MEL BROOKS FILM THE PRODUCERS NOW A HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL

NYP2001042012 - 20 APRIL 2001- NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: Mel Brooks acknowledges the opening night ovation April 19, 2001, for the Broadway musical production based on Brooks' 1967 film The Producers. Brooks served as composer, lyricist, book writer and producer for this film to stage adaptation. rlw/ep/Ezio Petersen UPI

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'Producers' to end Broadway run

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.

Crooner Frankie Laine dies at 93

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.

Ron Carey, Levitt on 'Barney Miller,' dies

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Tony Danza to join 'The Producers'

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) --

Peter Boyle, 71, father on 'Raymond,'

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Peter Boyle, the nosy, curmudgeonly father on the hit sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," died at a New York hospital at the age of 71.

Broadway show eyeing Lopez of 'Stars'

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Hathaway eyeing chance to 'Get Smart'

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'The Producers' shortened for Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Catering to the tastes of tourists, the 2007 Las Vegas production of Mel Brooks' "The Producers" has been cut to one act running just 90 minutes.