Mel Brooks News

Bristol Riverside Theatre closes its 2009 Summer Season of Musicales with Broadway Starlight, running August 13 - 23. The songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elton John, Stephen Sondheim and Mel Brooks will fill the stage with beautiful, lyrical, and inspired music for the final Musicale of the season.

This summer, celebrate your love of classic film as the 12th annual Cinema at the Square series returns to PlayhouseSquare August 6-23, 2009. This years series showcases fifteen classic films from the Golden Age of Hollywood to the special-effects laced blockbusters of the 1980's; all for a very 'retro' price of just $5 per film.

Mel Brooks will once again have audiences roaring with laughter when his hilarious smash-hit comedy, The Producers, opens on Lakewood Theatre's main stage Friday, July 10. The show runs in all its outrageous, madcap glory through August 23. Directed by Alan Shearman (A Flea In Her Ear, Accomplice, Lend Me A Tenor) with musical direction by Jeffrey Kauffman and choreography by Erin Shannon (Wild Party, Pippin) the show promises to make everyone's summer a whole lot brighter? and funnier.

Hackmatack Playhouse's hit, The Producers, wraps up August 29 to make way for Masters of American Operetta scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 4 and 5 at 8:00PM.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cats,' the musical that seems to have more than nine lives, opens appropriately on 9-9-09 on the newly rebuilt Moonlight Amphitheatre stage as the final production in Moonlight Stage Productions' 2009 Summer Season.

Eric Rosen, artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, opens the Rep's 2009-10 season with the Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. Broadway director Moisés Kaufman will direct.

Warm days with light until 8 PM ... pleasantly cool evenings ... crowds of people at the beaches ... shops, restaurants, and wine tasting rooms aplenty standing at the ready ... a lineup of live theatre entertainment to satisfy most every taste and budget - must be mid-August on the California Central Coast!

Calling singers, dancers and actors ages 15+ August 15 & 16 The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) will hold open auditions for its 2009-2010 Season Saturday & Sunday, August 15 & 16 from 1PM-5PM at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center (EJ High School Auditorium), 400 Phlox Street in Metairie.

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) will hold open auditions for its 2009-2010 Season Saturday & Sunday, August 15 & 16 from 1PM-5PM at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center (EJ High School Auditorium), 400 Phlox Street in Metairie, LA. JPAS seeks singers, dancers and actors ages 15 and up of all ethnicities.

J.L. 'Lynn' Singleton, President of the Providence Performing Arts Center, is pleased to announce that Cranston-based Coastway Community Bank will sponsor THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, which launches its National Tour at PPAC from Tuesday, September 29 through Sunday, October 4, 2009.

Calling singers, dancers and actors ages 15+ August 15 & 16 The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) will hold open auditions for its 2009-2010 Season Saturday & Sunday, August 15 & 16 from 1PM-5PM at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center (EJ High School Auditorium), 400 Phlox Street in Metairie.

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) will hold open auditions for its 2009-2010 Season Saturday & Sunday, August 15 & 16 from 1PM-5PM at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center (EJ High School Auditorium), 400 Phlox Street in Metairie, LA. JPAS seeks singers, dancers and actors ages 15 and up of all ethnicities.

Broadway Across America (BAA) has renewed its agreement with the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) to present Broadway productions in Columbus. Under the new 10-year agreement, CAPA will locally manage the Fifth Third Bank Broadway Across America Series, taking on the responsibilities of marketing, event management, ticketing, sponsorship, and public relations.

Reel to Real, free screenings of four films at the Minneapolis Central Library of the musicals coming soon to Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre during the Trust's 2009/10 Broadway Season. Free refreshments will be provided. Attendees will have a chance to win tickets to an upcoming Broadway show.

Emmy-winning actress and singer Megan Mullally sits down with LA Stage to discuss her role in Odyssey Theatre's production of Adam Bock's The Receptionist, her appearance in the upcoming FAME remake, as well as future projects and ambitions.

Bristol Riverside Theatre closes its 2009 Summer Season of Musicales with Broadway Starlight, running August 13 - 23. The songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elton John, Stephen Sondheim and Mel Brooks will fill the stage with beautiful, lyrical, and inspired music for the final Musicale of the season.

Hackmatack Playhouse's last play of the season opens August 12 and is said to have 'an incredible cast'. Mel Brooks' madcap musical, The Producers at Hackmatack features Greg Kretschmar of 'Greg and the Morning Buzz' fame (WHEB/WGIR), Scott Smith, Dan Clay, and Jeff Seabaugh.

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS has announced the exciting news that Broadway star, Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner, and long-time BC/EFA friend and Trustee Bernadette Peters will perform a special one night only concert 'Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert for Broadway Barks Because Broadway Cares' on Monday, November 9 at 8 PM at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre (1515 Broadway).

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre presents the Civic Theatre Premiere of Mel Brooks' THE PRODUCERS, July 25 through August 9, 2009 at the Arts United Center.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood opened last night (July 29) (this week) at Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick. The Mystery of Edwin Drood was the Charles Dickens' novel left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death. The audience is polled toward the end of the second act and with some comedy by-play, the audience decides the fate of the ending.