Full Casting Announced for Young Frankenstein Musical

From the BWW news desk:

"The company of 27 also includes: Heather Ayers, Jim Borstelmann, Paul Castree, Jen Lee Crowl, Jack Doyle, James Gray, Amy Heggins, Eric Jackson, Kristin Marie Johnson, Renee Feder, Matthew LaBanca, Kevin Ligon, Barrett Martin, Linda Mugleston, Christina Marie Norrup, Justin Patterson, Brian Shepard, Sarrah Strimel, Craig Waletzko, and Courtney Young..."

Will Mugleston, the epitomal understudy, cover Mullally?

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Updated On: 6/25/07 at 03:10 PM

I love Sutton, hope she'll do very well :)

Any news what Theatre the show will go to?

I know St.James was a candidate but I know The Grinch will be occupying it in October/November I think.

Updated On: 6/25/07 at 03:22 PM

With a wealth of strong, female roles, it's only fitting that Linda Mugelston be in the company. Fair to say she's the understudy for Sutton and Megan.

I don't think Mugleston would be able to understudy Sutton, Yankee. She's a bit long in the tooth for Igna.

If anything, she's understudying Mullally and Martin (though my suspicion is that she'll just be covering the role of Elizabeth.)

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Updated On: 6/25/07 at 03:40 PM

I was about to start a thread on that. I think she'd be understudying Martin for sure.

Somethingwicked, I had the same thought as well- that she'll understudy Megan.

I'm very excited to hear that Justin Patterson will be in this, he is an amazing actor and he will most likely be an understudy for several parts.

Agree the logo looks like a total rip off of The Producers... amazing cast. Very exciting!

Huh... the logo for the show we're talking about in this thread... pay attention!

LOL

Though the role of Elizabeth was almost a cameo one in the film, it has been beefed up considerably for the stage version (Brooks himself referred to it as a "huge, huge part now" when discussing some of the changes he made for the theatrical adaptation in a recent interview.) This would strongly indicate Mullally will be placed in the Lead Actress category.

Such immense upsizing in material for Elizabeth would indicate (in my mind) a downsizing of sorts for Inga. Foster has at least one number of her own (built around the "roll in the hay" segment of the film,) but my guess is she'll be placed in Featured (along with Martin.)

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I'd love for Sutton to have an amazing featured part that's stable where she has a better chance at receiving recognition for her work then if she had a leading part that was kinda the Carmen Bernstein (Curtains) of the show...if that makes sense?

>it was anoned for the hilton long ago.

It was what?

I like the logo. I think it's a good mix of a sort of in-your-face monster movie and showy Broadway lights. Oh, and check out the official site for a good view of the logo. The logo looks better when it's glowing up against a castle interior than when it's up against WHITENESS.