Young Frankenstein is the musical version of the book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, with music and lyrics by Brooks. It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Brooks and Gene Wilder and directed by Brooks.

It is a parody of the horror film genre, specifically the 1931 Universal Pictures adaptation of Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein” and its 1939 sequel, “Son of Frankenstein”. Now the musical is being staged at the Teatro Astral in Buenos Aires, with a lighting design by Jorge H. Pérez Mascali, a stage design by Alberto Negrin – and an MA Lighting control system.

Two grandMA lights were used for pre-programming the show which is run via two MA 2Port Nodes onPC, two laptops running grandMA onPC software and four MA video stations with the brand-new MA VPU (Video Processing Unit) software. Via the MA VPU it is possible to control video similarly to lighting – it reacts just like another lighting fixture.

“One of the main reasons we chose an MA Lighting system solution was the performance, the reliability and the support offered by MA Lighting Latin America as well as the exclusive Argentinean dealer, Stage Tech”, reports Operator, Video System Designer and Video Programmer Charly Randich. “The MA VPU gave us all the flexibility we needed, making it incredibly easy to synchronize lights, audio and video. It also offered us the opportunity to adjust the videos, adding in effects like blur, sepia, black/white, waves, etc., as well as contrast, saturation and hue.”

The lighting equipment was supplied by Kompel Producciones. Alejo Arce was the Programmer. The Video content was designed by Estudio Eloísa Iturbe. Pablo Kompel produced the show, Ariel Stolier was the Production Director, and the Executive Producer & Company Manager was Jonathan Goransky.

Photos: Copyright - Leonardo Hermo/Santiago Conde