DRUM ROLL! Tipperary Musical Society announces that their 2024 production is the...

Tipperary Musical Society has announced that their 2024 production is the Mel Brook’s Young Frankenstein.

A critical favourite and box-office hit, Young Frankenstein ranks No. 28 on Total Film magazine’s readers’ “List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time.”

A 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks, the screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster.

The film is a parody of the classic horror film genre, in particular the various film adaptations of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein.

Brooks adapted the film into a musical of the same name which premiered in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre and ran from August 7 to September 1, 2007.

The musical opened on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre) on November 8, 2007 and closed on January 4, 2009.

It was nominated for three Tony Awards.

The production by Tipperary Musical Society will run from February 12 to 17, 2024.

NEW COMMITTEE

The Society elected the following officers and committee at their annual general meeting last week; Chairperson: Cathal O’Donoghue, Vice Chairperson: Fiona O’Connor, Secretary: Denis Fitzgerald, Treasurer: Alma Quinn, P.R.O: Jason Ryan and Committee Members: Emma Linnane, Cormac Maher, Aidan O’Connell, Zach O’Halloran, Eímhin O’Meara and Derek Ryan.