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Mel Brooks is sitting near the back of the almost deserted St. James Theatre a couple of hours before curtain time. A reporter is at his right, yet Brooks stares straight ahead at the empty stage while he talks, as if he can't quite believe what will soon be...
What's not to love? The Producers, a musical based on Brooks' 1968 movie, opens on Broadway next week with the kind of rapturous buzz (and $13 million in advance sales) not seen since The Lion King. Start with a presold audience, lovers of the classic comedy (the first film...
Smart guys; they've seen the show. The Producers is, first of all, one of the best translations of a beloved movie to the stage ever. Most of Brooks' famous lines and bits are here, including the memorable Springtime for Hitler production number, staged by Stroman with goose-stepping pizazz...
About 60 people gathered in the Phillips brooks House Parlor room on Tuesday night to attend the teach-in. One of the speakers was Lorenzo Jose Jose, a Mexican farmer who recently finished his term as president of a cooperative of 23.000 indigenous workers in Oaxaca, Mexico.
President Neil L. Rudenstine has made fundraising for Harvard the single greatest accomplishment of his term. Yet in the final days of his tenure, now that Harvard’s capital campaign is complete, he has turned his formidable skill and clout in fundraising to a new end: the Centennial...