Role: Inga
Theatre: Hilton Theatre
Previews: October 11, 2007 - November 7, 2007 [30 Previews]
Opening Night: November 8, 2008
Run: November 8, 2008 - January 4, 2009 [484 Performances]
Sutton's Run: October 11, 2007 - July 8, 2008
Setting: Transylvania and New York City
Original Broadway Cast:
Roger Bart [Dr. Frederick Frankenstein]
Megan Mullally [Elizabeth Benning]
Sutton Foster [Inga]
Christopher Fitzgerald [Igor]
Andrea Martin [Frau Blucher]
Shuler Hensley [The Monster]
Fred Applegate [Inspector Kemp / The Hermit]
Synopsis: The curtain rises on a village in Transylvania. The year is 1934. The townspeople rejoice at the death of notorious scientist Dr. Victor von Frankenstein (The Happiest Town in Town), an old-fashioned "curtain raising" opener. Police Inspector Kemp informs them, however that a descendant lives, Victor's grandson Fredrick. In New York, Dr. Fredrick Frankenstein lectures his students about the glories of the brain. (The Brain).
Fredrick receives a cablegram informing him that he has inherited his family estate. He prepares to sail to Europe and is seen at the pier by his adorable if slightly frigid madcap society fiancee, Elizabeth (Please Don't Touch Me).
Arriving by train in Transylvania, Fredrick is met at the train station by his new servant Igor (Together Again), and the voluptuous Inga, who becomes his lab assistant. They travel by horse-drawn cart to Castle Frankenstein (Roll in the Hay),where they encounter the cryptic and mysterious housekeeper, Frau Blucher.
While dozing Fredrick is visited in a nightmare by his Frankenstein ancestors, who implore him to accept his destiny (Join the Family Business). Later Inga and Fredrick discover the secret entrance to Victor Frankenstein's legendary laboratory. Frau Blucher is waiting for them there and confesses her relationship with the late doctor (He Vas My Boyfriend). Upon reading his grandfather's private journals Fredrick is inspired to resume his grandfather's experiments in re-animating the dead. He and Igor exhume the enormous corpse of a recently executed criminal while Kemp and the villagers meet and decide to monitor the Doctor's activies.
Igor is sent to steel the brain of a revered scientist, but the plans go awry. He grabs a different brain instead. At the castle, Fredrick brings the creature to life during a violent thunder-and-lightning storm (Life, Life). Kemp and the villagers pay a visit to the castle and serenade the doctor (Welcome to Transylvania).
Fredrick assures them that all is quiet in the castle, but the creature's cries from inside arouse fear and suspicion. In an attempt to camouflage the noise, Igor, Inga and Fredrick improvise an eccentric new song and dance (Transylvania Mania). Everyone joins in the fun until the monstrous creature, set free by Frau Blucher, brusts on the scene. Havoc ensues and the monster tosses Fredrick to the ground as act one ends with his escape into the woods.
Act two begins with everyone in pursuit of the escaped monster (He's Loose). Back at the castle, Inga encourages Fredrick to forget the brain and give in to his romantic desires (Listen to your Heart). While they are consummating their relationship Elizabeth and her retinue make an unexpected visit to the laboratory (Surprise).
The scene shifs to a cottage in the forest, where a blind hermit yearns for some companionship (Please Send Me Someone). The monster crashes in and is offered food and drink by the lonely hermit. When the hermit attempts to light the monster's cigar, he mistakenly ignites the monster's thumb and the angry creature violently departs, leaving the hermit once again alone.
The monster is captured and Fredrick wins him over with flattery, and visions of his potential (Man About Town). After a period of training, Fredrick presents the creature at a theatre in Transylvania (Puttin' on the Ritz). The show is a sensation but ends disastrously when a stage light catches fire and the frightened monster becomes violent. He kidnaps Elizabeth and charges out.
In a cave in the forest the monster revaishes a not-unwilling Elizabeth. She falls in love with him due to his superhuman strength and the enormity of his physique (Deep Love).
Fredrick subdues the monster and brings him back to the castle. He electronically transfer a copy of his own genius-level intelligence into the brain of the monster as Kemp and the villagers storm the laboratory (Fredrick's Soliloquy). Kemp arrests both Fredrick and the creature. But the newly erudite and sophisticated monster is able to reason with and placate Kemp and the villagers. He and a transformed Elizabeth reveal plans to marry. All ends happily when Inga joyfully learns what her new husband Fredrick got in return from the monster during the transference procedure (Finale Ultimo).
Songs:
Act One
The Happiest Town [Villagers]
The Brain [Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and Students]
Please Don't Touch Me [Elizabeth and Voyagers]
Together Again [Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and Igor]
Roll in The Hay [Inga, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and Igor]
Join the Family Business [Victor, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and Ancestors]
He Vas My Boyfriend [Frau Blucher]
The Law [Inspector Kemp and Villagers]
Life, Life [Dr. Frederick Frankenstein]
Welcome to Transylvania [Transylvania Quartet]
The Transylvania Mania [Igor, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Inga, Inspector Kemp and Villagers]
Act Two
He's Loose [Inspector Kemp and Villagers]
Listen to Your Heart [Inga]
Surprise [Elizabeth, Igor, Frau Blucher, Sasha, Masha, Basha, Tasha and Bob]
Please Send Me Someone [Hermit]
Man About Town [Dr. Frederick Frankenstein]
Putting On the Ritz [Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, The Monster, Inga, Igor, Frau Blucher and Ensemble]
Deep Love [Elizabeth]
Frederick's Soliloquy [Dr. Frederick Frankenstein]
Deep Love (Reprise) [The Monster]
Finale Ultimo [The Company]
TONY AWARDS (3):
Best Featured Actor in a Musical --(Christopher Fitzgerald)
Best Featured Actress in a Musical -- (Andrea Martin)
Best Scenic Design of a Musical -- (Robin Wagner)
DRAMA DESK (8):
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical -- (Christopher Fitzgerald)
(Shuler Hensley)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical -- (Andrea Martin)
Outstanding Choreography -- (Susan Stroman)
Outstanding Orchestrations -- (Doug Besterman)
Outstanding Lyrics -- (Mel Brooks)
Outstanding Costume Design -- (William Ivey Long)
Outstanding Set Design of a Musical -- (Robin Wagner)
