Venue:
St James Theatre
Address: 246 West 44th Street (between 7th and 8th Ave)
Length: 2 hours and 40 mins with 1 intermission
Opened: April 19, 2001
Category: Musical, Comdey, Original, Broadway
Setting: New York, 1959.
Based on the Academy Award-winning 1968 film of the same
name, The Producers is the story of down-on-his-luck theatrical
producer Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, a mousy accountant.
Together, they hatch the ultimate scam: Raise more money
than you need for a sure-fire Broadway fiasco...and pocket
the difference. Their Broadway brainchild is none other
than Springtime for Hitler.
The Producers has become a Broadway phenomenon, turning
the tradition of a Broadway musical on its head and earning
more Tony Awards than any other show in the history of
the Great White Way. With tunes and a book by superstar
comedian Mel Brooks and co-bookwriter Thomas Meehan (Hairspray),
this big-time Broadway musical is truly one of the funniest
shows around. The success of the show has made way for
a remake of the big-screen version due out in 2005 and
featuring original stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick,
as well as Uma Thurman and Will Ferrell.
Stop
by The Producers to visit "Little Old Lady Land,"
hear Ulla belt and laugh so hard you won't know what to
do with yourself. "Everything you've heard is 100%
true," says Clive Barnes of the New York Post. The
Producers is "a cast-iron, super-duper mammoth old-time
Broadway hit!"
2001 Tony Awards: Eleven awards including
Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best
Director of a Musical, Best Choreography, Best Scenic
Design, Best Costume Design and Best Lighting Design
Creators
Music & Lyrics By: Mel Brooks
Book By: Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan
Directed & Choreographed By: Susan Stroman
Scenic Design By: Robin Wagner
Costume Design By: William Ivey Long
Lighting Design By: Peter Kaczorowski
Starring
Brad Oscar as Max Bialystock
Hunter Foster as Leo Bloom
Brad Musgrove as Carmen Ghia
Gary Beach as Roger DeBris
Angie Schworer as Ulla
John Treacy Egan as Franz Liebkind
