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...original film of Mel Brooks' The Producers, Zero Mostel advises a blithering Gene Wilder, who has just unintentionally observed Mostel's character trying to seduce an elderly woman: "You mean 'oops,' don't you? Just say 'oops' and get out!" Yet sometimes even "oops" is not enough...
...cheeky character of Pseudolus, played by Thomas A. Dichter ’08, contributes significantly to that mood. “Zero Mostel set a precedent—he defined [the role],” said Dichter, referring to the actor who played the scheming slave in the canonical 1966 movie. But Dichter’s acting brings an earnest disingenuity to the show that’s all his own. “He’s a conniving character, but I’m pretty fond of him,” said director Bronwen E. Everill...
...Nason, a devilishly handsome lad then in his mid-teens, wowed a family reunion nine years ago with his emotionally ferocious, sonically precise rendition of ?If I Were a Rich Man? from ?Fiddler on the Roof.? I?d never seen a sexy Tevye before - imagine Johnny Depp channeling Zero Mostel - but Derek had, and gave...
Molina is a younger, more down-to-earth, less clownish Tevye than Zero Mostel, who famously originated the role. The contrast can be seen in one line. Tevye has a recurring debate with God--"on the one hand," "on the other hand"--whenever he faces a moral dilemma. He reluctantly gives his blessing when his first daughter rejects matchmaking tradition and decides to marry the man she loves; he does the same when his second daughter gets engaged to a man who will take her away from home. But when his third daughter chooses a husband outside her religion...
Kitty’s idea took hold, and the Brattle Theater Company formed, immediately buying Brattle Hall. From 1948 to 1952, the Company occupied the building, bringing the likes of Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn and Zero Mostel to play in everything from Shakesperean tragedies to Chekhovian dramas...