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NEWS ABOUT: The Producers

The Producers stories: 5 news summaries

 Hitler Sells Again in Germany 


May 31, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Broadway hit musical comedy The Producers finally opened in Berlin to boffo box office receipts—but not before in intense sales push to break through German reluctance to see an ersatz Hitler hamming it up on stage, reports the Los Angeles Times. "If you put it on most... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Broadway • Adolf Hitler • Mel Brooks • The Producers • musical • Springtime for Hitler

 'Funny Fuhrer' 
 Finally Hits Berlin 

'The Producers' inspires uneasy laughs with its German debut

May 19, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Producers has goose-stepped its way onto a German stage 76 years after the springtime when Hitler took power, the New York Times reports. There were plenty of laughs—if sometimes uneasy ones—on opening night Sunday, but the Nazi-mocking musical and its swastika-laden ads prompted a fresh round of... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Adolf Hitler • Mel Brooks • The Producers • Nazis

(Newser) - Musical Billy Elliot snagged 15 Tony nominations today, tying fellow movie adaptation The Producers for most ever. Main rival Next to Normal has a shot at 11 awards. Among plays, Mary Stuart and The Norman Conquests got seven nominations each, but neither got a Best Play nod, while God of ... More »

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theater • Tony Awards • The Producers • Billy Elliot • movie adaptations • Next to Normal • Mary Stuart • The Norman Conquests • God of Carnage

(Newser) - This could be awkward. Mel Brooks’ The Producers has been a smash around the world, but will the Hitler-mocking musical play in Germany? The Admiralspalast theater in Berlin—which the real Führer once frequented—is betting Germans are ready to laugh at the blood-soaked past, the Daily Mail reports.... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Adolf Hitler • Mel Brooks • The Producers • Nazis • Mein Kampf

Young Frank's a Broadway Flub

Mel Brooks' Producers follow-up wears his jokes thin, critics say

Nov 9, 07 7:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Mel Brooks wowed 42nd Street with his musical debut The Producers, but follow-up Young Frankenstein fell flat at last night's opening, says Time's Richard Zoglin. Without Brooks' freshman hit, Young Frank might be “reasonably entertaining”; instead it demands comparison and ends up mere “shtick." Its brilliant film... More »

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Broadway • Mel Brooks • The Producers • Young Frankenstein • Andrea Martin • SCTV • Nathan Lane • Matthew Broderick

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