Mel Brooks News

Pittsburgh CLO's 2010 Summer Season will feature the CLO premieres of three Tony® Award-winning musicals - Curtains, The Producers and Hairspray.

The 2009 Season marked The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's 15th Anniversary Season. For the year, WOB brought many area premieres to the stage including a regional theatre premiere production of the musical comedy The Wedding Singer and Mel Brooks' The Producers. Capping off the year, WOB has added a New Year's Eve special event to the calendar to celebrate the end of 2009 and arrival of 2010.

Broadway star Cady Huffman will perform at San Francisco's Alcazar Theatre on Tuesday, October 13 in a one night only engagement. The performance will begin at 7pm.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances this week: R.R.R.E.D: A Secret Musical - Thursday, Oct. 8 at 11pm Gay Bride of Frankenstein - Saturday, Oct. 10 at 11pm

The Creators of 'Spamalot,' WestBeth Entertainment by kind permission of Monty Python present For a Few Nights only 'An Evening Without Monty Python' A Jubilation. Starring Jeff B. Davis, Jane Leeves, Alan Tudyk, Rick Holmes and Jim Piddock

The Creators of 'Spamalot,' WestBeth Entertainment by kind permission of Monty Python present For a Few Nights only 'An Evening Without Monty Python' A Jubilation. Starring Jeff B. Davis, Jane Leeves, Alan Tudyk, Rick Holmes and Jim Piddock

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.

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.

The Frankel Baruch Viertel Routh Group and NETworks Presentations LLC are pleased to announce that Tony Award winners and original stars of the Broadway production of The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, Roger Bart and Shuler Hensley will reprise the roles of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and The Monster respectively in the eponymous national tour, opening at PPAC, September 29 - October 4, 2009.

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, opened on Broadway November 8th 2007 at the Hilton Theatre and opens its national tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center, September 29 - October 4, 2009.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts calendar of events for the fall months has just been released. All events are subject to change without notice. Free performances are held each evening at 6 p.m. on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.

TVGuide is reporting that Young Frakenstein and former 'Will and Grace' star Megan Mullally will make a special appearance on Amy Poehler's 'Parks and Recreation' in an episode to air October 29th. This information comes from the show's co-star, Rashida Jones.

The Toxic Avenger - named '2009 Best New Off-Broadway Musical' by the Outer Critics Circle - marks its 200th performance tonight (Thursday, October 1st) at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street), where it has had audiences doubled over with laughter since performances began over six months ago. (Previews began on March 18th and the show officially opened on April 6th, 2009). October 1st is also the one year anniversary of its world premiere at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where the show became the biggest grossing musical in the theatre's 34 year history.

The Creators of 'Spamalot,' WestBeth Entertainment by kind permission of Monty Python present.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm

The Providence Performing Arts Center and Trusts and Estates Law Firm Correira & Iacono LLP are pleased to announce that Seekonk resident and Bishop Feehan High School senior William Clerx is the winner of the THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN-inspired $1,000 academic scholarship.

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.

Broadway In Chicago is excited to announce Tony Award winners Roger Bart and Shuler Hensley will reprise the roles of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and The Monster in the first national tour of The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein. The Chicago engagement will play the Cadillac Palace Theatre for a limited six week engagement November 3 - December 13, 2009.

In celebration of the National Tour-opening of THE NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, Trusts and Estates Law Firm Correira & Iacono LLP is sponsoring a $1,000 scholarship for students who will be seniors during the 2009/2010 academic year or who are currently enrolled in college, and have achieved overall academic excellence.

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, opened on Broadway November 8th 2007 at the Hilton Theatre and opens its national tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center, September 29 - October 4, 2009.