Young Frankenstein (musical) on Broadway on November 8, 2007 to mixed reviews. The Broadway production closed on January 4, 2009 after 30 previews and 484 performances. A U.S. tour started on September 29, 2009 in Providence, Rhode Island. A revised version of the show opened in London's West End at the Garrick Theatre on 10 October 2017 (after a tryout at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle) to positive reviews. After the success of his 2001 musical, "The Producers", based on Brooks' earlier film of the same name, Brooks decided to create a musical based on another of his successful films. Brooks and Meehan (the
Danielle Brooks regular for the show's second season. In September 2013, Brooks was cast in a Season 3 episode of the HBO series "Girls", where she played the first black woman on the show. On May 27, 2015, the media announced that Brooks would make her Broadway debut in the upcoming fall 2015 revival of "The Color Purple" as Sofia. The musical opened on December 10 at the Bernard B. Jacobs, to critical acclaim. Brooks received praise for her performance, and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Danielle Brooks Danielle Brooks (born September 17,