Mel Brooks with Mel Brooks". He won his first of four Emmy awards in 1967 for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety for a Sid Caesar special and went on to win three consecutive Emmys in 1997, 1998, and 1999 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role of Uncle Phil on "Mad About You". Brooks won his Academy Award for Original Screenplay (Oscar) in 1968 for "The Producers". He won his three Tony awards in 2001 for his work on the musical, "The Producers" for Best Musical, Best Original Musical Score, and Best Book of a Musical. Brooks won
Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening is the 2007 incarnation of Gerard Alessandrini's long-running hit Off-Broadway musical revue "Forbidden Broadway", which parodies notable current Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals. "Rude Awakening" opened on October 2, 2007 at New York's 47th Street Theatre and closed on March 24, 2008. The show was conceived, created and written by Alessandrini and was directed by Alessandrini and Phillip George. The musicals parodied in "Rude Awakening" include "Wicked", "A Chorus Line", "Les Misérables", "The Little Mermaid", "Grey Gardens", "Chicago", "Spring Awakening", "Jersey Boys", "Spamalot" and "Mary Poppins". The tracks featured on the cast recording