Mel Brooks Thought There Was “No Reason To Make ‘The Producers’ Into A Musical”
The musical adaptation of the film version of The Producers is one of Mel Brooks ’ greatest successes, but the veteran ...
Mel Brooks Recalls Gene Hackman’s “Perfect” ‘Young Frankenstein’ Performance: “I Was Over The Moon”
Following Gene Hackman's death at age 95, Mel Brooks reminisced about working with him on the Oscar-nominated 1974 comedy ...
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The Producers to transfer to the West End
The Menier’s artistic director David Babani praised the show’s “incomparable” cast, adding: “To have the opportunity to do it ...
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Mel Brooks recalls Gene Hackman's "perfect" 'Young Frankenstein' performance
Although Gene Hackman left a legacy of outstanding dramatic performances, he also managed to elicit some laughs throughout ...
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The cast of The Producers on bringing Mel Brooks’ politically incorrect humour to the West End
This week WhatsOnStage secretly met up with the Menier’s principal cast to get their thoughts on the news and on why they ...
Gene Hackman Death: Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood Mourn “Inspiring and Magnificent” Two-Time Oscar Winner
The 'French Connection' and 'Hoosiers' star was found dead, along with his wife and their dog, at their home in Santa Fe, New ...
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Andy Nyman and Marc Antolin Will Lead West End Transfer of THE PRODUCERS
The Menier Chocolate Factory’s critically acclaimed sell-out production of The Producers with book by Mel Brooks and Thomas ...
All of the Celebrities Who Have an EGOT
Elton John most recently made the list of stars who've achieved Hollywood's highest honor: winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and ...
32 Times A Director Appeared In Another Director's Movie
In a very meta moment, David Lynch plays another great director, John Ford, in Steven Spielberg's The Fablemans. The late ...
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‘It’s a perfectly good little movie’: Mel Brooks thought there was ‘no reason’ to make ‘The Producers’ into a musical
US actor and writer Mel Brooks has said he thought there was “no reason” to make his 1967 hit film The Producers into a musical. The 98-year-old, who won an original screenplay Oscar for the film, ...
The movie nobody wanted Mel Brooks to make: “Please get out of here before you get hurt”
Mel Brooks experienced significant pushback when nobody in Hollywood showed any interest in letting the filmmaker make a movie.