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15 hrs ago | Fresno Bee

Mel Brooks' '2000 Year Old Man' is remastered.

Mel Brooks regularly gets letters from high school students. They're not asking questions about the 83-year-old director's classic comedy movies such as "Blazing Saddles," "The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein." What's caught their attention is a comedy routine Brooks and Carl Reiner have performed for 50 years: "The 2000 Year Old Man." The young ...

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Mel Brooks, Education Etc., Carl Reiner, Entertainment

Sat Nov 21, 2009

The Day

Nathan Lane goes for Gomez in 'The Addams Family'

For Nathan Lane, the fall of 2003 in Chicago was the happiest of times. The out-of-town tryout of Mel Brooks' "The Producers," which starred Lane and Matthew Broderick as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, was greeted by cheering audiences right from the first public performance.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Nathan Lane, Mel Brooks, Matthew Broderick, Castile, NY

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Post Tribune

Fresh life breathed into 'Young Frankenstein'

T alk about reanimating a seemingly dead thing. In "Young Frankenstein," Mel Brooks and his crackerjack collaborator, director-choreographer Susan Stroman, have reached back to the days when true musical comedy -- complete with catchy tunes, impossibly leggy chorus girls, giggle-inducing one-liners and non sequiturs, nutty characters, eye-popping ...

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Brooks, KY, Mel Brooks, Arts, Dance

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Farragut Press

'Willy Wonka' opens in Oak Ridge

When writer Roald Dahl was attending boarding school in England, the Cadbury Chocolate Company would sometimes send new chocolates over to be tested by students.

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Related Topix: Oak Ridge, TN, Vocal, Roald Dahl, Life, Food, Chocolate, Comedy Movies, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies, Gene Wilder

Sun Nov 15, 2009

NorthJersey.com

Hollywood-to-Broadway jump has varied success

Even I, a jaded critic, thought, "Wow." I'll begin with a disclaimer: I have no idea if the revival of Arthur Miller's drama "A View From the Bridge," opening on Broadway in January, will be good or bad.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Short, Hamlet, Music!, Thriller, Crime Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Liev Schreiber, Theater, Arts, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Filter-Mag

Unveiling FILTER Issue 38: The Evolution of Julian Casablancas

A first trip into the world of solo-dom can present certain hazards for a singer in a successful rock and roll band - expectations run high and questions run deep.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wed Nov 11, 2009

About Chicago For Visitors

Mel Brooks' 'Young Frankenstein' hits Chicago

Trying to ride the wave of the previous smash Broadway hit, The Producers , another Mel Brooks' classic movie has been turned into a live musical -- this time it's Young Frankenstein , which has landed in Chicago.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Mel Brooks, Theater, Arts

Tue Nov 10, 2009

MequonNOW.com

Weyenberg Library Presents The Producers on November 13

The Weyenberg Library is pleased to present a musical film series, featuring some of Broadway's biggest hits on the big screen.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Nathan Lane, Mel Brooks

Sun Nov 08, 2009

CBS2

'Young Frankenstein' Brings Chicago Stage Alive

Share + Nov 5, 2009 7:35 am US/Central Reporting Vince Gerasole Mel Brooks had a big hit with the stage adaptation of "The Producers," which debuted right here in Chicago.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Mel Brooks, Roger Bart, Gene Wilder, Entertainment

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Matthew Broderick focuses on 'Wonderful World'

Matthew Broderick says he's puzzled by the bashing he's received for his actions during the first New York preview of "The Starry Messenger," a new play by good friend Kenneth Lonergan.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Matthew Broderick, Theater, Arts, Movies, Entertainment

Press & Sun-Bulletin

EPAC Repertory Company presents Mel Brooks' "The Producers"

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Mel Brooks

This Is Staffordshire

Review: The Producers, The Regent Theatre, Hanley

According to The Producers the way to make serious money from a theatrical production is by staging an almightly flop.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Clover Herald

It's a Wonderful World' for Matthew Broderick

Like his old pal Ferris Bueller, Matthew Broderick may need a day off. The former teen star, 47, is getting slammed for his performance in Broadway's "The Starry Messenger." Meanies are saying his recent stage appearances have been pretty tepid due to a lack of prep.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, You Can Count on Me, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Miami Metro, Games, Chess

Wed Nov 04, 2009

PressConnects.com

EPAC Repertory Company presents Mel Brooks' 'The Producers'

'I wanna be a Producer...' That's what everyone will be singing after experiencing the EPAC Repertory Company's production of Mel Brooks' 12-time Tony Award winning hit The Producers.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Mel Brooks, Theater, Arts, Endicott, NY

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

'Young Frankenstein' a monster smash

Mel Brooks' fixation on "Frankenstein" began when he was still in kneepants. "I must have been just five or six when I first saw the movie [James Whale's 1931 classic, "Frankenstein"], and it left an indelible impression on me," Brooks recalled during a recent chat.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Frankenstein, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Mel Brooks, New York, Gene Wilder, Autos, Entertainment

Sun Nov 01, 2009

This Is Staffordshire

Enjoy a hysterical romp through the third Reich

The swastika is raised in the Cultural Quarter, but only in the name of comedy as a cult classic comes to the local stage, writes Alan Cookman NAZI stormtroopers will tap dance across the stage of The Regent Theatre next week in the show that brought Nuremberg to Broadway.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Mel Brooks

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Columbus Dispatch

A talk with Mel Brooks

Dispatch Theater Critic Michael Grossberg writes about theater, comedy, what's onstage in Columbus, central Ohio, on Broadway and across the country.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Waterfront (Seattle, WA), First Hill (Seattle, WA), Queen Anne (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA, Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

SF Gate

'The Mel Brooks Collection'

So you get a collection of Mel Brooks movies and missing from it is "The Producers." But never fear: You still are going to get some classics, including the underrated and rarely available "The Twelve Chairs." Unlike "History of the World: Part I" or "High Anxiety," which are hilarious if you are a Brooks fan but may not be to everybody's taste, ...

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, To Be or Not to Be, Animation Movies, Short, War Movies, Drama Movies, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, History Movies, History of the World: Part I, Mel Brooks, Ron Moody

Northwest Herald

Comedy icon Mel Brooks puts a Frankensteina on tour

Shuler Hensley plays the monster and Roger Bart plays young Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in the musical version of "Young Frankenstein," which comes Tuesday to Chicago.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, High Anxiety, Thriller, Spaceballs, Science Fiction Movies, Mel Brooks, Roger Bart, Gene Wilder

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Uma Thurman's best and worst movies

If you have nothing else to do and self-mutilation is not your thing, why not check out Motherhood this weekend? Forgive my snark.

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Related Topix: Motherhood, Mad Dog and Glory, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Pulp Fiction, Action Movies, Paycheck, Science Fiction Movies, Beautiful Girls, Musical Movies, Movies, Entertainment

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