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Global Hit — The Producers in Berlin
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Lone Bech, spokeswoman for the Admiral Palast theater in Berlin, Germany. Next month, the theater will stage a production of the Mel Brooks musical “The Producers.” It will be the first time the musical — which pokes fun at Hitler and Nazi Germany — will be staged in Germany itself.
The Mel Brooks musical comedy “The Producers” smashed box-office records on Broadway.
And it’s been staged in many countries around the world.
But not in Germany — at least not yet.
The musical tells the story of two New Yorkers who dream up a “get-rich” scheme.
It involves putting on a tasteless show called “Springtime for Hitler.”
Now, there are plans to stage “The Producers” in a German theater once attended by Adolf Hitler himself.
Lone Bech is the spokeswoman for the theater — the Admiral Palast in Berlin.