New Details Emerge for Mel Brooks' Re-Vamped YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Michael Riedel of The New York Post has reported on a number of new details for the previously announced revival of Mel Brooks' musical comedy, "Young Frankenstein."

Along with co-writer, Thomas Meehan, and director, Susan Stroman, the comedy legend is reported to have made a number of significant changes to the show, including dropping some of the scores bulkier aspects, writing new songs, and reducing the shows running time to two hours.

Riedel reports:

'"I cut that lousy opening number!" Brooks told a friend a few weeks ago.

"But, Mel - you wrote that lousy opening number," the friend said.

"I know! And now I'm cutting it!"'

Brooks had already revealed that the upcoming revival would be directed by Tony Award-winning director/choreographer, Susan Stroman. Stroman also famously directed and choreographed Brooks' record-breaking Broadway smash, "The Producers" as well as the subsequent film.

The production will also bring back Shuler Hensley who originated the role of The Monster on Broadway. The revised show is slated for a way out-of-town tryout later this year at Theatre York in Newcastle, England, and could wind up in West End theater by the spring

The original production of Young Frankenstein opened on November 8, 2007 and played through January 4th, 2009. The opening night cast included Sutton Foster, Roger Bart, Andrea Martin, Christopher Fitzgerald, and Schuler Hensley. Unfolding in the forbidding Castle Frankenstein and the foggy moors of Transylvania Heights, the show's raucous score includes "The Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and the unforgettable treatment of Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On the Ritz."