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Shuttering of ‘Young Frankenstein’ Practically the Greatest Thing That’s Ever Happened

The 'Times' reports that the shuttering of 'Frankenstein' is causing 'unusual guilty glee' among theater fans.

By Lane Brown

It’s Not Alive! ‘Young Frankenstein’ to Close in January Too

Mel Brooks's 'Young Frankenstein' will play its final performance on January 4.

By Lori Fradkin

The Tony Nominations: Who Was Snubbed?

And what's the "most forehead-slapping snub of them all"?

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Tony Predictions: Song-and-Dance Division

Can anyone beat Kelli O'Hara or Patti LuPone? No.

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Can ‘Glory Days’ Still Find Glory at the Tonys?

Or is this the best thing ever to happen to 'Xanadu'?

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Please, Mel Brooks, Skip ‘Blazing Saddles: The Musical’

Even with the inevitable kick-line of farting cowboys, how could this be anything but a disappointment?

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‘Young Frankenstein’ — Yes, ‘Young Frankenstein’ — Leads Outer Critics Circle Noms

After a year in which the Outer Critics Circle mostly got things right, the organization has reverted to its usual laughability.

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Will Everything Come Up Tony for ‘Gypsy’?

How the new revival could sweep the awards for revival, lead actress, and supporting actor and actress.

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‘Young Frankenstein’ Producer Is Sorry About Those $450 Tickets, But Not So Sorry As to Charge Less

"Mel fought me tooth and nail," insists Robert F.X. Sillerman.

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‘Young Frankenstein’: You’ll Never Believe What They’re Calling Megan Mullally

The young woman outside the Paramount Theatre says she’s come to the Seattle preview of Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks’s follow-up to his tremendous hit The Producers, because she’s a “bitch.” “And so is Megan Mullally!” she squeals. “From Will & Grace! She’s a bitch, I'm a bitch. We have a connection!” Ms. Mullally’s superfan is among an older and decidedly more guarded crowd — the middle-aged couple sitting next to us came because they got a deal when they bought tickets to Spamalot.

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Mel Brooks Understands Funny on a Deep, Numerical Level

Plus Peter Jackson, Charlie Sheen, and Prince on the Bible.

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A Match Made in Noir Heaven: Clive Owen, Frank Miller, Raymond Chandler

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Mel Brooks Assembles Monster Cast for ‘Young Frankenstein’

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Today in Auteurs: Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Rob Schneider

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Nicole Kidman, Actual Millionaire, Will ‘Marry a Millionaire’

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