Behold: Young Frankenstein: The Musical

One of the most bizarrely postmodern events of the last few years was the 2005 version of The Producers. The film was a cinematic adaptation of the 2001 stage musical, but what made it strange was that the musical was itself based on another movie called The Producers, which was released in 1968. Essentially, it took 37 years to remake a movie with the help of a stage musical.

This narrative may be repeated again, as The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein will burst through Broadway on November 8. Like The Producers, Frankenstein is the work of comedic mastermind Mel Brooks, and like the other musical, it is based on a film, 1974’s legendary Young Frankenstein. Susan Stroman, who directed both the musical and 2005 movie versions of Producers, will direct Frankenstein, which stars Roger Bart and Megan Mullally.

If a new cinematic treatment of Young Frankenstein is not in the works by 2011, Paste will be humbled, and will no longer make predictions regarding film-to-musical-to-film adaptations. If there is a new adaptation, however, you will hear lots of many cries of “We told you so” from this corner.

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