Monopoly to become Ridley Scott film Nov 13, 2008
Clue was made as a movie in 1985, starring Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn. But let's hope Scott has his sites more set on Jumanji, the Robin Williams vehicle which also starred Kirsten Dunst. (National Post)
Growing old gracefully Oct 23, 2008
Is it me or is she looking more and more like Madeline Kahn. Posted by: Noons on October 23, 2008 8:40 AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
After the Curtain Falls, the Web Gets Into the Act Sep 2, 2008
Of course, Megan Mullally (in the Madeline Kahn role) is also on YouTube, belting "Deep Love" at this year's Tony Awards. Shared Tony performances, like turns offered on morning and late-night chat shows, are common uploads -- the pending billion-dollar lawsuit by partner against YouTube notwithstanding. (Washington Post -- Technology)
Musical of Musicals offers special treat for aficionados Aug 2, 2008
Back for her third season at The Theater Barn, the tall, curvaceous, red-haired singer/actress does the best Dietrich take-off since Madeline Kahn in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles. Everyone in the cast has a moment to shine. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Movie Review: What's Up, Doc? Apr 3, 2008
Bannister is in town, with his rather orthodox fiancee, Eunice Burns (Madeline Kahn), because he is a competing for a generous grant. He hopes the grant will further his studies in musicology. (Suite101.com)
Wit intact, Gene Wilder looks back, wryly Mar 22, 2008
Not only was the movie that had been more fun to make than any he'd ever worked on about to be finished - he played the title role in a dream cast that included Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Gene Hackman, Madeline Kahn and Cloris Leachman - but he was going back to an unhappy life in a miserable marriage. "Transylvania was heaven," Wilder told a packed house at the Castro Theatre on Wednesday night, and he didn't want the mad-scientist make-believe world to end. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Like A Virgin Feb 24, 2008
The "Puttin' on the Ritz" number, the scene between the Monster (Peter Boyle) and the blind man (Gene Hackman) and just about any scene featuring Madeline Kahn are all hysterical - and, of course, I'd seen all of them before, in documentaries, on YouTube, everywhere. Watching the actual movie straight through was amusing, though hardly necessary. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Two musicals dish out silly fun Nov 23, 2007
How can it measure up to Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn and company. (I guess Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick had a lot more to do with the success of "The Producers" than I realized. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Mullally poised to make big splash on Broadway Nov 11, 2007
Dressed in a stunning gown and flaming red Rita Hayworth wig, she struts, flirts and flounces her way through a musical that greatly expands the film role made famous by Madeline Kahn. Gone is the whiny, high-pitched voice of Karen Walker, the zany, pill-popping character Mullally played on TV; now she's a glamorous socialite who sings power ballads that veer into the lower registers. (SouthCoastToday.com)
"Young Frankenstein" Puts On The Ritz Nov 10, 2007
Mullally, as Frederick's high-tone, socialite fiancee, has to compete with the incandescent memories of Madeline Kahn, who played the role in the film. She is also saddled with the show's worst songs, although the production's unfortunate, metallic sound system -- and maybe this is a good thing -- muffles much of the lyrics. (CBS News)
Puttin' on the shtick Nov 7, 2007
Jokes coming down the pike - from the horsey "Neighs!" each time an actor says "Frau Blucher" to the curiously pungent word "Ovaltine" - have been in the cultural repertoire since they were first uttered by Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman and Teri Garr ... " Unlike "The Producers," which was a buddy story, "Young Frankenstein" is three separate "love" stories: one about a "40-year-old virgin" (Stroman's take) who falls in love with his sexy lab assistant; the father-son story about the... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
TV Land Premieres 1974 Comedy Classic, Young Frankenstein on November 2 Oct 30, 2007
With the help of Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Peter Boyle, and Marty Feldman, hilarity ensues as Victor von Frankensteins monster is brought to life. From the creative team of The Producers, the musical version of Young Frankenstein opens on Broadway November 9 at the Hilton Theatre in New York City. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
I Was a College-Aged Horror Weenie Oct 26, 2007
Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, Michael McKean, and Tim Curry bring all your favorite color-coded characters to life in what is arguably the campiest murder-mystery parody ever filmed. 2) Sleepy Hollow. (UCD Advocate, CO)
'What's up, Doc?' Oct 18, 2007
Setting off the stars is a gallery of sublime character actors including Madeline Kahn in a memorable debut as O'Neal's frumpy fiance and Liam Dunn as an irascible, pill-popping judge. From Streisand's sizzling rendition of "You're the Top" over the main titles to a frenzied chase sequence that still ranks as one of the best, it's all the right kind of crazy. (Boston Globe)
Michael Jackson Gives Bahraini Prince Royal $$$ Pain Oct 16, 2007
" Without too much trouble, Brooks should be able to keep replacing this cast as they come and go for a good time to come. P.S. I hope Wilder returns for the big opening night on Nov. 8, but if he doesn t, at least we can expect Leachman, Kenneth Mars and Teri Garr. All the other principals from the film Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle have sadly passed away much too early. And one more thing: Hidden in the lyrics of the cast s curtain-call song is the promise/threat of a "Blazing... (Fox News)
Female Star Power Oct 9, 2007
Scarlett Johansson can be Madeline Kahn. Monday night in Hollywood, the Mods and Rockers Film Festival features a new full-length documentary about Otis Redding called "Dreams To Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding." You can read all about this film fest, brainchild of the great Martin Lewis, at. (Fox News)
Mel Brooks goes back to lab for 'Young Frankenstein' Sep 28, 2007
Megan Mullally, Andrea Martin, Christopher Fitzgerald and Fred Applegate round out the principal performers in parts portrayed on screen by Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman and Kenneth Mars. As for Stroman, who also worked with Brooks on 2005's The Producers: The Movie Musical, the less-well-received screen version of their Broadway smash, "this gal has outdone herself," Brooks says. (USA Today)
Plays dominate Broadway's fall season Sep 8, 2007
Bart's co-stars include such theater and television veterans as Megan Mullally playing Elizabeth (the Madeline Kahn role in the film), Sutton Foster as Inga, Fred Applegate as Kemp, Christopher Fitzgerald as Igor and Shuler Hensley as the top-hat-and-tails monster. Newcomer Sierra Boggess portrays the title character in "The Little Mermaid," Disney's latest venture in transforming its animated movies into theater. (Yahoo News)
Young Frankenstein Aug 25, 2007
Wilder, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Peter Boyle, Kenneth Mars and the incomparable Madeline Kahn created incisive comic characterizations that would have been memorable on their own but were deliriously funny as a team. Throw in Gene Hackman as a bumbling blind hermit and you're in comedy heaven. (Variety)
Fancast Fans Out, For Now Aug 11, 2007
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld - Blog on Multichannel News. Tom Steinert-Threlkeld. (Multichannel News)
'Young Frankenstein' gets ready for Broadway Aug 7, 2007
It also had a killer comic acting ensemble (Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn, for starters), whose buffoonery is welded onto our collective consciousness ... Megan Mullally: I'll be a little bit the same as Madeline Kahn's Elizabeth, a little different. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Romero's 'Diary of the Dead' to premiere at Toronto fest Jul 26, 2007
The Mel Brooks film, No. 6 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 funniest films, starred Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman and featured the sort of politically incorrect and now-signature scenes that would inspire all sorts of protest e-mails today. But it was released in 1974, in those blessed days before e-mail. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The last laugh: your favourite 50 Jul 22, 2007
Brooks cameos as the Gov William J Le Petomane, while Madeline Kahn sets the screen alight as Lili von Shtupp. MK. (Guardian Unlimited)
Film's king of cringe keeps it in the family Jul 2, 2007
Mann is gorgeous in the flesh - an elongated version of the late, great comic actress Madeline Kahn - but she's willing to play it very ugly when the scene calls for it. In a key scene, she lets rip with a rage-fuelled monologue outside a Las Vegas nightclub when a doorman won't let the sisters in because they're too old and too pregnant. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Full Story Jun 13, 2007
" Brooks' musical, co-produced by Robert F.X. Sillerman, will open Nov. 8 at the Hilton Theatre. But instead of Leachman, who originated the Frau Blucher character on screen, Andrea Martin will play Dr. Frankenstein's household servant, with Megan Mullaly as Elizabeth, the role originated by the late Madeline Kahn. Broadway insiders told Page Six that Leachman had a "wonderful audition. She was involved in a workshop recently and everyone loved her. (New York Post -- Gossip)
The week's best films on TV May 19, 2007
The plot has Brooks as head of a mental institution on the track of a murderer with assistant Madeline Kahn, the pair running into great set-pieces from Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho - where neswprint cleverly replaces the blood in the shower scene - and The Birds, where the birds crap on, rather than peck their victims. Anywhere But Here(Wayne Wang, 1999) 11. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Bart may play 'Frankenstein' May 18, 2007
If the casting news proves correct, Bart and Fitzgerald join an ensemble that likely will include Megan Mullally ("Will ") in the Madeline Kahn role of Dr. Frank's fiancee Elizabeth, Sutton Foster ("The Drowsy Chaperone") in the Teri Garr part of lab assistant Inga and Shuler Hensley ("Tarzan") as Frankenstein's monster, played by Peter Boyle in the film. There's no indication yet of who will scare the horses as housekeeper Frau Blucher, though the original idea of having Cloris Leachman reprise... (Variety)
Cuban missive crisis: Moore, ex-Sen. at war May 17, 2007
The designer got an abs workout just hearing comics Joy Behar, Judy Gold, Susie Essman, Bill Burr, Louis C.K. and others, who raised money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund as they do there each year in memory of comedian/actress Madeline Kahn, who died of the disease. Hats off to owner Caroline Hirsch and partner Andrew Fox, who do more than almost anybody to fight this silent killer. (New York Daily News)
Inside Move: 'Frankenstein' seeks home Apr 24, 2007
Among the likely cast members, Foster would play Inga (Teri Garr in the 1974 pic), Mullally would take on Elizabeth (the Madeline Kahn role) and Hensley would portray the monster (the Peter Boyle part). If the venue switcheroo happens, "Frankenstein" not only will gain stage space but also about 200 more sellable seats, to capitalize on what is anticipated to be a high ticket demand. (Variety)
DIGGING UP PARTS Mar 9, 2007
March 9, 2007 -- 'YOUNG Frankenstein" has a great script, hilarious songs, an out-of- town tryout this summer in Seattle and a fall opening in New York at the St. James. One thing it doesn't have, however, is a cast. In the last week, two key actors who were going to star in the new Mel Brooks musical have dropped out, while a couple of others are on the fence. Kristin Chenoweth, who had everybody in stitches in the Madeline Kahn role at a workshop of the show last year, has landed a television... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Playing up small acting roles delivers big laughs Jan 14, 2007
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