'An Evening with Mel Brooks' Planned In Rancho Mirage

From Hot Water Casino: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award winner Mel Brooks will bring his hilarious career retrospective to The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa on Saturday, September 29 at 8 p.m. An Evening with Mel Brooks will explore the legendary filmmaker’s life as an actor, writer, producer, and director through personal anecdotes and clips from some of his most memorable movies.

One of only 12 EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winners, Brooks’ career began in television writing for Sid Caesar on “Your Show of Shows.” Together with Buck Henry, he also created the long-running TV series “Get Smart.” He then teamed with Carl Reiner to write and perform the Grammy-winning 2000 Year Old Man comedy albums and books. He won his first Oscar in 1964 for writing and narrating the animated film short, The Critic. His second came in 1968 for the screenplay of his first feature film, The Producers. For three consecutive seasons, from 1997 to 1999, Brooks won Emmy Awards for his role as “Uncle Phil” on the hit sitcom “Mad About You.” He received three 2001 Tony Awards and two Grammy Awards for The Producers: the New Mel Brooks Musical, which ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2006 and still holds the record for the most Tony awards ever won by a Broadway musical.

In 2009 he received The Kennedy Center Honors, recognizing a lifetime of extraordinary contributions to American culture. In 2013 he was the subject of an Emmy Award-winning American Masters documentary on PBS titled Mel Brooks: Make A Noise, and was the 41st recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award. In 2016 former President Barack Obama invited him to the White House to receive the National Medal of Arts — the highest honor given to artists by the United States government.

Among Brooks’ many hit comedy films are: Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World: Part I, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It. His film company, Brooksfilms Limited, also produced critically acclaimed films such as The Elephant Man, The Fly, Frances, My Favorite Year, and 84 Charring Cross Road. His recent projects include three Emmy-nominated HBO comedy specials: Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again, Mel Brooks Strikes Back! and Mel Brooks Live at The Geffen.

Show Information:

• Date: Saturday, September 29, 2018; 8 p.m.
• Location: The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa, 32-250 Bob Hope Drive in Rancho Mirage.

Purchase tickets:

• Prices: $75-$145, based on seat location.
• www.HotWaterCasino.com; (800) 514-3849

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