The Producers

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The Producers description

Everywhere this story goes, whether it’s the big screen or the stage, Mel Brooks’ The Producers causes helpless laughter. Now there’s a major new revival on at the Menier Chocolate Factory for Christmas, with the Tony Award-winning director Patrick Marber in charge.

The first Broadway production won twelve Tony Awards, having been nominated for fifteen. It still holds the world record for winning a Tony in every category it was nominated for.

On the West End stage once more – We smell a sell-out!

A unique musical comedy with music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, and a book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan, the original Broadway production opened at St James Theatre in Spring 2001, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. It ran for more than 2500 performances.

National tours of the US and UK followed, spawning numerous productions around the world and inspiring the equally brilliant 2005 film version. And, as they say, the rest is history. Patrick Marber’s involvement puts the seal on the deal, proving this is a comedy to be reckoned with. We predict a sell-out, so grab tickets while you can.

A show that insults absolutely everyone

The Producers is unapologetically, shamelessly offensive in the best possible way, doling out equal disrespect for the Jews and Nazis, gay people and more with joyous abandon. The result is so funny it ends up offending nobody. We’re all equally badly-treated, and it’s hilarious.

So what’s the plot of this self-confessed ‘equal opportunity offender’? Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom have failed as Broadway producers, both down on their luck. They hatch a plot to defraud their backers, a bunch of old ladies, by putting on a show so bad it’s bound to fail. They hire the worst director they can find and out him in charge. Sadly for them the production proves a roaring success. Do they make their millions or get their comeuppance?

Adapted from Mel Brooks' 1967 movie of the same name, this laugh-out-loud production will delight the West End over the festive season and beyond. Come along and see.

Playing at Menier Chocolate Factory (venue info)