Mel Brooks

Uptown Players Do It Their Way; In the Heights Hits the Skids

That’s “Fronkensteen”

Join In On A Midnight Caper

At the Winspear, Mel Brooks' happy, tappy, snappy Young Frankenstein musical is electrifying.

Creature Feature: Somewhere Beneath Young Frankenstein's Monster, Preston Truman Boyd

Paul KolnikBoyd as The Monster, with Christopher Ryan as Frederick Frankenstein, in Young Frankenstein at the Winspear​"It isn't easy being green," sang Kermit the Frog. For actor Preston Truman Boyd, starring as the mad doctor's stitched-together Monster in the Broadway tour of Mel Brooks' music ... More >>

Pegasus Theatre pays comic tribute in black and white to vintage movie thrillers

Paul KolnikBoyd as The Monster, with Christopher Ryan as Frederick Frankenstein, in Young Frankenstein at the Winspear​"It isn't easy being green," sang Kermit the Frog. For actor Preston Truman Boyd, starring as the mad doctor's stitched-together Monster in the Broadway tour of Mel Brooks' music ... More >>

Monster Jams

Paul KolnikBoyd as The Monster, with Christopher Ryan as Frederick Frankenstein, in Young Frankenstein at the Winspear​"It isn't easy being green," sang Kermit the Frog. For actor Preston Truman Boyd, starring as the mad doctor's stitched-together Monster in the Broadway tour of Mel Brooks' music ... More >>

There Is No Stopping in the Red Zone

Paul KolnikBoyd as The Monster, with Christopher Ryan as Frederick Frankenstein, in Young Frankenstein at the Winspear​"It isn't easy being green," sang Kermit the Frog. For actor Preston Truman Boyd, starring as the mad doctor's stitched-together Monster in the Broadway tour of Mel Brooks' music ... More >>

Comb The Desert

Paul KolnikBoyd as The Monster, with Christopher Ryan as Frederick Frankenstein, in Young Frankenstein at the Winspear​"It isn't easy being green," sang Kermit the Frog. For actor Preston Truman Boyd, starring as the mad doctor's stitched-together Monster in the Broadway tour of Mel Brooks' music ... More >>

Winspear's August:Ossage County And Watertower's Laughter On The 23rd Floor Find Fun And Fury In Tempers Run Amok

Paul KolnikBoyd as The Monster, with Christopher Ryan as Frederick Frankenstein, in Young Frankenstein at the Winspear​"It isn't easy being green," sang Kermit the Frog. For actor Preston Truman Boyd, starring as the mad doctor's stitched-together Monster in the Broadway tour of Mel Brooks' music ... More >>

Badges?

Paul KolnikBoyd as The Monster, with Christopher Ryan as Frederick Frankenstein, in Young Frankenstein at the Winspear​"It isn't easy being green," sang Kermit the Frog. For actor Preston Truman Boyd, starring as the mad doctor's stitched-together Monster in the Broadway tour of Mel Brooks' music ... More >>

He Want Friend Like Him

Paul KolnikBoyd as The Monster, with Christopher Ryan as Frederick Frankenstein, in Young Frankenstein at the Winspear​"It isn't easy being green," sang Kermit the Frog. For actor Preston Truman Boyd, starring as the mad doctor's stitched-together Monster in the Broadway tour of Mel Brooks' music ... More >>

Brüno is Totally Gay for You

Paul KolnikBoyd as The Monster, with Christopher Ryan as Frederick Frankenstein, in Young Frankenstein at the Winspear​"It isn't easy being green," sang Kermit the Frog. For actor Preston Truman Boyd, starring as the mad doctor's stitched-together Monster in the Broadway tour of Mel Brooks' music ... More >>

When Scary Met Sally

Paul KolnikBoyd as The Monster, with Christopher Ryan as Frederick Frankenstein, in Young Frankenstein at the Winspear​"It isn't easy being green," sang Kermit the Frog. For actor Preston Truman Boyd, starring as the mad doctor's stitched-together Monster in the Broadway tour of Mel Brooks' music ... More >>

Last Train to Nibroc Makes for a Subtle, Sentimental Journey

CTD makes Cuckoo’s Nest a comedy of errors

Free Carl Reiner! Wherein We Talk to the Legend and Give Away Tickets.

CTD makes Cuckoo’s Nest a comedy of errors

Win, Win: Brinker Forum Swaps John Travolta for Carl Reiner, Martin Short

CTD makes Cuckoo’s Nest a comedy of errors

Back...and Loving It

Get Smart redux is a rare device: a TV remake for the big screen that works on its own terms

Hairspray, Get Back to Your Roots!

Movie musical of the musical of the movie is nowhere near divine

Virgin Alarm

Spaceballs goes off at the Inwood

Hey, Where the White Women at?

Blazing Saddles flame on

Tortilla Flat

Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which isn't sayin' much

The Great Kahn

Young Frankenstein's leading lady shines

Some Kind of Joke

Young Frankenstein's leading lady shines

Rock On

Young Frankenstein's leading lady shines

Springtime for Mel

Brooks' latest Producers is flawed, but it's better than the first

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Hotsy Totsy Nazis

The Producers verks up a shvits at Fair Park; gradually moves backward, Betrayal does

Show Tuned

The Producers verks up a shvits at Fair Park; gradually moves backward, Betrayal does

Talkin' 'Bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids, Robots works hard to please everyone

Blessed Are the Cheeky

Python's Brian returns, bearing cinematic salvation

Dukin' It Out

Tom Wopat puts on the razzle-dazzle

Don't Dream It, Be It

Grab your armor and seek the Holy Grail

Of Boobs and Blood

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

Toxic Filmmaking

Troma's bossman to take over town; hide your children

Raising the Bar

At last, the USA Film Festival is back under the influence

Max Factors

Writer-director Menno Meyjes asks, "Would a Jew help Hitler?"

Old News

Reissues dominated, but an international crop of films yielded some good harvest

Larger Than Life

Mel Brooks' The Producers is legendary for good reason

Powers Off

In Goldmember, Myers' mojo is running low

After M*A*S*H

Larry Gelbart is one of TV's last great writers. So why can't he stay tuned?

Chicken Caesar

Gladiator doesn't lack heroism or spectacle, but its drama is tainted by cowardice

Joys in the 'hood

Judy Berlin gently underscores the humanity of the Long Island suburbs

Safety in numbers

A large cast works wonders in Theatre Three's production of The Boy Friend

Night & Day

October 8 - 14, 1998

Venus envy

This Dangerous Beauty is nothing more than a one-night stand

Too much of not enough

Collaborative theatrical effort of Lenny leaves audience wanting more

Har-de-har-har

Even Louda, Fasta, Funnya! needs more of all three

Events for the week

Even Louda, Fasta, Funnya! needs more of all three

Events for the week

Even Louda, Fasta, Funnya! needs more of all three