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The Producers
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 2, 2003
Closed Jan 4, 2004

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http://www.producersontour.com

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Jason Alexander and Martin Short star in the Los Angeles production of The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical. Based on Mel Brooks' Academy Award-winning 1968 film of the same name, the musical tells the story of down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock (Alexander) and Leo Bloom (Short), a mousy accountant. Together they hatch the ultimate scam: raise more money than you need for a sure-fire Broadway flop and pocket the difference. Their "sure-fire" theatrical fiasco?... None other than the musical Springtime for Hitler.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Pantages Theatre
6233 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

What's the most shocking thing about a Broadway musical that includes a Nazi speaking Yiddish, a nun dancing the hora, and a pigeon saluting "Sieg Heil?" The fact that Mel Brooks' The Producers, the musical in which all this is contained, has been surpassed by the crass poor taste exhibited in today's society and therefore satisfies even the conservative, blue-haired crowd. Though it's an entertaining outing filled with laughs, Brooks's stage musical version of his movie classic -- co-written with Thomas Meehan -- feels a bit hollow and forced.

Max Bialystock (Jason Alexander) is the laughingstock of the Great White Way. He has just produced the latest in his long line of flops, Funny Boy, [...]


Reviewed by Jonas Schwartz on May 30, 2003

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