popped it into my CD player, I experienced instant gratification. Being a huge fan of The Producers, as well as Mel Brooks, I absolutely loved hearing "The New Mel Brooks Musical"; it hasn't lost a bit of its charm. Everybody is perfectly cast. I literally laughed out loud at Roger Bart and Megan Mullally. They nailed both of their charecters perfectly. Even Christopher Fitzgerald (whom I was tad skeptical about filling the role of Eye-gor) did a wonderful job and was hysterical. Naturally, changes had to be made to adapt the well loved classic movie to the stage, but it survives the transition quite well. I was extremely pleased with how this musical turned out, despite its mixed reviews. I hope to see the show whenever I can. I reccomend this album to any fan of Mel Brooks. Free Music Review: This is GREAT!
Hit: 5 Stars
The cast of this show sounds AMAZING on this recording. What a fun time! I have seriously been listening to this for months straight and it NEVER gets old! I love it!!!!Free Music Review: Outstanding!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Great show! Great cast recording! I saw the show on broadway last month and it is wonderful. The entire cast is awesome! Free Music Review: Frankenstein Forgot the Heart
Hit: 1 Stars
Number one, the songs are so trite and obvious, they're boring. If Mel had any sense, he would have used John Morris to create the score for this as he did for the original film. Probably the best thing in Morris' career is the somber violin playing the theme from the film, which is completely absent from this, yet makes the film what it is. Yes they used Berlin's Ritz in this stage version, but even that is a far shadow from the wonderful film version.
It sounds unfair to compare the two, but let's face it, "Producers" as a film and as a stage show were two completely different entities, both wonderful in their own way, but this, as so many other agree, misses the mark completely.