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Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre Presents The Producers 9/11-11/7

7 November 2009 12:30 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

The show broke countless box office records and won every theatre award imaginable, including 12 Tonys in 2001, more than any production in history. It began as a movie, made its way to Broadway, and then found itself back on the silver screen. Now, the smash-hit musical comedy The Producers comes to the Frederick stage for the very first time!

From 2001 to 2007, the hottest tickets on the Great White Way were for Mel Brooks' first musical, which was based on his 1968 film about a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant who come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history thereby bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive Springtime For Hitler), hiring a director, »

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Larry David Plans Fictional Seinfeld Reunion on Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 7

31 July 2009 9:13 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

After years of being hounded by fans and asked about a possible Seinfeld reunion, it appears that Larry David has finally decided to make it happen... but only within the fictional world of his show Curb Your Enthusiasm! With the seventh season of Curb currently in production and aiming for a September 20th premiere on HBO, Larry David recently revealed that the season will feature a continuing plot thread that involves Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards all playing themselves as the network organizes a Seinfeld reunion TV special. "We'll see writing, see aspects of the read-through, parts of rehearsal, see the show being filmed, and see it on TV... You won't see the entire show. You'll see parts of the show. You'll get an idea of what happened (to the Seinfeld characters) 11 years later." I have to admit, this is a pretty ingenious way of doing »

- Sean

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Young Mel-enstein: How Brooks Broke Into Show Biz

21 July 2009 12:51 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Mel Brooks (to Eric Estrin)

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences stages its tribute to Mel Brooks on Friday, it will be honoring one of only 12 people to have won all four major show business awards -- Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy. Brooks has repeatedly reinvented his career, going from TV sketch writer to half of the classic “2000 Year Old Man” standup routine (with Carl Reiner) to multi-hyphenated filmmaker to Broadway impresario. Along the way, he created three of the AFI’s Top 20 movie comedies, “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Franke... »

- Lew Harris

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Young Mel-enstein: How Brooks Crashed Showbiz

21 July 2009 12:46 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

"I'm mortified. So I walk down to the floodlights, and I say to the audience, 'Hey, this is my first job as an actor, I’m really only 14.'"

By Mel Brooks (to Eric Estrin)

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences stages its tribute to Mel Brooks on Friday, it will be honoring one of only 12 people to have won all four major show business awards -- Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy. Brooks has repeatedly reinvented his career, going from TV sketch writer to half of the classic “2000 Year Old Man” standup routine (with Carl Reiner) to multi-hyphenated filmmaker to Broadway impresario. Along the way, he created three of the AFI’s Top 20 movie comedies, “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Franke... »

- Lew Harris

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Hollywood Tales: Paramount Movie Creation Meeting

6 July 2009 9:51 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Ok, everyone, let's start the meeting. Before you start talking about winning us Oscars, I've got the best idea for a movie ever. It's about an alien race that lands on Earth but they are actually "robots in disguise." Catchy isn't it? These large robot-alien things can have a civil war on Earth, because, well, we need a plot. And that'll pretty much be the plot for the entire movie and all of the sequels--and there will be sequels. I know it's kind of weak, but come on, we're creating a summer blockbuster here, it's not like people will actually have to like it. We'll just hype it up so much with viral marketing campaigns and MySpace that they will feel left out if they don't see it. Trust me, once they are in the theater with their over-sized popcorn and gallon of soda, we will pump so much CG »

- Anthony Nicholas

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Mel Brooks To Be Honored By Academy On July 24

2 July 2009 6:45 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles will be honoring Mel Brooks on July 24. The actor, director, composer and writer will be hailed by a star-studded tribute.

Stars such as Richard Benjamin, Tracey Ulman, Lesley Ann Warren, Cloris Leachman and Carl Reiner will pay tribute to the comedian. The event will be hosted by Leonard Maltin and will be held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater at 8:00 pm.

The evening will include film clips and personal stories from Mel's friends and artistic collaborators. Brooks film credits include "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein," "Spaceballs," "Life Stinks" and many, many more.

During Brooks' career, he has won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award. There are only 11 other people that can boast all of these awards in the industry.

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Lakewood Theatre Company Presents Portland Premiere Of The Producers 7/10-8/23

23 June 2009 10:03 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Mel Brooks will once again have audiences roaring with laughter when his hilarious smash-hit comedy, The Producers, opens on Lakewood Theatre's main stage Friday, July 10. The show runs in all its outrageous, madcap glory through August 23. Directed by Alan Shearman (A Flea In Her Ear, Accomplice, Lend Me A Tenor) with musical direction by Jeffrey Kauffman and choreography by Erin Shannon (Wild Party, Pippin) the show promises to make everyone's summer a whole lot brighter? and funnier. »

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Dloc to Present East Bay Premiere of The Producers, Opening February 13

16 January 2009 3:09 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Dloc?s (Diablo Light Opera Company?s) 50th anniversary season continues in high gear February 13 with the East Bay premiere of ? The Producers,? the Mel Brooks zany Broadway mega-hit musical that won the most Tony Awards ever. Including the outrageous ?Springtime for Hitler,? one of the show?s big production numbers, ?The Producers? is based on Brooks? 1968 classic cult comedy film. . Dloc?s production will be presented for 20 performances, from February 13 through March 15, 2009, in the Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive in Walnut Creek. Tickets ($34-$43) are on sale at the center ticket office: (925) 943-7469, www.dloc.org »

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