Gene Wilder News

Contrary to reports by the New York Post last week, Mel Brooks has recently stated that he will NOT be shutting down his film company Brooksfilms. Brooks told the Hollywood Reporter that 'I'm not quitting. Brooksfilms is still here and will be going on for awhile. I'm not at all slowing down and nobody has told me to stop'.

According to the 'Page Six' section of the NY Post, Mel Brooks is closing the curtain on his film company, Brooksfilms which he started in 1980. After his popular comedies started making their way onto the big screen, Brooks started the company so his future films would not be branded with the title 'A Mel Brooks Film' and be automatically categorized into farces. The first film the company launched was 'The Elephant Man' and later produced more hits such as 'Space Balls.'

The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein is the subject of a WWOR/MY9 hour-long special, 'Young Frankenstein: Alive on Broadway,' to air this Sunday night February 10 at 7PM on Channel 9.

How do you keep The Producers fresh after a 1960's movie, a hit Broadway musical and a movie of the musical? Well, it is all in the 'coesting,' as Ulla would say. The latest production of Mel Brooks mega hit, which opened Wednesday at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, certainly has not made any missteps in the casting departing, starting with Ross Lehman and Guy Adkins as Bialystock and Bloom...

Robert F.X. Sillerman and Mel Brooks present The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, a new musical comedy from the creative team of the 12-time Tony Award winning smash The Producers

Robert F.X. Sillerman and Mel Brooks present The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, a new musical comedy from the creative team of the 12-time Tony Award winning smash The Producers, opening on Broadway November 8th 2007 at the Hilton Theatre

The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, a new musical comedy from the creative team of the 12-time Tony Award winning smash The Producers, will open on Broadway November 8th 2007 at the Hilton Theatre (213 W 42nd St). Previews begin October 11th 2007. The production stars Roger Bart (Dr. Frederick Frankenstein), Megan Mullally (Elizabeth), Sutton Foster (Inga), Shuler Hensley (The Monster), Fred Applegate (Kemp) and Christopher Fitzgerald (Igor).

We talk to Cory Kahaney, the creator of The J.A.P. Show, and another comedian from the show, Jessica Kirson. They discuss the show, ethnic humor, and the emergence and cultural history of Jewish comedians.

Roger Bart will reportedly star as Dr. Frankenstein in the highly anticipated Broadway-bound musical version of Young Frankenstein, with Christopher Fitzgerald as Igor

The upcoming Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein may have its eyes on the Hilton Theatre - despite earlier reports that the St. James Theatre was the show's Broadway destination.

Mel Brooks' Broadway-bound musical Young Frankenstein, based on his classic 1974 comedy, may be playing a pre-Broadway tryout at Seattle's Paramount Theatre.

Fans of Cloris Leachman have started a website campaigning for the actress to be featured in Young Frankenstein.

Sutton Foster, Megan Mullally and Shuler Hensley will star in Mel Brooks' upcoming musical Young Frankenstein, which will open at the St. James Theatre this fall.

According to a casting notice, Mel Brooks' new stage musical Young Frankenstein, based on his classic movie comedy, will indeed open on Broadway this fall.

Mel Brooks's The Producers closes at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane after playing its final performance on 6th January, after its run of more than two years. Performances at the London venue began back in October 2004, with the production winning the 2005 Laurence Olivier awards for Best New Musical and Best Actor in a Musical (Nathan Lane) along with nominations for Best Actress in a Musical (Leigh Zimmerman), Best Actor in a Musical (Lee Evans), Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical (Conleth Hill), Best Director (Susan Stroman) and Best Theatre Choreographer (Susan Stroman).

The smash Broadway phenomenon 'The Producers' will play its last performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on January 6, ending a run that began on November 9, 2004. Its UK life will not end, however, as it opens in Manchester on February 18 for a 3 month run.

Peter Boyle, the versatile character actor who was known for his turn in Young Frankenstein and for his more recent work on the sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond,' died on December 12th, 2006 at New York Presbyterian Hospital at the age of 71

Young Frankenstein, recently seen in a well-received industry reading, will be lurching toward Broadway next year

Cloris Leachman, Sutton Foster and Roger Bart have been enlisted for the upcoming workshop of Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks' new musical version of his beloved horror spoof