Topic: Mel Brooks

UPI Almanac for Saturday, June 28, 2008.

BAL HARBOUR, Fla., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Louis Wolfson, a college dropout who became a multi-millionaire businessman and racehorse owner before going to prison, has died at 95 in Florida.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Broadway officials are concerned about "Young Frankenstein" producers' decision not to publicly disclose sales figures for their New York production.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The play's the thing this fall on New York's Broadway as a dozen non-musicals -- and only three musicals -- will open before the end of the year.

SEATTLE , Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The new Mel Brooks musical "Young Frankenstein" premieres on stage in Seattle before heading to Broadway this fall, said Playbill.com.

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- William Tuttle, the innovative film makeup artist who paved the way for his craft to be recognized competitively, died in his California home at age 95. Tuttle, whose work in "7 Faces of Dr. Lao" is considered a milestone in makeup, died Monday at his

UPI almanac for Thursday, June 28, 2007.

NEW YORK, April 23 (UPI) --

NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- "The Producers," Mel Brooks' musical version of his movie by the same name, will close April 22 after a six-year, record-setting run on New York's Broadway.

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Frankie Laine, whose booming voice found a home in songs as "I Believe" and "Mule Train," died Tuesday in Mercy Hospital in San Diego at the age of 93.