Mel Brooks

Also Credited As: Melvin Brooks

Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY, USA

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Mel Brooks BIO

MEL BROOKS, director, producer, writer and actor, is in an elite group as one of the few entertainers to earn all four major entertainment prizes – the Tony, the Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar. His career began in television writing for Your Show of Shows and together with Buck Henry creating the long running TV series Get Smart. He then teamed up with Carl Reiner to write and perform the Grammy-winning 2000 Year Old Man comedy albums & books. Brooks won his first Oscar in 1964 for writing and narrating the animated short The Critic and his second for the screenplay of his first feature film, The Producers in 1968.

Many hit comedy films followed including The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World Part I, To Be or Not to Be, Spaceballs, Life Stinks, Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving It. His film company, Brooksfilms Limited also produced critically acclaimed films such as The Elephant Man, The Fly, Frances, My Favorite Year and 84 Charring Cross Road.

For three successive seasons, 1997-1999 Mel Brooks won Emmy Awards for his role as “Uncle Phil” on the hit sitcom Mad About You. Brooks received three 2001 Tony Awards and two Grammy Awards for The Producers: the New Mel Brooks Musical, which ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2006. The Producers still holds the record for the most Tony awards ever won by a Broadway musical. He followed that success with The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, which ran on Broadway from 2007 to 2009 and opened in London’s West End in the Fall of 2017 to rave reviews. In 2009 Mel Brooks received The Kennedy Center Honors, recognizing a lifetime of extraordinary contributions to American culture.

In 2013 he was the subject of an Emmy winning American Masters documentary on PBS called “Mel Brooks: Make A Noise” and was the 41st recipient of the AFI’s Life Achievement Award. His recent projects include three Emmy nominated HBO comedy specials Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again, Mel Brooks Strikes Back!, and Mel Brooks Live at The Geffen. In 2016 Mr. Brooks was invited to the White House, where President Obama presented him with The National Medal of Arts – the highest award given to artists by the United States government.

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Mel Brooks STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
Broadway Residency Program, 2019
Performer

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2001
Judge [Replacement]

Mel Brooks Productions

 
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[Canada, 2003]
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[Broadway, 2001]
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Pittsburgh CLO Announces WEST SIDE STORY And More For 2024 Summer Season

Pittsburgh CLO has your summer mapped out promising an array of captivating productions across the city's Cultural District. Pittsburgh CLO continues their long-standing commitment of creating Broadway caliber shows made by Pittsburgh, for Pittsburgh, and in partnership with Pittsburgh.

YI LOVE JEWISH Purim Holiday Mini-Fest Kicks Off Next Week

Preparations are well underway for the YI Love Jewish Purim Holiday Mini-Fest which will begin on March 19th with a free staged reading of playwright Rich Orloff’s Esther in the Spotlight.

Laguna Playhouse To Present CAMELOT, FENCES, And More For 2024-2025 Season

Discover the 2024-2025 season of shows at LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE, featuring performances like CAMELOT, August Wilson's FENCES, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, and more.

TV: Hablamos con Armando Pita y Ricky Mata de THE PRODUCERS

Los dos actores protagonizan el musical de Mel Brooks ahora en el Alcalá de Madrid durante 10 únicas semanas.

THE PRODUCERS se estrena en el Teatro Nuevo Alcalá de Madrid

El musical cuenta la historia de Max Bialystock, un productor de Broadway que está en la ruina, y Leo Bloom, un joven contable. Ambos sueñan con hacerse ricos con un plan sorprendente. Para conseguir su objetivo, tienen que producir el fracaso más grande de la historia del teatro musical y huir con el dinero de los inversores. Pero poner en marcha un auténtico desastre no es nada fácil.  Tienen que encontrar el peor guion, el peor equipo de dirección, los peores actores y estrenar un espectáculo absolutamente espantoso. ¿Lo conseguirán?

Cast Set For Industry Presentation of TWO THOUSAND MILES

Director/Actor and Mindfulness Artist, Ariel Reich will direct the cast of the first New York showing of Alyssa M. Williams’ musical exploration of the intricacies of caregiving, TWO THOUSAND MILES. Learn more about the cast here!

Berkshire Theatre Group Announces 4000 MILES, Rodgers & Hammerstein and More for Summer 2024 Season

Get the latest updates on the BTG's Summer 2024 season. Discover what's new, what's returning, and what you can't miss from the upcoming lineup.

Photos: First look at Gallery Players' THE PRODUCERS

The plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history, thereby bilking their backers (all “little old ladies”) out of millions of dollars.

YI Love Jewish Purim Mini-Fest Will Host Two Events in Miami/Dade and Broward Counties

YI Love Jewish presents two Purim Holiday Mini-Fest events in March. Learn more about the events here!

The Cell Theatre Unveils 2024-2025 Season Featuring Over 20 Resident Artists

Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre has revealed its 2024-25 season featuring over 20 resident artists, as well as the official Off-Broadway premiere of Matthew LaBanca's Communion.

Photos: First look at Gallery Players' THE PRODUCERS

Check out the exclusive first look photos of Gallery Players' production of THE PRODUCERS in Columbus, Ohio. Featuring a talented cast and crew, this Mel Brooks musical promises to be a hit.

KAHN ARTIST: MADELINE AND ME Returns to Don't Tell Mama This Month

KAHN ARTIST: Madeline And Me returns to Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St. NYC, on February 21 and March 3, both at 7pm. Learn more about the show here!

Photos: First Look at Kentwood Players' STEEL MAGNOLIAS

Kentwood Players will present STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling. Performance dates are Friday, March 15 through Saturday, April 6, 2024, on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm. See production photos here!

Kentwood Players to Present STEEL MAGNOLIAS Beginning in March

Kentwood Players will present STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling from March 15 to April 6, 2024 at the Westchester Playhouse. Learn more about the production here!

Middletown Arts Center Announces February Movies At The MAC

Join us at the Middletown Arts Center this February for a lineup of classic movies including Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Grease, and Gimme Shelter. Don't miss out on these cinematic favorites!

UNA RUBIA MUY LEGAL, THE PRODUCERS Barcelona y MATILDA se despiden en febrero

Los tres musicales entran en sus últimos días en la cartelera de nuestro país.

Mel Brooks' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is Coming to Berkshire Theatre Group Summer 2024

Berkshire Theatre group will present Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein at The Colonial Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Super Duper: Adapted From Mel Brooks's Cult Movie, Musical O JOVEM FRANKENSTEIN (Young Frankenstein) It's Alive! in Brazil

From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster new musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation – Young Frankenstein!

Mel Brooks' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Comes to Berkshire Theatre Group in June

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced one of the exciting productions in the 2024 summer lineup. Brace yourselves for an exhilarating experience as the musical comedy masterpiece, Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, born from the comedic genius of Mel Brooks, graces the stage of the iconic Colonial Theatre from June 27 to July 21.

Mel Brooks FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Mel Brooks has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.

Mel Brooks has not appeared in the West End.

Mel Brooks has been nominated for several awards, including Outstanding Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards for "Young Frankenstein," Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards for "The Producers," Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Producers," Outstanding Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Producers," Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for "The Producers," Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "The Producers," Best Musical at the Tony Awards for "The Producers," and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for "The Producers."

Mel Brooks has won several awards for "The Producers," including the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical and Outstanding Lyrics, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, and multiple Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical, Best Musical, and Best Original Score.

Mel Brooks has written 4 shows including Shinbone Alley (Bookwriter), All American (Bookwriter), The Producers (Source Material), Young Frankenstein (Bookwriter).

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