Young Frankenstein Tour Clips

Chicago Tribune

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Is this tour worth seeing? I'm having trouble deciding if I should go.

"The Young Frankenstein tour was such a joy in Cleveland. I saw it 3 times... that should tell you something."

Yes, it does tell me something..... about your taste.

Saw it in Chicago the first night here. The cast was alright, that show just isn't very good.

I saw the OBC, too and I can tell you this: Roger Bart hates his life, to a fellow actor he is obviously very bored on that stage for most scenes...But somehow still pulls out a pretty good performance, and he made me laugh the most (but that could be because I find him hilarious, I have a bias). Whoever plays Inga did just as good as Sutton MINUS the vocals which were unimpressive (and p.s. I didn't think that highly of Sutton when I saw her, I thought she gave about 20% but even 20% from Sutton is pretty good). The woman playing Elizabeth (sorry Playbill isn't near) did her best to sound (speaking wise) exactly like Megan Mullay and once again didn't have the pipes to impress at all. But her acting was quite enjoyable. Shuler Hensley was great, but sadly isn't given that much to do. But Puttin' on the Ritz is by far the most entertaining part of the show. Igor also gave a very good, strong performance and made me laugh a few times.Frau Blucher (cue horses) was also well cast. The thing is none of these roles really have anything THAT spectacular to do. This is a show in my opinion for those audiences that have never heard of Sondheim and would pick going to the dentist over theatre most of the time.


p.s. During Ritz when the 4 leads start a simple time step, about half my audience (in CHICAGO no less, I thought we were smarter) tried to break into applause. for a SIMPLE TIME STEP.

JMO...that was longer than I intend it to be.

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"Roger Bart hates his life, to a fellow actor he is obviously very bored on that stage for most scenes...But somehow still pulls out a pretty good performance, and he made me laugh the most."

He says he enjoys being on tour in this article. http://www.theatermania.com/touring-productions/news/11-2009/roger-barts-on-the-road-again_22469.html Maybe he was bored because he having an off night.

BTW, the big star in the Buenos Aires version was the guy playing Dr Frankenstein. I wonder if Megan Mullally had the last bow on Broadway. Anyone could tell me how was the order?

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Do you think he would admit in a publication that he hated life? no....He seemed the same way in NYC when I saw him, and I think Sutton was bored too, hence the 20% of a performance I saw from her (and I've seen her before in something she obviously cared about-and knew she would get a Tony nom for).

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"I think Sutton was bored too, hence the 20% of a performance I saw from her (and I've seen her before in something she obviously cared about-and knew she would get a Tony nom for)."

The role of Inga could've been written better. Her next role Princess Fiona get her great reviews and another Tony nomination. Sutton also said she was proud to be part of "Shrek" since it was also nominated for the Tony for Best Musical. She felt that way about "Throughly Moden Millie" and "Drowsy Chaperone" also. She said that although "Young Franknestein" was good experience for her only a few actors got nominated for Tonys and she wasn't nominated nor was the show for Best Musical. She also said that although she was proud to be nominated for Jo in "Little Women" she was disappointed that there weren't any more nominations for that show either.

Updated On: 11/5/09 at 10:34 PM

What about the bows of Sutton Foster, Andrea Martin and Chris Fitzgerald?

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"During Ritz when the 4 leads start a simple time step, about half my audience (in CHICAGO no less, I thought we were smarter) tried to break into applause. for a SIMPLE TIME STEP."

Sometimes it is annoying when people clap in the middle of the show, but I don't think this YF audience is really stupid for clapping during the dance break in "Puttin' On the Ritz." I am not a dancer and know nothing about tap dancing. I don't even know what a "simple" time step is. So maybe the part of the audience who clapped didn't know either and felt the need to break out into applause to show they really enjoyed the dance break onstage.

Just because you are (I assume) a dancer and/or singer and find something to look really easy onstage doesn't mean the rest of the audience sees it that way. Not to mention, maybe the cast members can feed off the applause and give more energy in their performance, especially since you go on to say how the cast was just okay and looked bored.

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Updated On: 11/6/09 at 07:23 AM

So, how was the order of the rest of the bows on Bway?

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The order goes as follows:
Officer Kemp/Hermit
Igor
Frau Blucher *Neiiiigghhh*
The Monster
Inga
Elizabeth (Comes up through a trap)
Dr. Frankenstin

Why don't you ask them? I'm sure they'd love to tell you their life stories!

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