Rocco Landesman     Clear Channel Entertainment    The Frankel-Baruch-Viertel-Routh Group
       Bob and Harvey Weinstein     Rick Steiner     Robert F.X. Sillerman     Mel Brooks
                  in association with James D.Stern/Douglas Meyer
                             present

               LEWIS J. STADLEN     DON STEPHENSON
                                in

                          THE PRODUCERS
                    the new MEL BROOKS musical
               Book by MEL BROOKS and THOMAS MEEHAN
                  Music and Lyrics by MEL BROOKS
           and by special arrangement with StudioCanal
                          also starring
SARAH CORNELL     JOHN TREACY EGAN     BRAD MUSGROVE     PETER SAMUEL
                               with
      MADELINE DOHERTY     KATHY FITZGERALD     ERIC GUNHUS
         MARK LOTITO     PETER MARINOS     JENNIFER SMITH

     JIM BORSTELMANN     JENNIFER PAIGE CHAMBERS     ANGIE C. CREIGHTON     BRYN DOWLING
        ROBERT H. FOWLER     ADRIENNE GIBBONS     KIMBERLY HESTER     STACEY TODD HOLT     
              NAOMI KAKUK     MATT  LOEHR     MIKE McGOWAN     LARRY RABEN     
      JASON PATRICK SANDS     JERRY-LYNN SUCKLING     WENDY WARING     COURTNEY YOUNG

           Direction and Choreography by SUSAN STROMAN
        Musical Arrangements and Supervision by GLEN KELLY
                 Scenery Designed by ROBIN WAGNER
              Costumes Designed by WILLIAM IVEY LONG
              Lighting Designed by PETER KACZORAWSKI
                 Sound Design by STEVE C. KENNEDY
               Associate Director: STEVEN ZWEIGBAUM
             Associate Choreographer: WARREN CARLYLE
    Music Direction and Vocal Arrangements by PATRICK S. BRADY
                 Orchestrations by DOUG BESTERMAN
                  Music Coordinator: JOHN MILLER

                        St. James Theatre
     246 West 44th Street (between Broadway & Eighth Avenue)
               (212) 239-6200 or www.telecharge.com

You can change the cast, but there's one thing that will never change
- the zaniness and daring of Mel Brooks.  THE PRODUCERS is a
hilarious musical full of sophisticated humor, breath-taking costumes
and scenery, and laughs aplenty.  Lewis J. Stadlen as the outrageous
Max Bialystock and Don Stephenson as the timid Leo Bloom do a
fine job in their attempt to produce a flop play.  "Springtime for
Hitler" could only be the workings of Brooks' demonic cleverness. 
Dances with walkers, insults to every minority group known to man,
a visual tribute to Germany via long-legged actresses wearing
superbly silly outfits, and rhythm birds make this play within a play
an absolute hoot.  Actually it's a hoot within a hoot.  Go and enjoy!
          
                           - Laurie Lawson -

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