Fifty years ago, The Times’ Charles Champlin spoke to Mel Brooks for the opening of his feature directing debut, “The Producers,” starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. In 2001, it would be ...

As a comedy legend who conquered stage, film, and television with consummate ease and plenty of hilarity, Mel Brooks knows what it ... Always.” Like Brooks, Ritz began his career on Broadway before ...

The musical adaptation of the film version of The Producers is one of Mel Brooks’ greatest successes, but the veteran comedian has revealed it nearly didn’t happen. He wasn’t sure his 1967 ...

We see Mel Funn (Mel Brooks) with his absurdist double act of Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman) and Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise) driving haphazardly down Sunset Boulevard as chirpy music plunges the audience into ...

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 ...

Academy Award-winner Bong Joon Ho brings audiences his latest film, Mickey 17, while a pair of directors release the animated film Night of the Zoopocalypse. Robert Pattinson is superb as Mickey ...

Denim P., L'Gacy V. and Gina N. perform during the 2024 Black History Month program at St. Peter Claver Catholic School in St. Paul. (Judy Romanowich Smith, St. Peter) ...