Young Frankenstein
Hilton Theatre
213 W 42nd Street
Friday December 7, 2007 – 8:00PM
I had purchased these tickets the day they went on public sale I think in July, figuring the craze for tickets would be similar to how it is. We had center balcony seats and they were really not that bad, very roomy. The Hilton Theatre itself is very beautiful and big.
The show itself was good, not great but not bad. I don’t think it would get the whipping it does if it is not the “successor” of The Producers. In The Producers, the cheap lines and gags just kind of flowed and you didn’t notice them, but in YF they are very blatant- funny, but blatant. The songs were cute but not exactly catching. Sets were great and performances were excellent. Roger Bart was good as Frederick, and I can definitely see Hunter Foster filling this role after Roger and Sutton leave the show. Megan has a definite stage presence but I feel was wasted in the possibilities she could have brought to the show. The stand out for me was Christopher Fitzgerald as Igor. He just blew me away in every thing he did, small or big as part of the role.
After the show, a friend who works for the show was able to bring us backstage which was just incredible! Finally, the whole process was sort of brought full circle for me. I got to see dressing rooms, wig rooms, costume rooms, green rooms, backstage, props, set pieces, and even got to walk across the stage and look out towards the empty theater. What an incredible feeling!! The way they maneuver the sets and store them is amazing. So much goes on to put on the 2 hour show you see that one never sees or even thinks about.
Overall a cute show that I was glad I got to see. It will be around a while, but I don’t think it will reach cult status like The Producers or even the original YF film.
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