The Producers (review)

Max Bialystock, a sleazy Jewish Broadway producer, has not had a hit in years. His latest show has just opened and bombed; his rented tux is two weeks overdue. At the end of his rope, Bialystock meets Leo Bloom, a nebbish junior accountant. Together they conspire to con investors, produce a sure-fire flop, and make a fortune. The plan includes a Nazi musical called Springtime for Hitler; an outrageously effete homosexual director, Roger de Bris; and two million dollars, which Bialystock must raise by having sex with hundreds of preternaturally aroused little old ladies. The Producers has something to offend everyone, and shortly after its spring 2001 opening, it produced the biggest box office numbers in Broadway history

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