The Producers

The original 2001 production of ‘The Producers’ was such a colossal deal – the biggest musical of the century until ‘Hamilton’ came along – that it’s almost hard to quite comprehend that there might be a new production. Nonetheless: in a major coup for the Menier, Mel Brooks’s satirical masterpiece about an unscrupulous Broadway director attempting to produce an awful musical about Adolph Hitler in the hope he can grift off its failure is receiving its first ever UK revival. Andy Nyman will play director Max with Marc Antolin his hapless accountant and co-producer in a production that also includes Harry Morrison and Joanna Woodward. It’s a conspictuously less starry cast than the original production boasted in its pomp, but they’re all very talented actors, and it would be a wonder if Patrick Marber’s production didn’t transfer to the West End after the tiny Menier.