DuBois (aka “LSD”), a flower power hippie played in the film by Dick Shawn, has been eliminated. The story has remained basically the same with one exception, the character of Lorenzo St. “The Producers” was adapted from Brooks’ 1967 motion picture starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. Green could play Max Bialystock in his sleep, and does his usual masterful job, especially on the riotous 11 o’clock number, “Betrayed,” in which he delivers a tongue-twisting recapitulation of the story in a oneman “tour de farce.” Ellis deftly balances leading-man grace with slapstick comedy and is a terrific foil for Green.

Leo Bloom (in an outstanding performance by Aaron Ellis) arrives and informs Bialystock that, with a little book-cooking, he can make more money with a flop than with a hit, the pair set out to find the worst possible property that they can stage for a quick and lucrative failure.

Green last played the role at Moorpark’s High Street Arts Center in 2014.īialystock has his own personal super PAC consisting of wealthy little old ladies who are the targets of his sleazy quid pro quo: checks to fund losing productions like “Funny Boy!” “Bris Me Kate” and “The Breaking Wind” are exchanged for a little hanky-panky on his casting couch. The Conejo Players’ wildly funny version, which runs through March 29 in Thousand Oaks, stars Kelly Green as the lovably unscrupulous Broadway producer Max Bialystock. Though the show gleefully snubs its nose at political correctness-satirizing sexism, Nazis, gay stereotypes, the physically challenged and even Broadway itself-.it’s still a huge draw. Witness the continued success of “The Producers,” Brooks’ uproarious 2001 musical, which won more Tony Awards in one year (12) than any other musical in history.

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