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Young Frankenstein

June 7, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Young Frankenstein

Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan (Book); Mel Brooks (Music & Lyrics)

Los Altos Stage Company

Bryan Moriarty and Joey Dippel

When it comes to parody and farce, who does it better than Mel Brooks?  Whether garnering tear-producing laughs by satirizing Star Wars movies (Spaceballs), Alfred Hitchcock thrillers (Anxiety), westerns (Blazing Saddles), Broadway (Producers), and so much more, Brooks is the king of pointed but good-hearted jabs full of jocularity and always with a bit of naughty.  In 2007, Brooks (with help on book by Thomas Meehan) premiered his musical, stage version of the 1974 film, Young Frankenstein, that he and comedy co-genius Gene Wilder wrote spoofing the classic, Frankenstein films of the 1930s.  Los Altos Stage Company is currently resurrecting a monster-manic, fun-packed, slapstick-stacked Young Frankenstein, featuring a fantastically funny and musically talented cast.  Directed and choreographed with tongue fully in-cheek and with eyes prone to devilishness by Morgan Dayley. LASC’s Young Frankenstein is a simmering, summer sensation

Please continue to Talkin’Broadway for the rest of my review.

Rating: 5 E

A Theatre Eddys Best Bet Production

Young Frankenstein continues through June 23, 2024, in a two-hour, thirty-minute production (including intermission) by Los Altos Stage Company, in the Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview, Los Altos, CA.  Tickets are available online at https://losaltosstage.org, by phone at 650-941-0551, or in person at the box office Thursday and Friday, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. and one-half hour before performance.

Photo Credit: Christian Pizzirani

Rating: 5 E, Best Bet Tags: Musical, Los Altos Stage Company, 5 E

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