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 ...

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 = ...

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” – ...

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 ...

PITTSFIELD, MASS. -- On Sunday afternoon, when he turned around to face the audience, actor Jim Brochu received a spontaneous burst of applause, the kind generated when a big star makes an entrance on ...