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Stiffs.(Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein)(Theater review)
"I went into show business to make a noise, to pronounce myself," Mel Brooks told Kenneth Tynan in 1977. "I want to go on making the loudest noise to the most people." In "Young Frankenstein" (at the Hilton)--the new Broadway musical version of Brooks's 1974 film, co-written with Gene Wilder, which spoofed both Mary Shelley's novel and the gothic genre--Brooks pronounces away (he is listed five times on the poster), and he certainly makes a lot of noise. The original "Frankenstein" was the result of a literary challenge: Lord Byron proposed a contest to see who could produce the scariest story to pass a rainy summer in Switzerland in 1816. "Young Frankenstein" is a ...
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- Newspaper article from: Cineman Syndicate Cineman Syndicate January 1, 1994 700+ words
Cineman Syndicate Cineman Syndicate 01-01-1994 Movie Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Starring: Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman Released: 1974 Star Rating (of 4): *** Director: Mel Brooks, Rated PG...
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- Magazine article from: Newsweek McGuigan, Cathleen Gostin, Nicki November 12, 2007 700+ words
...Brooks's newest musical, "Young Frankenstein," opens on Broadway this week...his 1974 movie comedy starring Gene Wilder. The hard act to follow is...everybody. How was adapting "Young Frankenstein" to the Broadway stage? Was...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) April 25, 2007 700+ words
...1974 movie hit "Young Frankenstein" and the musical...Theatre. The movie "Young Frankenstein," a hilarious...written by Brooks and Gene Wilder, who also starred...Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein" will run at the...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 29, 2007 700+ words
...nominated movie Young Frankenstein on Friday, November...The original film Young Frankenstein premiered in 1974...screenwriter, Gene Wilder, stars as a young...musical version of Young Frankenstein opens on Broadway...
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- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rooney, David August 27, 2007 700+ words
...screenplay by Gene Wilder and Brooks...point of "Young Frankenstein" might sound...musicals. "Young Frankenstein" doesn't...plotting of Gene Wilder's screenplay...status of "Young Frankenstein," however...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire November 16, 2004 700+ words
...will now begin in the company's Pittsburgh studio for a planned release in spring 2005. Narrated by Gene Wilder ("Young Frankenstein," "Blazing Saddles" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"), "EXPO - Magic of the White City...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Adcock, Joe August 3, 2007 700+ words
...adaptation of "Young Frankenstein." The show is...his co-writer, Gene Wilder, turned it into...incredible perils, young Frankenstein does indeed get...adaptation of "Young Frankenstein" two years ago...
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- Magazine article from: Daily Variety November 9, 2007 700+ words
...story and screenplay by Gene Wilder and Brooks and on the original...summer, Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" had most of the elements...fide stage royalty. "Young Frankenstein" has no shortage of chuckles...of its own. The 1974 "Young Frankenstein" film holds up as a ...