Matthew Broderick Trying" and was nominated for another Tony for his role in the Mel Brooks 2001 stage version of "The Producers". In the latter production, he played Leopold "Leo" Bloom, an accountant who co-produces a musical designed to fail, but which turns out to be successful. Broderick reprised the role in the 2005 film adaptation of the same name. Broderick was reunited with his co-star from "The Lion King" and "The Producers", Nathan Lane, in "The Odd Couple", which opened on Broadway in October 2005. He appeared on Broadway as a college professor in "The Philanthropist", running April 10 through June
Danielle Brooks regular for the show's second season. In September 2013, Brooks was cast in a Season 3 episode of the HBO series "Girls", where she played the first black woman on the show. On May 27, 2015, the media announced that Brooks would make her Broadway debut in the upcoming fall 2015 revival of "The Color Purple" as Sofia. The musical opened on December 10 at the Bernard B. Jacobs, to critical acclaim. Brooks received praise for her performance, and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Danielle Brooks Danielle Brooks (born September 17,