by Marilyn Lester read review on TheaterPizzazz.com Let it be said first and foremost that in this production of The Producers, the Tony-winning Paper Mill Playhouse has a big fat hit on its hands. The only tragedy in the Mel Brooks/Thomas Meehan comedy is that it plays for one month only in Millburn. (Brooks wrote […]
by Jonathan Sym read review on tapinto.net What do you get when you to put together dancing Nazi Storm Troopers, a gay director and a greedy Jewish theater producer from the Bronx? Add to that an oversexed immigrant secretary from Sweden, a “Black Irish” cop and the Village People. No, it’s not an acid-laced Halloween […]
by Suzanna Bowling read review on T2Conline.com Director Don Stephenson’s The Producers at Paper Mill Playhouse is delightful, effervescent and dare I say, better than the Broadway production? The cast is flawless with David Josefsberg (On Broadway in An Act of God, Honeymoon in Vegas, Les Misérables, Motown, The Wedding Singer) as the definitive Leo […]
by Kenneth Jones view article on Playbill.com The news has circulated in the Broadway acting community for weeks, but the producers of The Producers have made it official: Lewis J. Stadlen and Don Stephenson of the first national tour will jump into the Broadway troupe, and Brad Oscar will tour with the second national. Oscar, […]
by Christopher Rawson It’s time to bid farewell to the stars of “The Producers,” Lewis J. Stadlen (Max) and Don Stephenson (Leo), based on brief chats as they were leaving after entertaining Pittsburgh for three weeks in the national premiere of the road company. But first, some “Producers” trivia to add to the flap about […]
by Robert Simonson & Kenneth Jones view article on Playbill.com The casting of the lead roles in the national tour of The Producers has been an open secret for weeks going on months—but without any official confirmation. The word of Mel Brooks, however, would seem official enough. The casting of the lead roles in the […]
