Mel Brooks' The Producers runs at Way Off Broadway Theatre through November 7, 2009.
The show that took Broadway by storm and became a meg-hit musical is coming to Western Maryland for the very first time. The show broke countless Box Office records and won every theatre award imaginable, including winning 12 Tony's in 2001, more than any production in history. It began as a movie, made its way to Broadway, then found itself back on the silver screen. Now, The Producers comes to Way Off Broadway as part of the theatre's 15th Anniversary Season.
From 2001 to 2007, the hottest tickets on the Great White Way were for Mel Brooks' first musical, which was based on his 1968 film about a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant who come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history thereby bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and
Leo Bloom as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive Springtime For Hitler), hiring a director, raising the money, and finally going to prison for their misdeeds will leave audiences rolling in the aisles.
Nathan Lane and
Matthew Broderick joined forces as Max and Leo, respectively, when the show opened on Broadway at the S
T. James Theatre. Over the next seven years and 2,535 performances, countless stage stars stepped into the leading roles, not to mention those who appeared as the zanny line-up of supporting characters. In 2005, much of the original company, including Lane and Broderick, returned to the roles they created on Broadway for the
Columbia Pictures/Universal film version of the musical.
For the fall, make a date with Max, Leo, and all of the other colorful, overtop characters in this brilliant musical comedy!
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Jeffrey Davis, Gary Bernard DiNardo, Jordan Stocksdale, Zane Oberholzer, Jeremy Trammelle, and Taylor Whidden
Jordan Stocksdale, Jeremy Trammelle, and Zane Oberholzer
Jeremy Trammelle and Jordan Stocksdale
Jordan Stocksdale
Jordan Stocksdale and and Jeffrey Davis
