Based on the 1967 Mel Brooks movie you’re in for a comic treat if you are lucky enough to get a ticket for this show . The storyline involves a sleazy theatre producer, Max Bialstock and his accountant Leo Bloom who devise a cunning plan to make a fortune by putting on a major flop by utilising the appallingly offensive bad-taste delectation “Springtime for Hitler” and taking off with the money
Based on the 1967 Mel Brooks movie you’re in for a comic treat if you are lucky enough to get a ticket for this show . The storyline involves a sleazy theatre producer, Max Bialstock and his accountant Leo Bloom who devise a cunning plan to make a fortune by putting on a major flop by utilising the appallingly offensive bad-taste delectation “Springtime for Hitler” and taking off with the money. The lavish production is put together by choosing the worst possible ingredients but when they finally open the show briefly in the second half, the audience react quite differently to it. Wonderfully non-pc stuff, and a delight. It is true that Bialystock, played by Nathan Lane and Leo Bloom played by Lee Evans would get no prizes for their singing voice, and I find Lee Evan’s comedy lacking, though he does fit in this part OK.
If you miss it, do get the film of DVD if you haven’t seen it. !
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