Young Frankenstein is a musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, and music and lyrics by Brooks. It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name. It’s the story of Victor Frankenstein’s grandson, Frederick, a New York surgeon; Igor, grandson of Victor’s helper Igor; Inga, the lab assistant; and Frau Blucher, housekeeper of Castle Frankenstein in Transylvania Heights. Frederick finds his grandfather’s lab notes and decides to continue the old man’s work, but the result is a mindless monster, who escapes the lab. Frederick’s fiancée Elizabeth arrives for a visit after the monster escapes. The monster meets various adventures in his escape, but is eventually returned to the lab for a successful rehabilitation. The villagers try to kill Victor, but the monster saves Victor.