Young Frankenstein [Original Broadway Cast] [Fronk-en-steen Green Vinyl] [B&N Exclusive]

Young Frankenstein [Original Broadway Cast] [Fronk-en-steen Green Vinyl] [B&N Exclusive]

by Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein / O.C.R.
Young Frankenstein [Original Broadway Cast] [Fronk-en-steen Green Vinyl] [B&N Exclusive]

Young Frankenstein [Original Broadway Cast] [Fronk-en-steen Green Vinyl] [B&N Exclusive]

by Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein / O.C.R.

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record - B&N Exclusive Edition)

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Overview

The Producers, Mel Brooks' first foray into musical theater after a lengthy career as a writer/director/actor in TV and film comedy, was an enormous hit in part because it surprised people; Brooks had written songs occasionally for his movies (The Producers among them), but his competency in coming up with a full musical score was not expected, and it won him a Tony Award. In fact, The Producers won Tony Awards for just about everything it could be nominated for and began a multi-year run. No small part of that success, however, was due to its two stars, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, who turned out to be difficult to replace. Brooks' second attempt at a stage musical, Young Frankenstein, also based on one of his films, shouldn't have that particular problem. Roger Bart, who stars as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, was also in The Producers in a supporting role. He is given some strong support himself this time, in a cast that includes Broadway veterans Sutton Foster, Andrea Martin, and Shuler Hensley. But with his limited, boyish tenor, he doesn't really stand out. It would not be hard to imagine stronger stars who might replace him and continue the show's run, starting with Broderick if he were willing. Among the supporting cast, Martin makes the strongest impression as Frau Blucher, singing a song developed out of the famous movie line, "He Vas My Boyfriend." Foster, typical for any Brooks effort, is expected to be a cheerfully slutty vamp, which is just not the sort of part to which she's suited. (This is a Broadway star who shone in Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Drowsy Chaperone, and even Little Women, but a sexpot she's not.) Hensley, as the Monster, doesn't get to do much musically except, of course, wail his way through Irving Berlin's "Puttin' on the Ritz," as Peter Boyle did in the movie. Without star power, then, the show relies more than The Producers did on Brooks' score, which consists of pastiches of 1930s show tunes, keying off the musical's overall parody of the 1931 Frankenstein film directed by James Whale. Typically, Brooks leans on mild and explicit vulgarities and sexual references as punch lines; his is not a humor of wit, so much as old-fashioned bawdiness, of course. It's sophomoric by definition, but in a movie as well as a stage show, there's so much of it that it overwhelms the audience until laughter is extracted, willingly or not. On a mere cast album, however, it rarely seems funny. So, one is left with mediocre evocations of the style of Berlin, Jerome Kern, and George Gershwin, plus dirty words. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date: 10/01/2021
Label: Bmg Special Products
UPC: 0760137568018

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Andrea Martin   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals
Sutton Foster   Primary Artist,Vocals
Roger Bart   Primary Artist,Vocals
Megan Mullally   Primary Artist,Vocals
Christopher Fitzgerald   Primary Artist,Vocals
Fred Applegate   Primary Artist,Vocals
Shuler Hensley   Primary Artist,Vocals
Stephanie Cummins   Cello
Jack Doyle   Vocals
Barrett Martin   Vocals
Richard Brice   Viola
Jessica Troy   Viola
Jack Cavari   Drums
Belinda Whitney   Violin
Charles Pillow   Woodwind
Donald Downs   Trumpet
Eric D. Jackson   Vocals
Paul Castree   Vocals
Martin Agee   Violin
Charles Descarfino   Percussion
Ashley Horne   Violin
Glenn Drewes   Trumpet
Mike Christianson   Trombone (Bass)
Maxine Roach   Viola
Scott Harrell   Trumpet
Karen Karlsrud   Violin
Rick Dolan   Violin
Roger Shell   Cello
Perry J. Cavari   Drums
William Ellison   String Bass
Gregory J. Dlugos   Keyboards
Patrick Pridemore   French Horn
Jim Borstelmann   Vocals
Dale Stuckenbruck   Violin
Brian Shepard   Vocals
Justin Patterson   Vocals
Steve Greenfield   Woodwind
Kevin Ligon   Vocals
Louise Owen   Violin,Violin
Laura Bontrager   Cello
Vincent Della-Rocca   Woodwind
Courtney Young   Vocals
Bill Ellison   String Bass
Kristin Marie Johnson   Vocals
Amy Heggins   Vocals
Chungsun   Cello
Eric Jackson   Vocals
Linda Mugleston   Vocals
Robert D. Renino   String Bass
James Gray   Vocals
Helen Kim   Violin
Frank Santagata   Woodwind
Una Tone   Violin
Timothy Sessions   Trombone (Tenor)
Judy Lee   French Horn
Brian K. Shepard   Vocals
Patrick S. Brady   Conductor,Keyboards
Craig Waletzko   Vocals
Renee Feder   Vocals
Don Downs   Trumpet
Deborah Shuflet-Dine   Viola
Sarah Strimel   Vocals
Steven Greenfield   Woodwind
Christina Marie Norrup   Vocals
Heather Ayers   Vocals
Matthew Labanca   Vocals
Jennifer Lee Crowl   Vocals
Craig Johnson   Violin
David Gursky   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Irving Berlin   Composer,Lyricist
Frank Filipetti   Mixing,Recording
Mel Brooks   Composer,Lyricist,Executive Producer
Rafael Hernandez   Package Coordinator
Angie Teo   Digital Editing
Nick Banns   Assistant Engineer
Chris Jennings   Mixing,Pro-Tools
Brian Drutman   A&R
Will Friedwald   Synopsis,Liner Notes
Douglas Besterman   Producer
Susan Stroman   Executive Producer
John Miller   Music Coordinator
Leif Covington   Package Coordinator
Jill Dell'Abate   Production Coordination
Doug Besterman   Producer
Chris Roberts   Executive Producer
Pat Barry   Creative Director
Paul Kolnik   Photography
Sheryl Gold   Business Consultant
Evelyn Morgan   A&R
Derik Lee   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Randy Cohen   Synthesizer Programming
Rafaela Hernandez   Package Coordinator
Evelyn de Morgan   A&R
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