The Theater Loop (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
THEATER REVIEW: "Young Frankenstein" [★★] Through Dec. 13 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St.; Tickets: $30-$95 at 800-775-2000 and www.broadwayinchicago.com. Roger Bart and Shuler Hensley are Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and The Monster. Cory English is Igor, Beth...
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein ( played by Gene Wilder ): “Igor, help me with the bags.” Igor ( played by Marty Feldman ): [ Imitating Groucho Marx ] “Soitenly. You take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban.” Dr. Frankenstein : “I was talking about the luggage .”— Young Frankenstein (1974), written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks,...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein is too funny. There are too many overused jokes, too many corny gags, and too much suggestive language. Watching the musical at the Cadillac Palace Theatre is like overdosing on Halloween candy. Sure it’s enjoyable and delicious, but in the end, you’ve consumed nothing substantial and you feel a little sick. This silly stage adaptation of the...
Word on the Street (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... night. So good it's scary Transylvania Mania hit Chicago on Tuesday when Broadway's original Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Roger Bart, put on the ritz in "Young Frankenstein" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. You might expect the man who played the creepy pharmacist in "Desperate Housewives" to be pretty creepy as a mad scientist type, but that's not the case. Bart was hilarious,...
