Multimedia News Release - THE PRODUCERS, the New MEL BROOKS Musical at PARIS LAS VEGAS
12 Abril 2006 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Book By Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan LAS VEGAS, April 12
/PRNewswire/ -- The most honored show in Broadway history, THE
PRODUCERS, the new MEL BROOKS musical, and Paris Las Vegas
announced today an agreement in principle to bring the acclaimed
theatrical production to Las Vegas in late summer 2006. When the
show makes its Las Vegas debut, it will be the only production of
the hit Broadway musical west of the Mississippi. To view the
Multimedia News Release, go to:
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/harrahs/23992/ Entering its sixth
smash year on Broadway, THE PRODUCERS is the winner of the most
Tony Awards in Broadway history (with 12) and continues its record-
breaking run on Broadway and in London, as well as in Korea,
Israel, Argentina, Mexico, Spain and Japan. For Las Vegas, the
legendary, eye-popping and drop-dead funny production will be
reconceived as a 90-minute extravaganza (with no intermission),
especially for the resort's Paris Le Theatre des Arts. Like its New
York counterpart, the production at Paris Las Vegas will feature
music and lyrics by comedy icon Mel Brooks, book by Mel Brooks and
Thomas Meehan (Hairspray, Annie) and direction and choreography by
five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (Crazy for You, Contact,
The Music Man, Oklahoma). Ticket on-sale date and details about
show times and ticket prices for the Paris Las Vegas performances
will be announced at a later time, following completion of a fully
executed agreement. "All of us at Paris Las Vegas are looking
forward to becoming the Western home for musical theater's most
successful Broadway show ever to play Las Vegas," said Marilyn
Winn, President of Paris Las Vegas. "Audiences around the world
love THE PRODUCERS. We look forward to working with Mel Brooks,
Susan Stroman and their creative team as they work their theatrical
magic." Based on Mr. Brooks' Academy Award-winning 1968 film of the
same name, THE PRODUCERS, the new MEL BROOKS musical is the story
of down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock and Leo
Bloom, a mousy accountant. Together they hatch the ultimate scam:
raise more money than needed for a sure-fire Broadway flop and
pocket the difference. Summing up the avalanche of critical raves
for THE PRODUCERS, John Heilpern of the New York Observer stated,
"THE PRODUCERS is quite simply the best time you could ever wish
for at the theater! Mel Brooks has put the comedy back into musical
comedy." The musical swept the 2001 Tony Awards including: Best
Musical, Best Book of a Musical (Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan),
Best Original Score (Mel Brooks), Best Scenic Design (Robin
Wagner), Best Costume Design (William Ivey Long), Best Lighting
Design (Peter Kaczorowski), Best Orchestrations (Doug Besterman),
Best Choreography and Best Direction of A Musical (Susan Stroman).
Paris Las Vegas is a Harrah's Entertainment resort. Harrah's
Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded
casino entertainment through operating subsidiaries. Since its
beginning in Reno, Nevada 68 years ago, Harrah's has grown through
development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions.
Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value
with its customers through a unique combination of great service,
excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational
excellence and technology leadership.
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