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‘The Producers’
The Bradley Playhouse will present “The Producers” the first three weekends in August. Tom Weber, left, Pomfret’s Paul Smith, along with Plainfield’s Tammie Lefevre LaBonte are three of the players. Courtesy photo.
PUTNAM — “The Producers,” a musical by Mel Brooks and a winner of 12 Tony Awards, will be performed in all its outrageous over-the-top humor at The Bradley Playhouse during the first three weekends in August.
It’s playing at 7 p.m. Aug. 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 and 20 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 7, 14 and 21 at the playhouse on Front Street.
Tickets are $21 for adults, $18 for seniors and students and are available online, with a major credit card, at www.bradleyplayhouse.org; or through In-ticketing on our Facebook Page; or via the In-Ticketing IPhone App. Tickets are also available at Victoria Station Café, Wonderland Books and at the playhouse or by calling 928-7887.
Recommended for ages 16 and older for suggestive dialogue.
This large cast musical is based on the 1968 film with the same name. The story follows a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer, Max Bialystock (Tom Weber), and his nervous accountant, Leo Bloom (Paul Smith), as they attempt a get rich quick scheme deployed by overselling interests in a surefire Broadway flop.
Complications arise, but the humor is ongoing with Mel Brooks style of over-the-top stereotypical characters: the sexy office help, Ulla (Tammie Lefevre LaBonte); the militaristic show writer, Franz Liebkind (Adam Leidemer); the ostentatious director, Roger De Bris (Jason Musko); and his flamboyant assistant Carmen Ghia (Nicholas Magrey). Directed by Bradley veterans Diane Pollard and Scott Guerin, the musical includes over 25 songs and a variety of dance sequences choreographed by Christine Guerin.
Numbers include such classic scores as “I Wanna Be a Producer,” “When You Got It, Flaunt It,” and “Springtime for Hitler.”