To the long list of things I never would have expected, add this: The musical version of The Producers is a big hit in Germany. I'm told it has a lot to do with a younger generation of German who has learned to move past the shame of the Hitler era and into actively mocking it. To the extent that's true, perhaps it's a good thing but I don't pretend to really understand it. Whatever the reason, they seem to love it. Here are some snippets from the production now playing in Berlin, as performed on a popular talk show…
And while we're at it, here's a commercial for that production…