Gene Wilder News

The Grove Theatre announces the opening of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on Friday, September 12th at 7:29 pm and runs on weekends through September 28th.

Arthur Penn's acclaimed if romanticized biographical crime film Bonnie and Clyde, leads the August Reel 13 schedule.

It probably will come as shock to many to know that when the play, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' a script by Dale Wasserman, based on Kent Kesey's novel of the same name, opened on Broadway in 1963, in spite of a cast that included Kirk Douglas, Gene Wilder, William Daniels, Ed Ames and Joan Tetzel, it was basically a flop, running only 82 performances.

A young, up-and-coming Swedish officer is suddenly and traumatically forced into the role of victim, as his newly wedded bride is defiled and murdered by pirates. In an exotic 18th century colonial setting, this novel explores the psychology of trauma, dissociation and redemption. Set against a political backdrop of the era, with revolution and romantic individualism versus etiquette and conformity.

Hudson Village Theatre's third offering in a four-play summer season, running from today, July 9 to 27, 2014, is the 'drawing room comedy', Wife Begins at Forty, written by Earl Barret, Ray Cooney and Arne Sultan and directed by Glen Bowser.

Today, in honor of the passing of legendary stage and screen star Eli Wallach we shine a light on a delightful vintage clip from way back in 1965.

Hudson Village Theatre's third offering in a four-play summer season, running from July 9 to 27, 2014, is the 'drawing room comedy', Wife Begins at Forty, written by Earl Barret, Ray Cooney and Arne Sultan and directed by Glen Bowser.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Radcliffe and Webber make TV appearances, Vanessa Williams oversees Alvin Ailey's Lincoln Center season kick-off, Signature's PIECE OF MY HEART meets the press and Jim Parsons stops by our SAG series!

Hale Center Theater Orem presents "Willy Wonka Jr.", running May 19 - 23, 2014.

It's ALIVE!!! A hilarious, high energy Broadway musical based on the Oscar-nominated smash hit 1974 film, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is the wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic from the comic genius of Mel Brooks. A Tony award-winner in 2008, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is just what the doctor ordered - a real prescription for outlandish humor, now onstage at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center.

In honor of the 40th anniversary of Blazing Saddles, Mel Brooks sat down with Yahoo! Movies. Brooks considers Blazing Saddles to be his masterpiece and says that it is the funniest movie ever made, regardless of the fact that it is only number 6 on AFI's list. However, Brooks insists that Blazing Saddles would never be able to be made today.

Today, May 6, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) will commemorate the four-decade birthday of the great comedy classic Blazing Saddles, by releasing a new 40th Anniversary Blu-ray.

Funnyman Mel Brooks recently revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that his 1974 satirical Western comedy 'Blazing Saddles' is a step closer to a trip to Great White Way. He told EW: 'Blazing Saddles' is almost there. I get the feeling that if I could find the time to write three or four more songs, it could be a bold and crazy musical.'

Could you use a good laugh and a burst of spring? South County High School Theatre delivers just that with the musical comedy, The Producers, this weekend, May 2-3, and May 9-10, 2014, at Dale Rumberger Performing Arts Center.

'IT'S ALIIIIIVE!' From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers, comes this monster of a new musical, based on the 1974 comedic film masterpiece written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder! This winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award is not without scary and hilarious complications. The story follows bright, young Dr. Frankenstein (that's 'Fronkensteeen') as he attempts to complete his grandfather's masterwork and bring a corpse to life.

Could you use a good laugh and a burst of spring? South County High School Theatre delivers just that with the musical comedy, The Producers, May 2-3, and May 9-10, 2014, at Dale Rumberger Performing Arts Center.

"IT'S ALIIIIIVE!" From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers, comes this monster of a new musical, based on the 1974 comedic film masterpiece written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder! This winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award is not without scary and hilarious complications. The story follows bright, young Dr. Frankenstein (that's "Fronkensteeen") as he attempts to complete his grandfather's masterwork and bring a corpse to life.

Director Marc Robin and a great cast put on the Ritz with the musical version of Mel Brooks' favorite comedy

The 2013/2014 Season at the Fulton Theatre takes a decidedly madcap turn with its latest production, Mel Brooks new musical Young Frankenstein, based on his 1974 black and white comic masterpiece motion picture of the same name.

The 2013/2014 Season at the Fulton Theatre takes a decidedly madcap turn with its latest production, Mel Brooks new musical Young Frankenstein, based on his 1974 black and white comic masterpiece motion picture of the same name.