Chances are that even those who know Zero Mostel – from originating the role of Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof” on Broadway or starring as Max Bialystock in the Mel Brooks movie, “The Producers” – ...

PITTSFIELD - Actor Jim Brochu had never heard of Zero Mostel until his father took him to see the legendary Broadway star in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." "He came out on that ...

A home movie by Mel Brooks—not only the first picture he directed, but evidently the first he’d ever seen (1967). Everything that can go wrong in an amateur film does go wrong, from the timing to the ...

In an age of political correctness and diverse but thin-skinned audiences, a musical comedy in which the centerpiece production number is called “Springtime for Hitler” would likely be booed from the ...

The question re: "The Producers" would not be "Is it any good?" but "How good is it?" It's got to be good! How could it not be good? Or even great. It's "The Producers," after all. The original, from ...

Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Dick Shawn star in Mel Brooks' outrageously funny, Academy Award-winning film "The Producers"; includes specially produced commentary from Turner Classic Movies. MPAA ...

Mel Brooks’ The Producers is the gift that keeps on giving. First there’s the original 1968 film, a nearly perfect 88 minutes of comedy. Its two leads, Zero Mostel, as slimy Broadway impresario Max ...

When writer and actor Jim Brochu picks up the phone at his home in Los Angeles, he is eager to share some good news. He has just learned that "Zero Hour," his one-man play about the late, ...