Young Frankenstein: Kelly Sullivan assumes the role of 'Inga'

Kelly Sullivan joins the cast of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein today (8 Jul 2008), playing the role of 'Inga.'

Sullivan assumes the role of 'Inga' from original cast member Sutton Foster who played her final performance on 6 Jul 2008.

Kelly Sullivan (Inga) is making her first Broadway appearance in a major role, her previous Broadway credits have been in the swing of 'Contact' (2000) and 'Bells Are Ringing' 2001.

Sullivan joins a company that currently includes: Roger Bart (Fredrick Frankenstein), **Megan Mullally (Elizabeth), Shuler Hensley (The Monster), Fred Applegate (Inspector Kemp/ Blind Hermit), **Linda Mugleston (Frau Blucher) and Christopher Fitzgerald (Igor).

The musical opened at the Hilton Theatre on 8 Nov 2007, following previews from 11 Oct and is currently booking through to 4 Jan 2009.
Note: Michele Ragusa assumes the role of 'Elizabeth' on 5 Aug 2008. Beth Leavel assumes the role of 'Frau Blucher' on 15 Jul 2008.

The show opened to mixed, but mostly poor reviews: "If "YF" screams anything, it's shtick!" (NY Theatre Guide); "Leaves you with a monster-size headache." (NY Times); "Isn't the joyous celebration one hoped for." (NY Daily News); "The Broadway musical at its dizziest, glitziest and funniest." (NY Post); "The only thing in stitches is the creature's face." (NewsDay); "Not a great musical, nor even a particularly good one." (Star-Ledger); "It's alive � but just barely." (USA Today); "Bloated, robotic, astonishingly unfunny behemoth has been cobbled together from spare parts" (Time Out NY); "Shrill, misbegotten, deeply cynical enterprise."

Based on the Oscar-nominated 1974 film, Young Frankenstein tells the story of Frederick Frankenstein, a young neurosurgeon who inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback called Igor, a pretty lab assistant named Inga and the old housekeeper, frau Blucher. Young Frankenstein does not believe in the work of his grandfather, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind...

Unfolding in the forbidding Castle Frankenstein and the foggy moors of Transylvania Heights, the show's score includes �We�re the Happiest Town in Town,� "There is Nothing Like The Brain," "The Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and the unforgettable treatment of Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On the Ritz."

Like Mel Brook's 12 times Tony Award winning show The Producers, Young Frankenstein features music & lyrics by Mel Brooks, book by Mel Brooks & Tom Meehan, and will be directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman.

The production also features the same creative team as The producers: Robin Wagner(Set Design), William Ivey Long (Costumes) and Peter Kaczorowski (lighting).