In 2009 I interviewed Chaim Topol, one of the actors so famous for playing Tevye the Milkman in “Fiddler on the Roof,” while he was in Chicago on a tour stop performing in a revival tour of the ...

The musical “Fiddler on the Roof” first proclaimed Shalom Aleichem to Broadway audiences in 1964, with Zero Mostel belting out the iconic “If I Were a Rich Man” song as Tevye the Dairyman, the father ...

Chances are that even those who know Zero Mostel – from originating the role of Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof” on Broadway or starring as Max Bialystock in the Mel Brooks movie, “The Producers” – ...

PITTSFIELD - Actor Jim Brochu had never heard of Zero Mostel until his father took him to see the legendary Broadway star in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." "He came out on that ...

A new play tells the story of turbulently funny Zero = Mostel. Set as an interview between Mostel and an unseen reporter, it = covers Mostel's Tony Award-winning roles in "Fiddler on the Roof;" "A = ...

There is a cadence to the kind of comedy made famous by performers like Don Rickles and Rodney Dangerfield: wry, histrionic, unmistakably Jewish and disarmingly funny. Though he would ultimately win ...

'ZERO HOUR,' Jim Brochu's acclaimed play about the life of theatre legend Zero Mostel, will celebrate its 100th performance this Tuesday, March 23rd. "ZERO HOUR" recently reopened at Off-Broadway's ...

These days the name Zero Mostel hardly registers in celebrity circles. But once upon a time, in the 1940s and 50s, Zero Mostel was one of the most successful actors in showbiz. Then came the House ...

The expectations had ranged from 300 to 400 spectators for the 4th annual “Obies.” The actuality ranged from 500 to 600. They packed the Village Gate last Monday afternoon to the last inch of capacity ...

This illustration is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board with a 12.50" x 12.00" image. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the opening of Zero Mostel in Hal Prince`s production of ...

Set in theatre legend Zero Mostel’s painting studio on West 28th Street, a naïve reporter attempts to interview the famously volatile artist, prompting an explosion of memory, humor, outrage and juicy ...