did it feel different doing YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN for audiences on tour versus doing the show on Broadway?
You know what? It sure is! You know, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN got a bad rap in New York, if you ask me. Of course, it had to follow [behind] The Producers which was going to be difficult. I’m sure Stephen King’s second novel after his big first one wasn’t as good. It was never going to live up to the hype. But YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is a good show. In New York, it got such bad press that it wasn’t going to do very well. So, really, on the road, we haven’t found any of that. Well, in Chicago, it [felt] a little left over from the New York scene. But the rest of the country are just taking it for what it is: it’s Mel Brooks comedy. They’re all over it and eating it up. [On tour] it’s working great. L.A. loved it! They got all of the film references, even the ones that Mel was [originally] spoofing in the 1974 film. It’s fantastic! They even applauded before… I mean, in the blind hermit scene… they were just rolling [the set] on stage, and the audience was already applauding! So really, as acto
