Then, at his busiest, with a wife and three children impatiently waiting at home, he wheedled Mel Brooks for a cameo in “Young Frankenstein.” Brooks hadn’t offered the town’s hippest brute ...

Following the 2x Oscar winner’s death at age 95, writer-director Mel Brooks reminisced about working with Hackman on his Academy Award-nominated 1974 comedy classic Young Frankenstein.

Though originally created for off-Broadway, this new version of Frankenstein: The Musical has the Skylight Music Theatre stamped all over its future showings, which I genuinely expect. Technically ...

It was in 1816 that the science-fiction masterpiece Frankenstein was conceived. However, author Mary Shelley’s fateful holiday wasn’t all ghost stories and fruitful writing sessions.

Whether referencing the scientist or the monster, Frankenstein is a pop culture staple. Usually a figure of horror, Mel Brooks managed to turn him into a figure of comedy. Young Frankenstein ...