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 ...

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 ...

When writer and actor Jim Brochu picks up the phone at his home in Los Angeles, he is eager to share some good news. He has just learned that "Zero Hour," his one-man play about the late, ...

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 = ...

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With Zero Mostel, and a wildly improbable storyline, The Great Bank Robbery seems all set to snipe away at an inviting target—the standard western heist. Unfortunately, amid leathery gags and ...