The musical
Les Producteurs
, adapted from the film directed by Mel Brooks, which was scheduled for September for the first time in Paris in a staging by Alexis Michalik, has been postponed for a year due to the health situation, announced Monday production.
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Released on screens in 1968, awarded the following year with the Oscar for best screenplay, the film recounts in a caustic and crazy tone the wacky adventures of two crooks determined to put on a show on Hitler in the hope of making a flop. and eat away at insurance.
The adaptive musical of the same name,
The Producers
, is Broadway's most awarded show to date with 12 Tony Awards, in 2001. After six successful years in New York City, the show was starred in many countries, but never in France.
"
Taking into account the current context of recrudescence of the epidemic and the resulting health constraints, the co-producers considered that a show of such magnitude could not calmly be put on in the months to come
", indicate in a press release. Théâtre de Paris and Stage Entertainment.
Production is postponed to fall 2021.
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Alexis Michalik, successful author (
Edmond
for example) and whose new play,
A love story
, is currently playing at La Scala-Paris, has already signed, in 2006, a musical adaptation
of Shakespeare's
La Mégère apprivoisée
.
