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"The Producers", directed by Alexis Michalik, is back at the Théâtre de Paris.<p> After 2 triumphant seasons from 2021 to 2023 at the Théâtre de Paris, 300,000 spectators and 2 Molière Awards, the delirious musical comedy "The Producers" by Mel Brooks, directed by Alexis Michalik, is back and it's going to be a Führer again!</p><p> With twelve Tony Awards to its credit, "The Producers" is THE most awarded Broadway musical! Created in 2001 and running for six years, this show is the stage adaptation of the film, directed by Mel Brooks in 1967, which has become a monument of comedy and satire cinema.</p><p> Daring, irreverent, funny and particularly wacky, the show, adapted for the first time in France in 2021, is directed by Alexis Michalik, the prodigy of French theatre (The Storyteller, 2012; The Illusionists' Circle, 2014; Edmond, 2016, Passport, 2024).</p><p> The show "The Producers" returns this year with a renewed troupe of 16 artists accompanied by 7 equally wacky musicians.</p><p> Through its theme, "The Producers" resonates surprisingly with current events and raises the question of "Can we laugh at everything?"<br><br> <em>"Hope for the best, expect the worst, life is a game.</em><br> <em>We did not rehearse.</em><br> <em>Mel Brooks<br><br></em> <strong>The story</strong><br> A Broadway producer on the verge of bankruptcy devises an insurance scam by staging "Flowers for Hitler," the worst musical comedy, with the worst script, directed by the worst director, and with the worst cast imaginable.<br> Things get complicated when the expected flop becomes an unexpected success...</p>