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Roger Bart talks about 'Young Frankenstein' and other roles
During a late night of champagne drinking in Chicago, where the stage musical “The Producers” was enjoying a remarkably successful pre-Broadway run, actors Matthew Broderick and Roger Bart joint a brainstorm with “Producers” creator Mel Brooks.
“We pitched to him that he should definitely write a musical version of ‘Young Frankenstein,’” Bart recalls. “Matthew and I were both big fans of the movie, and aside from maybe ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ there’d never been a big horror musical.
“Mel said, ‘Hmmm, I don’t know ’ ”
Brooks went ahead and crafted a big-budget Broadway musical from his uproariously funny clip “Young Frankenstein” that opened in New York in November
Bart ended up in the leading role of mad scientist Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, and is reprising the role in the national tour that arrives Tuesday at Cleveland’s Palace Theatre.
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“It’s very much the Mel Brooks world of zaniness and bawdiness and hilarity,” Bart, 47, says ab
Roger Bart – Bio, Wife, Girlfriend, Gay, Kids, Family
Did you know that the sonic voice of Disney&#;s animated film, Hercules belongs to Hollywood actor and singer, Roger Bart? Well yes. Bart is widely regarded as an star of great ease and splendor. He has won major awards such as the Screen Actors Guild, Tony and Drama Desk.
The booming voice actor has ability in all three areas of acting; television, theater and movies, but the one he loves the most is theater because of its direct connection to the audience and the quick replay that follows each theatrical performance. This dude got a lot of attention in when he portrayed Snoopy in the theatrical act titled You&#;re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
Roger Bart Bio
The 5-footinch actor was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, on September 29, , to a chemical engineer father and a mother who worked as a teacher. The actor cum singer of American nationality and white ethnicity was raised in Bernardsville, New Jersey by his parents.
A bit of archival digging revealed that the singer star graduated from high college in the eight
I almost don&#;t want to scamper this transcript because it just can&#;t capture the hilarity of Roger Bart and Gary Beach in person. They riff, they do impressions, they gesture and make faces. It was a show unto itself.
You may comprehend Roger Bart from Desperate Housewives, but both he and Gary Beach originated the roles of Roger DeBris (Beach) and Carmen Ghia (Bart) in the Broadway version of The Producers. Flamingly gay, the duo is who Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick turn to when they want the worst director in the world to make their newest show &#; Springtime for Hitler &#; flop. In fact it&#;s DeBris who decides that history is too sad for Broadway, and changes the ending to have Hitler win.
The Producers, a wonderful and funny film, opens in New York, LA, San Francisco, Chicago and Toronto tomorrow. It goes wider on Christmas, which is a Sunday, so I don&#;t get that.
Q: Other people in other casts include done your roles in the theatrical version. Being the ones to get to put these characters on film, was that something you felt protective of?
Beach: We always feel protective