The Producers

Book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan, Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Set in New York, 1959, Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway but now is a washed up producer forced to romance old ladies to fund his projects. Things turn around when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so they can pocket the surplus. The play that is to be their gold mine? Springtime for Hitler. Complications arise when the show unexpectedly turns out to be a success. The 2001 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book of a Musical.