"Blazing Saddles" to be played

With his latest stage musical, "Young Frankenstein," on a tour that hits Toronto this week, comedy legend Mel Brooks is now turning his attention to a potential theatrical adaptation of his 1974 film "Blazing Saddles."
The writer, director, producer and actor - winner of an Oscar, two Grammys and three Tonys and Emmys - says he's written two songs for the show and is framing a third, but it might not pan out, informs edmontonsun.com.
"I don't know - if I did it, I wouldn't rush to New York with it because the Times would say: 'Oh dear, oh dear, another movie converted and transmogrified into a musical,"' Brooks, 83, said in a recent phone interview.
"The Times was only lukewarm to 'Young Frankenstein,' but you know, everybody else was hot - some of the greatest reviews I ever got."

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