With a cast of 23 eager performers, the Menier Chcolate Factory’s production of Mel Brooks’ THE PRODUCERS this week completed its West End transfer and is all set for a six month run. Last year’s revival resulted in unprecedented critical success and the production played to sold-out houses and enthusiastic audiences for 12 weeks at the 180 seat fringe venue. But how does it fare within the altogether larger Victorian environs of the Garrick Theatre on Charing Cross Road?
Andy Nyman (Max Bialystock) and Marc Antolin (Leo Bloom) in The Producers. Photo by Manuel Harlan