Previews:
March 21, 2001
Opened:
April 19, 2001
Ended:
April 22, 2007
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
Rocco Landesman, DFX Theatricals, Frankel, Baruch, Viertel, Routh Group, Harvey & Bob Weinstein, Rick Steiner, Robert FX Sillerman, Mel Brooks in assoc w/ James D. Stern / Douglas Meyer. GM: Richard Frankel Productions, Laura Green.
Theater Type:
Broadway
Theater:
St. James Theater
Theater Address:
246 West 44th Street
Phone:
(212) 239-5800
Running Time:
2 hrs, 45 min
Genre:
Musical Comedy
Director:
Susan Stroman
Review:
I went to see the current cast of Mel Brooks' The Producers. Boy! What a show! It's still a brilliant comedy, full of laughs, with super performances by Brad Oscar, Roger Bart, John Treacy Egan, Brad Musgrove, Gary Beach and, as Ulla the night I saw it, Charley Iazabella King. Robin Wagner's set, which goes beyond ordinary bounds in its extravagance, Susan Stroman's absurd choreography, hilarious costumes by Wiliam Ivey Long, all make this show The King of Broadway -- and "It's good to be the king."
Parental:
raunchy humor, profanity
Cast:
Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Cady Huffman, Brad Oscar, Roger Bart, Gary Beach, Madeleine Doherty, Kathy Fitzgerald, Eric Gunhus, Peter Marinos, Jennifer Smith, Ray Wills, Jim Borstelmann.
Technical:
PR: Barlow-Hartman. Lighting: Peter Kaczorowski; Sound: Steve Kennedy; Sets: Robin Wagner; Costumes: William Ivey Long; Music Arranged: Glen Kelly; Music Dir: Patrick Brady; Orchestrations: Doug Besterman; Casting: Johnson-Liff.
Awards:
2001 Outer Critics Circle: Broadway Musical. 2001 Tony Awards: Best Musical, Book, Score, Director, Choreographer.
Critic:
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed:
March 2003
