James Theatre on April 19, 2001, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, and ran for 2,502 performances, winning a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards. The humor of The Producers draws on exaggerated accents, caricatures of Jews, gay people and Nazis, and many show business in-jokes.Īfter 33 previews, the original Broadway production opened at the St. Complications arise when the show is a surprise hit. The story concerns two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich by fraudulently overselling interests in a Broadway musical designed to fail. It is adapted from Brooks's 1967 film of the same name. The Producers is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, and a book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan. Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
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