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Musical

The Producers

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Garrick Theatre · London

Premiered 2001

Two men plan to profit from Broadway's worst possible flop.

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The story

Failing producer Max Bialystock and anxious accountant Leo Bloom discover they could make more money from a theatrical disaster than a success by overselling investment shares. They choose an offensively tasteless musical designed to close immediately, only to find their fraud threatened when audiences respond in the opposite way.

In the room

The musical is a broad backstage farce packed with show-business in-jokes, dance breaks, exaggerated stereotypes and songs that parody Broadway's appetite for spectacle.

Good fit if you like

backstage schemes, broad farce, show-business satire and deliberately tasteless humour.

Details

Booking until 17 Sept 2026

Running time not recorded.

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Cast & crew

Cast(2)
Creative & crew(4)
Composer
Mel Brooks
Lyricist
Mel Brooks

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