Editing Mel Brooks (section)

===2001–present===
[[Image:Theatre Royal Drury Lane - The Producers 1.jpg|thumb|left|''The Producers'' at [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]]]]

[[File:The Producers.jpg|thumb|right|190px|''The Producers'' on [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]]]]

Brooks created the [[The Producers (musical)|musical adaptation]] of his film ''[[The Producers (1967 film)|The Producers]]'' on the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 2001. The production starring [[Nathan Lane]] and [[Matthew Broderick]] received critical acclaim and was a significant box office success. ''[[The New York Times]]'' theatre critic [[Ben Brantley]] praised the production writing, "Mr. Brooks has taken what could have been overblown camp into a far warmer realm in which affection always outweighs irony."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/20/movies/theater-review-a-scam-that-ll-knock-em-dead.html|title= THEATER REVIEW; A Scam That'll Knock 'Em Dead|work= The New York Times|date= April 20, 2001|accessdate= July 13, 2023|last1= Brantley|first1= Ben}}</ref> The production broke the [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]] record with 12 wins, a record previously held for 37 years by ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' with 10 wins including the [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]. It led to a 2005 [[The Producers (2005 film)|big-screen version]] of the Broadway adaptation/remake with Lane, Broderick, [[Gary Beach]], and [[Roger Bart]] reprising their stage roles, and new cast members [[Uma Thurman]] and [[Will Ferrell]].

In early April 2006, Brooks began [[musical composition|composing]] the score to a Broadway [[Young Frankenstein (musical)|musical adaptation of ''Young Frankenstein'']], which he says is "perhaps the best movie [he] ever made". The world premiere was at Seattle's Paramount Theater, between August 7, 2007, and September 1, 2007, after which it opened on Broadway at the former [[Lyric Theatre (1998 New York City)|Lyric Theater]] (then the Hilton Theatre), New York, on October 11, 2007. It earned mixed reviews from the critics. In the 2000s, Brooks worked on an [[animated series]] sequel to ''Spaceballs'' called ''[[Spaceballs: The Animated Series]]'', which premiered on September 21, 2008, on [[G4 TV]].

Brooks has also supplied vocal roles for animation. He voiced Bigweld, the master inventor, in the animated film ''[[Robots (2005 film)|Robots]]'' (2005), and in the later animated film ''[[Mr. Peabody & Sherman]]'' (2014) he had a cameo appearance as [[Albert Einstein]]. He returned, to voice Dracula's father, [[List of Hotel Transylvania characters#Count Vladimir "Vlad" Dracula|Vlad]], in ''[[Hotel Transylvania 2]]'' (2015)<ref>{{cite web|last=Truitt|first=Brian|date=November 25, 2014|title=Mel Brooks checks in for 'Hotel Transylvania 2'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/11/25/mel-brooks-hotel-transylvania-2-movie-sneak-peek/19193423/|access-date=July 12, 2015|work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> and ''[[Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation]]'' (2018). Brooks joked about the concept of a musical adaptation of ''Blazing Saddles'' in the final number in ''Young Frankenstein'', in which the full company sings, "next year, ''Blazing Saddles''!" In 2010, Brooks confirmed this, saying that the musical could be finished within a year; however, no creative team or plan has been announced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/137884-Back-on-the-Horse-Mel-Brooks-Penning-Songs-for-Blazing-Saddles- |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906082545/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/137884-Back-on-the-Horse-Mel-Brooks-Penning-Songs-for-Blazing-Saddles- |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |title=Back on the Horse: Mel Brooks Penning Songs for Blazing Saddles Musical |work=Playbill |date=March 16, 2010 |access-date=November 1, 2012 }}</ref>

In 2021, at age 95, Brooks published a memoir titled ''All About Me!''.<ref name="FreshAirInterview">{{cite web |author-link=Terry Gross|first1=Terry|last1=Gross |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1061836388 |title=Mel Brooks says his only regret as a comedian is the jokes he didn't tell |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=December 7, 2021 |access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref> On October 18, 2021, it was announced that Brooks would write and produce ''[[History of the World, Part II]]'', a follow-up TV series on [[Hulu]] to his [[History of the World, Part I|1981 movie]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Michael |date=October 18, 2021 |title=Hulu Orders Mel Brooks' HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II Series |url=https://nerdist.com/article/hulu-orders-mel-brooks-history-of-the-world-part-ii-series |website=Nerdist}}</ref> He received a nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance]] for his role as the narrator in the series.