STAGE TUBE: Mel Brooks' Brings 'THE PRODUCERS' to Berlin

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Comedy legend Mel Brooks has brought his hit musical "The Producers" to Berlin with the goal of mining the Third Reich for laughs in the German capital.

BBC News Steve Rosenberg reports on "The Producers" journey to Berlin which you can watch right here on BWW TV!

Brooks, 82, was a U.S. army engineer in Germany for 3 1/2 months at the end of World War II, assigned tasks including tracing land mines and building bridges over streams.

"The Producers" will open at Berlin's Admiralspalast Theater on Friday, May 15th, 2009.

Mel Brooks' The Producers is based on the 1968 comedy classic of the same name. Down-and-out producer Max Bialystock and his nebbish accountant, Leo Bloom concoct a seemingly fool-proof plan to get rich quick by putting on the biggest flop Broadway has ever seen! It seems like such a simple plan...but you know what they say about the best laid plans. When their sure-to-fail musical turns out to be a sure-fire hit, all hell breaks loose!

The Producers original Broadway run garnered a record 12 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book, Orchestrations and Original Score.