'The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein' Opens Tonight!

ALL THE HILARITY THAT ONLY Mel Brooks CAN DELIVER, LAUNCHES THE Broadway Across America-FT LAUDERDALE 2010-2011 THEATRICAL SEASON OPENING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, PRESENTED BY FLORIDA THEATRICAL ASSOCIATION CELEBRATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON OFTHE BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN  

BOOK by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

MUSIC & LYRICS by Mel Brooks

DIRECTION and CHOREOGRAPHY by Susan Stroman

Spotlights will race across the sky, ticket holders will arrive on a red carpet, and the celebration of the Broward Center's 20th anniversary year will be launched Wednesday, October 6, at 8 P.M. with the season premiere of THE NEW Mel Brooks MUSICAL YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN marking the first salvo of the excitingly diverse 2010-2011 Broadway Across America-Fort Lauderdale 8-musical theatrical season, presented by the Florida Theatrical Association at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

From the creative team of the 12-time Tony Award winning smash musical, "The Producers," YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN features a book by three-time Tony Award winner Mel Brooks and three-time Tony Award winner Thomas Meehan, with music and lyrics by Brooks. Young Frankenstein is directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. Musical supervision is by Glen Kelly.

Christopher Ryan and Preston Truman Boyd will star in the roles of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and The Monster in the first national tour of The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein. The iconic roles of Igor and Frau Blucher continue to be played by Cory English (who starred in the Original Broadway Cast) and Joanna Glushak. They will be joined by David Benoit (Inspector Kemp/ Blind Hermit) Janine DiVita (Elizabeth) and Synthia Link (Inga).

The company will also include: Noah Aberlin, Purdie Baumann, Erin Wegner Brooks, Don Daniels, Billy Griffin, Allison Paige Henning, Leah Hofmann, Kristin Marie Johnson, Danielle Kelsey, Matthew Warner Kiernan, Beau Landry, Dionna Thomas Littleton, Eric Jon Mahlum, Jillian Owens, Alex Puette, Dave Schoonover, Matthew J. Vargo, Erick R.Walck and Marguerite Willbanks.

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 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, 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 the unforgettable treatment of Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On the Ritz."

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 Writer's 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.

The production team includes three Tony Award winning designers of The Producers: three-time Tony Award winning set designer Robin Wagner, four-time Tony Award winning costume designer William Ivey Long and Tony Award winning lighting designer Peter Kaczorowski. Jonathan Deans is the sound designer.

Planned as a glittering Broadway opening, first nighters are in for happy surprises with random souvenirs and free gifts, and on site festivities including lobby appearances by the Frankenstein monster and his bride who will be available for toasting via free champagne served in test tubes.

Young Frankenstein will begin on Wednesday, October 6 through Sunday, October 17, 2010. Performances are Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00pm and Sunday evenings at 7:30pm. Matinee performances are Thursday, October 7, all Saturdays and Sundays and Wednesday, October 13 at 2:00pm. Ticket prices range from $25.00 to $69.00 and are now on sale at the Broward Center Box Office Monday through Friday 10AM - 5 PM, Saturday and Sunday 12 Noon - 5 PM and 1 ½ hours prior to show times; or on-line at www.broadwayacrossamerica.com; www.browardcenter.org; via phones (954) 462-0222 or 800-982-2787. Groups of 15 or more are invited to call 800-647-6877 or (954) 462-0222. For more information please visit:

www.youngfrankensteinthemusical.com

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