The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is in full swing with its first-ever free film series, two kids' shows and a one-man show about Zero Mostel. The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, a new musical ...

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” – ...

Any playwright attempting a solo biographical play had better make sure he's chosen a fascinating subject. Because the "zero" in question is the late, great Zero Mostel. Brochu stars as the unique, ...

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Teenage Jim Brochu met Zero Mostel while visiting a friend backstage at “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” They became friendly during the show’s run, but when Brochu asked for Mostel’s ...

Oh sure, the great comedic actor died in 1977, but thanks to the magic of theater and the talent of actor/playwright Jim Brochu, we can once again indulge in the glory that was Mostel. If you don’t ...

This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. After four years of scouring Youtube for Yiddish-language videos to feature in the Forverts’ weekly cultural supplement Oneg Shabes, I thought ...

Obnoxious can be funny if it's safely on the other side of the footlights. One is grateful for that unbreached fourth wall in "Zero Hour," which has Jim Brochu reincarnating the force of nature known ...

Shakespeare's Shylock in The Merchant of Venice--the epitome of money-grabbing avarice and cruelty--is, Arnold Wesker believes, "a libel on the Jews" and a reflection of Elizabethan racism. Wesker, ...

Director Jerry Zaks already owns four Tony Awards and one of the most eclectic careers on Broadway. He does musicals: Smokey Joe’s Café, La Cage aux Folles. He does plays: Six Degrees of Separation.

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 ...