Young Frankenstein Broadway Update

Submitted by: Kyle Nin (SoSF Staff Reporter)

According to the New York Post, Mel Brooks and co-writer Thomas Meehan have delivered the first draft of the Broadway edition of “Young Frankenstein” to director Susan Strohman, who will stage a workshop of the musical adaptation for prospective backers in October 2006.

There have been no actors, as yet, officially attached to the project however, rumor has it that Kristin Chenoweth (West Wing, Stranger Than Fiction) may be up for the part of Inga, while Cloris Leachman is being wooed to reprise her film role of Frau Blücher.