The Producers has opened in Las Vegas. We've been wondering here for some time how they were going to cut an hour out of it and this article supplies some of the answer. The omitted musical numbers are…
- Act One, Scene 4: "We Can Do It" Reprise (Max & Leo)
- Act One, Scene 6: "Der Guten Tag Hop Clop" (Franz, Max, Leo)
- Act One, Scene 9: Act One Finale (All)
- Act Two, Scene 1: "That Face" (Leo, Ulla, Max)
- Act Two, Scene 3: "You Never Say 'Good Luck' on Opening Night" (Roger, Max, Carmen, Leo, Franz)
- Act Two, Scene 5: "Where Did We Go Right?" (Max, Leo)
- Act Two, Scene 6: "Betrayed" (Max)
- Act Two, Scene 7: Max's section of "'Til Him" (Max)
…plus there are also trims in the dialogue. I actually thought the show felt rushed in the full version so this one probably goes by in a wink. I'd love to see my pal Brad Oscar playing Max — when I saw The Producers in New York, it was when he was still playing Franz — but I have little desire to see the stripped-down version. Sounds to me like with those cuts, "Springtime for Hitler" practically becomes the finale.
Ticket prices, you will note, range from $75.50 to $143.50. In New York, tickets for the full version run from $31.25 to $111.25 and are frequently available for half-price at the TKTS booth. Then again, the New York version does have Tony Danza playing Max.