Mel Brooks News

Renowned filmmaker and producer Mel Brooks is not about to let critics' unfavorable views of the New York Production's staging of 'Young Frankenstein' spoil his mood; 'The second child is always shunned,' he says in an interview with the Baltimore Sun, where the national tour of 'Young Frankenstein' is currently playing through January 24, 'I think it's the best score I've ever written. It's twice as good as 'The Producers.' If I'd done 'Young Frankenstein' first, I would have gotten the 12 Tonys for that. But it had to follow 'The Producers

Announcing Auditions for the musical comedy THE PRODUCERS, By Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, Directed by Tina Sills Musical Direction by Jim Pawloski

Bay City Players will hold auditions for its upcoming musical production, THE PRODUCERS, by Brooks, Meehan, and Kelly, on Saturday, January 16th at 11:00 a.m. and Monday, January 18th, 2010 7:00 p.m.

Bay City Players will hold auditions for its upcoming musical production, THE PRODUCERS, by Brooks, Meehan, and Kelly, on Saturday, January 16th at 11:00 a.m. and Monday, January 18th, 2010 7:00 p.m.

The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, a hilarious comedy from the creative team of the 12-time Tony Award-winning smash The Producers, debuts in Minnesota at Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre, Feb. 9-14, 2010.

The Way Off Broadway Children's Theatre, the only theatre of its kind in the area - offering lunch matinee shows geared for children and their families, will begin its fifteenth year of bringing children's stories to life with the classic tale of Cinderella. Considered the most popular of the Children's Theatre Collection at Way Off Broadway, Cinderella will run from January 23 - April 25, 2010.

Rosemary Prinz, a veteran of Broadway and the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns, leads the cast in The Cleveland Play House production of Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, Lost in Yonkers is a touching and hilarious coming of age story and a very eccentric family.

Broadway, television and recording star Sam Harris returns to Birdland for a one-night-only event on Monday, February 1st at 7pm. Tickets will be $30 for side seating and $40 for center seating.

Director, choreographer, performer and author, Margery Beddow, died Sunday, January 3rd at her home in NYC.

Announcing Auditions for the musical comedy THE PRODUCERS, By Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, Directed by Tina Sills Musical Direction by Jim Pawloski

Tony® Award winning actress/singer Bernadette Peters, one of the most sought-after stars in musical theater, brings her celebrated show An Evening with Bernadette Peters to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Sunday, Jan. 3 at 7 p.m.

Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro and Bruce Springsteen were the honorees for this year's Kennedy Center Honors and eminent artist friends and peers of this year's five honorees converged in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 6 to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at THE 32ND ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, an entertainment special that was broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 29 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, with Caroline Kennedy as host for the seventh consecutive year.

If there is one person who thinks his Kennedy Center honor is merited it is Mel Brooks himself. Said the funny-man in a recent interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette of his recognition,'I agree 100 percent...I am a national treasure, I SHOULD be celebrated. And I hope against hope that you won't find my award on eBay, because you never know...You run out of cash and wherewithal ...'

Like me you may have seen the original Broadway cast of Dreamgirls which opened in 1981 that won 6 Tony Awards and ran for four years. You also may have seen the star-studded 2006 film. So, the question remains, 'Should I or shouldn't I see the revival of this landmark musical directed by Robert Longbottom?' The answer is an unqualified yes.

PlayhouseSquare is pleased to present AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER with musical direction by Michael Rafter in a one-night-only concert performance in the intimate Hanna Theatre on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

Learn from some of the theater world's finest talents this spring as the Maltz Jupiter Theatre Conservatory of Performing Arts hosts master classes and workshops.

Bernadette Peters devotes her time and talents to numerous events that benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Peters' 'pet project' is Broadway Barks, which she co-founded with friend Mary Tyler Moore, which is an annual, star-studded dog and cat adoption event presented each summer in Shubert Alley, benefiting over two dozen rescue shelters throughout the New York City area. She recently added author and songwriter to her roster of achievements with her debut children's book Broadway Barks which debuted on The New York Times Bestseller list.

ET's Mary Hart hosted 'A Salute to the Kennedy Center Honors' on Wednesday night at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. Kennedy Center inductees gathered to discuss what the honor means to them.

Rosemary Prinz, a veteran of Broadway and the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns, leads the cast in The Cleveland Play House production of Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, Lost in Yonkers is a touching and hilarious coming of age story and a very eccentric family.

Aliza Barzilay, Executive Director of the 38-year-old Westside Center for Independent Living (WCIL), said the organization's Associates raised $12,000 at a recent Literary Tea and Membership Party with Guest Author and Speaker, the legendary Actor, Film Director, Producer, Writer and Comedian, CARL REINER, held at the Los Angeles home of member Betty Deutsch. Sixty guests attended the afternoon catered holiday luncheon.