Photo Flash: Atlanta Lyric Theatre's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Transylvania mania comes to Atlanta Lyric Theatre, as the metro area 's only professional musical theatre company presents Mel Brooks' hilarious musical comedy YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN October 23 - November 8, 2015 at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre (548 S. Marietta Pkwy., Marietta). Check out photos from the production below!

A special Halloween night performance features complimentary concession stand snacks and beverages, an onstage costume contest for a chance to win a gift basket full of restaurant gift cards, wine, and complimentary Lyric subscription tickets, and an after show trick-or-treat with the cast. Tickets and group discounts are available by calling 404-377-9948 or visit www.AtlantaLyric.com. *Not suitable for younger audiences.

Based on the Oscar-nominated smash hit 1974 film, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is the wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic from the comic genius of Mel Brooks. When Frederick Frankenstein, an esteemed New York brain surgeon and professor, inherits a castle and laboratory in Transylvania from his grandfather, deranged genius Dr. Victor Von Frankenstein, he faces a dilemma. Does he continue to run from his family's tortured past, or does he stay in Transylvania to carry on his grandfather's mad experiments reanimating the dead and, in the process, to fall in love with his sexy lab assistant Inga? 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 an unforgettable treatment of Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On the Ritz."

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN opened on Broadway on Nov. 8, 2007 at the Hilton Theatre.

Released in 1974 to unanimous critical acclaim, the film received two Academy Award nominations, including one for Mel Brooks' and Gene Wilder's script, also nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Young Frankenstein was also the recipient of the two highest honors accorded films of science fiction: winning The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and The Nebula Award, given by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, for Best Dramatic Writing. Since its release, the film has become part of the national consciousness: in 2000, it was selected as #13 on AFI's 100 Funniest American Movies of All Time and in 2003, Young Frankenstein was chosen for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.

Googie Uterhardt stars as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein with Alison Wilhoit as Inga. Austin Tijerina and Marti Melle Lindstrom play the iconic roles of Igor and Frau Blucher. Blake Burgess plays The Monster. They will be joined by Alan Kilpatrick as Inspector Kemp and Harold, the blind hermit, and Mary Nye Bennett as Frederick's fiancée Elizabeth. The company also includes: Jason Cohen, Fenner Eaddy, Brittany Ellis, Arielle Geller, Avery Gillham, Joe Harris, Jenna Jackson, Imani Joseph, AJ Klopach, Pablina Lopez, Barbara Macko, J. Koby Parker, Becky Simmons, Chase Todd, and Casy Walker.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN features a book by three-time Tony Award winner Mel Brooks and three-time Tony Award winner Thomas Meehan and music and lyrics by Brooks. Lyric Artistic Director Brandt Blocker directs YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, with choreography by Ricardo Aponte and Jennifer Smiles. Musical direction is by Paul Tate and BJ Brown.

The production team for YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN includes three-time Tony Award winning set designer Robin Wagner, four-time Tony Award winning costume designer William Ivey Long. André C. Allen is the lighting designer, Jason Polhemus is the sound designer, hair and wig designer is George Deavours, costume coordination is by Amanda Edgerton, production management by Brian D. Frey, and stage management by Barbara Gantt O'Haley and Jayson T. Waddell.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN plays the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre (548 S. Marietta Pkwy., Marietta) October 23 - November 8, 2015. Reservations, group discounts, and information by calling 404-377-9948, or online at
www.AtlantaLyric.com.

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