NightBlue Performing Arts to Present THE PRODUCERS

Jeff-award winning company, NightBlue Performing Arts, presents the Chicago Non-Equity Premiere of Mel Brooks' Tony Award winning Broadway Comedy "The Producers" openingThursday September 10, 2015 at Stage773, 1225 W. Belmont.

This musical, written by comedian Mel Brooks, tells the story of Max Bialystock, the one­time king of Broadway producers hungry to strike it rich, and Leo Bloom, an accountant with dreams of someday becoming a theatre producer. The two discover that they could get richer by producing a flop than a hit and start by finding the worst show, worst director, and worst actors. When their new production, "Springtime for Hitler," turns out to be a smash success, the plan is thrown off and the partners' lives are thrown into chaos.

In a bold move by NightBlue, an Illinois 501(c)(3) not-for-profit performing arts company known for non-traditional moves in non-equity theater, including the Chicago premieres of Miss Saigon (2007), RENT (2010) and Avenue Q (2012),

"The Producers" will be produced in repertory with Blake Edwards' movie-turned-musical "Victor/Victoria". "Victor/Victoria" tells the story of Victoria Grant, a down-on-her-luck singer who is convinced by a gay impresario to masquerade as a female impersonator, becoming a huge success in Paris nightclubs and attracting the attentions of a Chicago gangster, in the musical version of the 1982 film.