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Props to Nathan Lane and well ...the props. about 14 hours ago ryanwglr : back from Addams Family The Musical - the best play I've ever seen.

Laugh-filled, old-fashioned musical-comedy entertainment, both shows were based on movies that had a big cult following and both featured classic, larger-than-life comic performances: Nathan Lane in "The Producers" and Harvey Fierstein in "Hairspray." August Wilson's "King Hedley II" , "Gem of the Ocean" , "Radio Golf" - It was a race against time ...

It is somehow fitting that character actor Kevin Chamberlin is portraying a character of this magnitude.

Well, what do you do when your last two TV series flamed out, leaving you scratching your head and wondering why the public isn't getting you like they did before? If you're Kelsey Grammer , you head to Broadway.

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.

Our top picks for what to do in McHenry County, the region and Chicago. 1. BILL COSBY WHEN: 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan INFO: Legendary comedian and television star performs stand-up. Tickets are $39.50-$75 at 800-982-2787 or www.ticketmaster.com. 2. “THE ADDAMS FAMILY” WHEN: today ...

Posted Nov 13th 2009 10:02AM by Allison Waldman Filed under: OpEd , Casting , Reality-Free The Addams Family is coming back.

The macabre clan of characters created by late illustrator Charles Addams have jumped from the pages of The New Yorker magazine to television, film and - starting Nov.

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

Frankenstein has always been one of the more lovable monsters out there. It's hard to resist an enormous, funny-looking, green guy who doesn't say much.

Fans' photos, from left: Susan Sarandon, Nathan Lane and Barbra Streisand. More Photographs West 45th Street in Manhattan, the Broadway artery where "A Steady Rain" with Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig is playing next to "God of Carnage" with James Gandolfini, Hope Davis, Jeff Daniels and Marcia Gay Harden, is a big draw for the starstruck these ...

Bloody Mary gets hoisted up by U.S. sailors in the 2008 Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific." The national tour is set to play over Thanksgiving weekend at the Rosemont Theatre.

Do you enjoy a big show? Consider 'The Producers,' opening Friday at the Landers Theatre.

Thirty-plus years after the release of Mel Brooks' celluloid comedy "The Producers", the zany musical has enjoyed a renaissance, thanks in part to a wildly successful Broadway adaptation in 2001 and subsequent film version in 2005.

School is under way, football is already providing some first rate surprises, arts calendars are being implemented and with all of that going on, we must stop and take time to focus on what is truly important, golf.

Think "The Producers " with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick was a hard ticket? Try going to Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur services without one.

To make a complete break from our August theme of TV Westerns, the "As Seen On TV" showcase begins September with a look at Jacqueline Susann.

Take two con men, a gaggle of gay ones, German soldiers , a trippy Nazi and you have "The Producers," one of Mel Brooks' funniest scripts.

Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick were worth every zero in the historic $100,000-a-week paycheck that each earned for returning to "The Producers" in 2003.

J.J. Kandel and John McCormack will present SUMMER SHORTS 3, their third annual festival of new American short plays, at 59E59 Theaters .