2008 THE PRODUCERS
Bialystock and Bloom! Those names should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks' classic cult comedy film. Now as a big Broadway musical, THE PRODUCERS once again sets the standard for modern, outrageous, in-your-face humour. It is a truly "boffo" hit, winning a record twelve Tony Awards and wowing capacity crowds night after night.
The plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history thereby bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they manoeuvre their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive "Springtime For Hitler"), hiring a director, raising the money and finally going to prison for their misdeeds is a lesson in broad comic construction. At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends.
With a truly hysterical book co-written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (Annie) and music and lyrics by Mr. Brooks, THE PRODUCERS skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an "equal opportunity offender”!
CAST
MAX BIALYSTOCK - Andrew Seeary
LEO BLOOM -Gareth Grainger
ULLA - Kate Suter
ROGER DE BRIS - Luke Tonkin
FRANZ LIEBKIND / BUM / DRUNK - Matt Noble
CARMEN GHIA / TAP DANCERS - Luke Rice
NUN / SHOWGIRL / FOLLIES GIRL
- Lucy Baldock
ACCOUNTANT / CONVICT / PATROLMAN
- Matt Faravoni
BAG LADIES - Michelle Boehm
TAP DANCER - Elle Fulford
USHERETTES - Hannah Casement
SHIRLEY - Liz Gay
SCOTT (CHOREOGRAPHER), WORKMAN, ACOUNTANT, PATROLMAN, BAILIFF, PRISON TRUSTEE - David Collins
BRYAN, TAP DANCER, PATROLMAN, 'SHOWGIRL' - Eamonn George
ACCOUNTANT, COP, STREET CLEANER, SERGEANT, GUARD, JUDGE MAXWELL, JASON GREEN - Peter George
ACCOUNTANT, GUNTER, TAP DANCER, PATROLMAN - David Kelly
TAP DANCER, SHOWGIRL - Kylie Gibson
USHERETTE, TANKS, TAP DANCER
- Carly Scott
BAG LADIES, FOREMAN OF THE JURY, SHOWGIRL - Janice Shelmerdine
MR MARKS, KEVIN, BLIND VIOLINST, JACK LAPIDUS, TICKET TAKER, CONVICT
- Paul Shelmerdine
DONALD DINSMORE, STORM TROOPER, ACCOUNTANT - Jordan Sullivan
STREET WALKER, FOLLIES GIRL
- Fiona Walsh
COURT STENOGRAPHER
- Jodi Toering
STREET WALKER, SHOWGIRL, FOLLIES GIRL - Rachael Walter
NUN, TANKS, SHOWGIRL
- Madeleine Whitehead
Her Majesty's Theatre
Febrary 28 - March 8, 2008
DIRECTOR :
Wendy Holgate
MUSICAL DIRECTOR :
Ian Govan
CHOREOGRAPHER:
Sophie Livitsanis
