The Producers

Hello again. It is I, the epitome of fail, who hasn't updated in almost 2 weeks. However, by waiting as long as I did I have a good amount of things to talk about, but this post will be fully concentrating on the play I went to see last night.

The play was called "The Producers," and it's a comedy about two guys who decide to try to cheat the system by producing a flop of a play on Broadway, and then taking the money they raised for themselves. The two main characters are Max Bialystock (a once big name producer, who now hasn't produced a good play in forever), and Leo Bloom (a sheltered accountant with an anxiety problem who has never really taken a chance in his lifetime.). Together they hatch this scheme, and start their crazy adventure.

Now if the main characters weren't funny enough the cast of characters is extremely diverse. Every single character has their own set of strange quirks, and they were all hysterical. All of the actors, and actresses were very talented, and did wonderful with their parts. The most notable characters were the director, Roger Debris and his assistant Carmen Ghia. Really, Roger lit up the room, especially when he came down wearing a glittering evening gown. The whole scene in his office was just too much. Really those two stole the show.

All of the choreography was impressive. With as many people in the cast as there is there was always something to be watching. I'd find myself watching the other people instead of what I was supposed to! There were plenty of little jokes to always keep things amusing, from a blind violin player, to a bunch of pigeons with swastikas on their wings. One of the most enjoyable numbers was when all the old ladies were dancing with their walkers. The entire show was just FUN. There wasn't one scene where you weren't laughing or smiling.

The interactions between the two main characters Max and Leo were nothing if amusing. Max who is very full himself, with shy Leo who hugs a blankie whenever he gets stressed was very entertaining. Throw in a Swedish secretary with language barriers and you have a very interesting setup. Of course Ulla (the Swedish secretary) is extremely annoying, but that was her job and she did a really good job at it.

I just want to take some time to give major props the guy who played Franz Liebkind, the Hitler enthusiast who wrote the play that Max, and Leo decided to produce. Not only was his German accent great, but he has one heck of a voice on him! There was something very endearing about him, even as he put on a swastika and pledged his allegiance to Hitler. LOL. His dancing was snazzy too.

So yeah, the dancing, the singing, the acting, the costumes!, all of it was superb in my book. EPAC knows how to have a good time, and put on a great show. It was just so much fun! Who knew that you could put cross-dressers, and Nazis all in the same play!

If you can't tell by now, I absolutely positively loved the play.

We're going to go again in a week or two.

Hee~