Mercury Theater’s THE PRODUCERS Is an Uproarious Hit
As the secretary and wannabe stage actor Ulla sings in THE PRODUCERS, when you got it, flaunt it. And Mercury Theater’s production definitely got it. While the eccentric producer Max Bialystock and neurotic accountant Leo Bloom hope to put together a Broadway flop so they can take the money raised from their “little old lady” backers and run, THE PRODUCERS had me riveted in my seat and awing at the comedic talent on display all the way through. I honestly can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard at a musical, and L. Walter Stearns’s direction ensures the actors don’t miss a single potential punchline anywhere in Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan’s book.