"It's Alive"

Mel Brooks makes a face as he arrives for the opening of his new Broadway musical "Young Frankenstein" in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Considered Broadway's hottest ticket, the show features Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Andrea Martin and Sutton Foster.

Natalie Portman arrives for the Broadway opening of the new musical "Young Frankenstein" in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.

Rosie O'Donnell films photographers as she arrives for the Broadway opening of the new musical "Young Frankenstein" in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.

Billy Crystal smiles as he arrives for the Broadway opening of the new Mel Brooks musical "Young Frankenstein" in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.

David Hasselhoff speaks with Parker Posey before the Broadway opening of the new musical "Young Frankenstein" in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.

Joan Rivers arrives for the Broadway opening of the new musical "Young Frankenstein" in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.

Walter Cronkite arrives for the Broadway opening of the new musical "Young Frankenstein" in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.

The Show

The Monster Stays — AP Photo/Barlow-Hartman/Paul Kolnik

Shuler Hensley, left, and Roger Bart perform "Puttin' On the Ritz," in a scene from "Young Frankenstein," the Mel Brooks musical, now playing at Broadway's Hilton Theatre.

Megan Mullally and Roger Bart in a scene from "Young Frankenstein." Mel Brooks' $20 million musical opened Nov. 8, 2007, at the Hilton Theatre and is his follow-up to "The Producers," one of the biggest hits in Broadway history.

Sutton Foster as Inga and Roger Bart as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in a scene from Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein." The Broadway musical is based on Brooks' popular 1974 movie of the same name starring Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle.

Tony Award-winner Sutton Foster leads a number in the Broadway production of "Young Frankenstein." Nominated for a Tony in 2006 for her role in "The Drowsy Chaperone," the actress won a Tony in 2002 for the lead role in the musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie."

An electrifying scene from from "Young Frankenstein," the $20 million Mel Brooks musical now playing at Broadway's Hilton Theatre.

Roger Bart, left, as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, and Christopher Fitzgerald, as Igor, in a scene from "Young Frankenstein." Megan Mullally and Andrea Martin also star in the new Mel Brooks musical based on Brooks' 1974 movie.

From left, Andrea Martin, Sutton Foster and Roger Bart take the stage "Young Frankenstein." The new Mel Brooks musical opened on Broadway, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Brooks wrote the music and lyrics for the show which is directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman.

Mel Brooks, center, creator and composer for the musical "Young Frankenstein," takes the microphone during the curtain call for the Broadway-bound show at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on Aug. 23, 2007. From left, are Shuler Hensley, Megan Mullally, director Susan Stroman, Brooks, book co-author Thomas Meehan, Roger Bart and Sutton Foster.

Goldie Hawn and Martin Short pose for a picture before the Broadway opening of the new musical "Young Frankenstein" in New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007.