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Young Frankenstein - the play - fpw - 10-20-2007
[SIZE="3"]Saw it last night in previews. Awful. Just awful. Turning The Producers into a play worked, and worked beautifully. But this...
I wanted to like it. I love the film and had high hopes for this, but it doesn't work. No, that doesn't quite capture it. It was painful.[/SIZE]
Young Frankenstein - the play - phoenix rising - 10-20-2007
I hadn't heard that it was going to be turned into a play. So if it is that terrible, who did they get for the lead??
Young Frankenstein - the play - Maggers - 10-20-2007
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]Saw it last night in previews. Awful. Just awful. Turning The Producers into a play worked, and worked beautifully. But this...That's too bad, but I can't say I'm surprised. Did you stay through the entire show?
I wanted to like it. I love the film and had high hopes for this, but it doesn't work. No, that doesn't quite capture it. It was painful.[/SIZE]
Young Frankenstein - the play - fpw - 10-20-2007
Maggers Wrote:That's too bad, but I can't say I'm surprised. Did you stay through the entire show?[SIZE="3"]Should have. But after driving in through a monsoon, I wasn't about to leave early.[/SIZE]
Young Frankenstein - the play - fpw - 10-20-2007
phoenix rising Wrote:I hadn't heard that it was going to be turned into a play. So if it is that terrible, who did they get for the lead??[SIZE="3"]The only one I've ever heard of is Megan Mullally, and she had maybe twenty minutes max on stage (out of a 2-1/2 hour play).[/SIZE]
Young Frankenstein - the play - Kenji - 10-20-2007
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]Saw it last night in previews. Awful. Just awful. Turning The Producers into a play worked, and worked beautifully. But this...
I wanted to like it. I love the film and had high hopes for this, but it doesn't work. No, that doesn't quite capture it. It was painful.[/SIZE]
I can imagine it's awful. I can't imagine Young Frankenstein without Peter Boyle!
Young Frankenstein - the play - phoenix rising - 10-20-2007
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]The only one I've ever heard of is Megan Mullally, and she had maybe twenty minutes max on stage (out of a 2-1/2 hour play).[/SIZE]
So a bunch of unknowns basically, in a terrible play....doubt it will boost any careers much.
hope you didn't waste to much cash!
Young Frankenstein - the play - webby - 10-20-2007
Kenji Wrote:I can imagine it's awful. I can't imagine Young Frankenstein without Peter Boyle!
So true! I also think a lot of the movie's humor came from being filmed in black & white and all soft-focus like the classic horror movies of the '30s and '40s. There's no way to get that same tongue-in-cheek homage from a live play.
Sounds like it was not a very good idea to even attempt it.
Young Frankenstein - the play - fpw - 10-21-2007
[SIZE="3"]I don't usually agree with the critics (except in the case of "The Producers") so I'm waiting to see how this is reviewed (it's still in previews). I can't see them loving it, although many in the audience seemed to. Which I don't understand. There were laughs, yes, but mostly from lines that originated in the film.[/SIZE]
Young Frankenstein - the play - fpw - 10-21-2007
phoenix rising Wrote:hope you didn't waste to much cash![SIZE="3"]No. Bought tickets at preview prices the day they went on sale. (Can you tell I really wanted to see it?) [/SIZE]