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Our Next Show is….

The Producers

23rd - 27th April 2013

at

The Crescent Theatre Birmingham

Production team

Director:  Ann-Louise McGregor

Musical Director:  Chris Corcoran,

Choreographer:  Jill Horne

Principals

John Morrison as Max Bialystock

Bernard Travers as Leo Bloom

Claire Brough as Ulla Inga Hansen Benson Yonsen Tallen-Hallen Svaden-Svanson

James Smith as Roger DeBris  

Jonathan Eastwood as Carmen Ghia

Phil Snowe as Franz Liebkind  

Company

Peter Best, Greg Boughton, Natalie Buzzard, John Clay, Rhian Clements,

Katie Dawson, Jenny Duffy, Kris Evans, Amy Feguson, Rachel Fox, Helen Gauntlett,

Bethan Harris, Phil Holloway, Jill Hughes, Alice Hunt, Becca Joyce, Chris Kisubika,

Len Kedge, Karen Lane, Kate Limb, Maxine Lowe, Jill Maxwell, Liam McEvoy,

Caroline Meade, David Page, Andrew Young, Phil Palmer, Colette Preece,

Patrick Pryce, Courtney Wallis Richardson, Sarah Sheppard, Caroline Simpson,

Lauren Skinner, Gerry Smith, Verity Smith, Yvonne Snowe, Louise Westhead,

Rob Wheeler, Victor Wong, Mark Wright.

Crew

Mark Guest, Judy Gouthwaite, Fleur James, Syd James,

Nathalie Kopecky, Sarah Lievers, Peter Oliver, Richard Powell,

Greg Preece, Paul Preece,  Dan Ryan, Mike Ryan.

Bialystock and Bloom! Those names should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks' classic cult comedy film. Now as a big Broadway musical, THE PRODUCERS once again sets the standard for modern, outrageous, in-your-face humour. It is a truly "boffo" hit, winning a record twelve Tony Awards and wowing capacity crowds night after night.

The plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history there  by bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they manoeuvre their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive "Springtime For Hitler"), hiring a director, raising the money and finally going to prison for their misdeeds is a lesson in broad comic construction. At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends.

With a truly hysterical book co-written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (ANNIE) and music and lyrics by Mr. Brooks , THE PRODUCERS skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an "equal opportunity offender!"