“It’s Alive! It’s Alive!” With generators buzzing, arc lamps sparking and electrical charges frizzing his forelock, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein delivers his orgasmic cry as he brings his creation to life. That joyous climactic exclamation also applies to the energy and ebullience of the production of the Mel Brooks hilarious musical comedy “Young Frankenstein,” the final show in a glorious season at Maine State Music Theatre. The zingers are zippy, the singing is lusty, and the tap dancing deserves a gold medal for athleticism.

This is the third musical in MSMT’s 2015 lineup that was first a film. According to several sources, Mel Brooks considered his 1974 movie “Young Frankenstein” to be his best. The black-and-white classic is part spoof of and part homage to 1930s monster movies, and when the famous director wrote the stage musical with Thomas Meehan in 2007, he stuck closely to the film he wrote with its star, Gene Wilder.

Throughout the musical, there are several references to the film and one character goes so far as to berate audience members who haven’t seen the cinematic version. However it isn’t necessary to have done so to enjoy this electrifying show.

In the off chance you have never viewed the Halloween staple, Young Frankenstein is about the grandson of the famous resurrectionist penned by Mary Shelley but Frederick wants nothing to do with his infamous ancestor. He leaves his position as a brain specialist and his ice queen fiancee Elizabeth in New York when he is summoned to his grandfather’s castle in Transylvania — yes, there will be a nod to vampires — to hear the last will and testament of dear old crazy Grandpa.

Finding he has inherited the castle, he also, with the help of laboratory assistants Inga and Igor and the castle’s keeper, Frau Blucher, discovers his grandfather’s scientific notes on how to return life to the deceased.

He is thus inspired to do the same. The monster he creates gets the villagers — and his visiting fiancee — all riled up, especially when the fearsome creature escapes. It sounds like the stuff of nightmares but Young Frankenstein is definitely a comedy and an adult comedy at that. Filled with double entendres, suggestive poses, and a song titled “Roll in the Hay,” this show is not for kids.

As an aside, why are there German words and accents peppering the Transylvania mountainside? Why does a horse neigh when anyone utters Frau Blucher’s name? Who cares. That shtick never gets old.

There are a few major differences between the film and the musical. Besides being in color, a key change from the movie is that this cast doesn’t try to channel any of the original film’s iconic stars. The lines may be the same, the delivery mirroring Cloris Leachman here or Marty Feldman there but overall, this crew takes the previous incarnation and builds on it.

Jeremiah James actually has more Clark Gable than Gene Wilder running through his acting veins, breathing the air of a Southern gentleman into Frederick

Frankenstein. It makes his role as master to Igor and the monster a little more one-sided here, something the palpable chemistry between the actors playing Frederick, Igor, Inga and the Monster pleasantly overrides.

Missy Dowse infuses her Inga with a sassy sauciness as she belts out her character’s introductory Roll in the Hay number. No shrinking violet here.

Whenever he is on stage, glue your eyes on Robert Creighton as Igor for he never ever stops saying or doing something funny with his face, his body, his improvised lines. It’s clear he is challenging himself and others to top the jokes and each performance will have a varied tweak of the funny bone.

Crowd favorite Charis Leos is clearly having fun with the role of Frau Blucher, daring anyone caught in her flinty glare to not laugh at her solicitous invitation to bring young Dr. Frankenstein “Some brandy? Perhaps a glass of warm milk? Ovaltine?”

Returning to the MSMT stage is Jessica Lee Goldyn as Frederick’s socialite fiancee Elizabeth. While she is not gifted with Madeline Kahn’s operatic voice, Goldyn is hot to trot in the tap shoes and uses her seductive satin slink dress to full effect on the Monster.

Towering over the stillworking on-their-first-lives humans, Timothy Hughes uses his skinny frame to imbue the Monster with an innocent awkwardness. The “Putting on the Ritz” set in the second act is twice as long as in the movie and has Hughes tap dancing on wobbly thick foam or rubber stack shoes that earned him a well-deserved standing ovation by some audience members – though it should have been everyone if anyone gave a real thought to what a standing o means. He is incredible.

MSMT regular David Girolmo also gets to have fun in his role as the onearmed Inspector Kemp with the indecipherable proclamations and as the blind hermit who only wants to share an espresso — even if it’s unknowingly with a monster.

Paul Aguirre, last seen as one of the talented barbershop quartet in Music Man, has a brief but memorable turn singing a flashy tune “Join the Family Business” as the original Dr. Frankenstein, a role not in the film.

The ensemble had more chances to shine in the dance routines than in this season’s previous shows, even when the choreography was straight out of Mel Brook’s silly “Men in Tights” slapstick.

Of course unlike Brooks, MSMT disappointingly but understandably did not have access to the original Frankenstein set’s laboratory equipment. More effort was put into working out the technical difficulties of creating a rising platform on stage. This key set piece is certainly a new height of achievement for the stage crew.

To add to the scenic design, there is a video screen on the rear of the stage. At some times the projected visual effects are gimmicky or distracting, a matter of personal taste perhaps. The best use of the screen is during “Roll in the Hay,” when it appears the carriage is moving across the countryside to the castle. Watch for the titles of next season’s musicals sneakily projected into the background at some point before intermission.

In a duet, the Monster and Frederick sing “we’re going to thrill you, we’re going to kill you.” Young Frankenstein will give you thrills and chills and you might just die laughing — not a bad way to go, really — so don’t miss this positively charged experience.