How similar or different is this musical version of Young Frankenstein to the original Mel Brooks film?
Brad: Very similar in many ways, with the addition of the score and a slightly more dramatic resolution. Joel: You have this wonderful, show-stopping number in the second act – when you play The Hermit – called “Please Send Me Someone”. Please set it up for us. Brad: Well, poor Harold has been living for years all alone in his cottage in the woods, he is very lonely and yearns for some company, some human connection. It’s a great number, with a wonderful Jolson moment. Joel: You have worked with Roger Bart before in The Producers, where he played the outrageous Carmen Ghia, and with director Susan Stroman. Is there any Carmen Ghia in Roger’s performance as Dr. Frankenstein? Brad: The brilliance of Roger is his constant ability to surprise. He’s so inventive, so very funny. So I occasionally see flashes of Carmen (to compliment my flashes of Franz Liebkind, I’m sure), but only because I worked with him for so long in The Producers, and both pieces live in that zany world of Mel Brooks.
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