Yesterday, I actually got my last birthday present this year (or at least I think it was the last one, who knows): L. invited me to see The Producers in the Ronacher, one of the traditional Viennese (Musical) Theatres. [It’s just been restored and is absolutely amazing. Very well done.]
I loved the 2005 movie, but unfortunaltely have never seen the 1968 one. Although I’m pretty sure that I would love that one as well. I’m a sucker for Mel Brooks.
Anyway, back to the show. They translated the songs to German for that production, which I find extremely unnecessary, but I guess not everybody in Austria would be comfortable with English lyrics. The translation wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t as good as the original. [And they had to leave out my favourite joke, because you simply can’t translate it to German. (“Quick, honey, get back into the closet!”)]
Also, and that is rather embarassing, I think: the sound quality was bad. So bad that I sometimes had difficulties understanding what they were singing.
They put on a solid show, with good acting and singing, a really cool stage design and a lot of laughs. But when I want to see it again, I’ll just get the movie.
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… yeah, I was more impressed by the architecture than by the show, too.
Catching the wit of (especially earlier) Mel Brooks is certainly difficult, but, well, I think their job was only mediocre.
Well, I guess we can agree that it wasn’t a complete waste of time and money (we got to go to Flanagan’s!), but that it wouldn’t be a huge loss if we hadn’t seen it… :)