The Paper Mill Playhouse opens its fall season with springtime … for Hitler, presenting a faithful staging of the Mel Brooks musical "The Producers," which won 12 Tony Awards back before anyone ever ...

In 1968 it was a movie. In 2001 it became a musical. Now it’s a movie again? Yep, and there’s actually a pretty good reason to return The Producers to the screen. The original film, though ...

The Producers is more than theater. It is, like a handful of other shows, an event. Mel Brooks’ record-breaking Tony-winner is one of those programs attended by people who never set foot inside a ...

The Producers tells the story of down-on-his-luck Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his timid accountant Leo Bloom, who devise a scheme to create the biggest flop in theatrical history. Unlike ...

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It’s surely the most insensitive, offensive film (1968) and then Broadway musical (2001) ever written, with Mel Brooks (book, music and lyrics) as chief creative offender and Thomas Meehan as his ...

It isn’t possible to review The Producers as if one hadn’t heard the shrieks of joy emanating from New York at the time of its 2001 Broadway opening. Critics raved about how daring and funny the show ...