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Off-Broadway's Frankenstein Musical Will Close on 12/9

NEWS December 3, 2007 | 2:58PM

Off-Broadway's Frankenstein will play its final performance at 37 Arts on Sunday, December 9 after 25 previews and 45 regular performances. The new musical directed by Bill Fennelly and based on Mary Shelley's classic novel opened on November 1, 2007.

In the weeks following the final performance, the cast of Frankenstein will go in to the recording studio ...

Hunter Foster: Dr. Frankenstein's Creation

FIRST PERSON October 16, 2007 | 1:01PM

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What are the odds that a real-life brother and sister would win leading roles in two different musicals with "Frankenstein" in the title—and that the shows would open in New York exactly a week apart? When the siblings in question are Hunter and Sutton Foster, the casting overlap doesn't seem all that surprising. Since storming ... Read More...

Steve Blanchard, Christiane Noll Join Off-Broadway Musical Frankenstein

NEWS August 27, 2007 | 9:35AM

Steve Blanchard will play the monster and Christiane Noll has been cast as Dr. Frankenstein's wife, Elizabeth, in the forthcoming off-Broadway musical Frankenstein, joining the previously announced Hunter Foster as Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The show, a more serious musical retelling of Mary Shelley's epic story than the Broadway-bound Young Frankenstein, will begin performances at 37 Arts on October ... Read More...

Another Foster for Frankenstein: Hunter to Play Scientist in Off-Broadway Musical

NEWS August 17, 2007 | 3:05PM

Broadway's Foster siblings are making the Frankenstein name a family one. While Sutton Foster has gone blonde as sexy lab assistant Inga in the Broadway-bound musical comedy Young Frankenstein, big brother Hunter Foster has signed on to play mad scientist Victor Frankenstein in the serious off-Broadway musical Frankenstein, starting performances October 10 at 37 Arts.

"This role excites me ...

Frankenstein Musical to Open Off-Broadway This Fall

NEWS July 30, 2007 | 10:24AM

New York theatergoers will have their choice of monsters for Halloween this year: On Broadway, Young Frankenstein, the musical comedy version of Mel Brooks' hit film, begins previews on October 11 and opens November 8 at the Hilton Theatre. Off-Broadway, Frankenstein, a more serious musical retelling of Mary Shelley's epic story, will begin performances at 37 Arts on October ... Read More...