Word: mel
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There are people who love Mel Brooks, the Frankenstein story or just the idea of reanimating dead tissue. Horror aficionados who don't know much about the movie or the musical like knowing they'll get to see someone create a monster...
...When Mel Brooks' The Producers closed on Broadway in April after more than six years, 12 Tony Awards and a billion dollars in worldwide ticket sales, director and choreographer Susan Stroman didn't get much time off. Stroman, Brooks and company are back with Young Frankenstein, a new musical opening on Broadway Nov. 8 that's based on Brooks' 1974 hit movie. Also readying a new ballet for Pacific Northwest Ballet and a new musical for Lincoln Center Theater, five-time Tony Award winner Stroman talked with TIME about life after The Producers...
...margin next to every memorable phrase or description. Eventually each page was marked with so many dots that I decided instead to reread the book - which I've done about seven times. His works are like symphonies that one enjoys listening to over and over again. Mel Leyde, Sophiatown, South Africa
...take himself too seriously. His willingness to make fun of himself has saved many a dreary Saturday Night Live. "Ben certainly is very intelligent," says Alan Ladd Jr., who produced Gone Baby Gone and knows from up-and-coming directors, since he helped launch the directing careers of Mel Gibson and George Lucas (he green-lighted Braveheart and Star Wars). "And he's a very talented writer...
...margin next to every memorable phrase or description. Eventually each page was marked with so many dots that I decided instead to reread the book - which I've done about seven times. His works are like symphonies that one enjoys listening to over and over again. Mel Leyde, SOPHIATOWN, SOUTH AFRICA...