Megan Mullaley Disses Suko

That cheeky Megan Mullaley decided not to show up the other night when I went to see Young Frankenstein. Do you think someone gave her a heads up telling her I was coming to see the show? Oh Ja-ames. Don't you know it's for the good of the show. Oh well, not to worry because the show didn't need her anyhow. It had enough wonderment to go it without her. And, in fact, her understudy for the part of Herr Frankenstein's fiance Elizabeth, Heather Ayers, looked and sounded so much like her that I just pretended it was her. The rest of the original cast was there, Roger Bart as Frederich Frankenstein, er that's Frunkensteen, Sutton Foster as Inga, Shuler Hensley as the monster, Andrea Martin as Frau Blucher (nei-ei-eigh), and Christopher Fitzgerald as Igor, er that's Eyegor. We, my husband, daughter and myself, were thoroughly entertained. There were some great special effects, and hilarious lines taken directly from the movie. And the music is very good, maybe not great, but really good, with several memorable songs, "Life, Life", "Transylvania Mania", "Together Again", "Listen to Your Heart", "Surprise", "Deep Love" and Irving Berlin's "Puttin' on the Ritz" done only as a monster could do it. Andrea Martin and Christopher Fitzgerald are nominated for Tony's for featured actors in a musical. They were both outstanding, but the whole cast was great, even the fake Megan Mullaley. Why it didn't get more Tony nominations, I don't know. I think the critics underrated it. One could only wonder if the original price of seats on the weekends ($450 for the best 100 seats, $375 for the next 120) left the critics expecting even more than they got. But the audience loved it. Madame Aries would have been roaring with laughter. My daughter put it up there with Wicked, Lion King and Hairspray. Just be warned if you ever have a chance to see it, the language is quite explicit and the sexual innuendos run rampant, both of which made me cringe sitting next to my 12 year old daughter but she had begged us to take her to see it and to be honest, I'm glad we did. So if this big green monster ever crosses the pond, it's definitely one to see.