For no particular reason, I seem to post any news I come across about the musical version of The Producers. The latest headline in that area is that Mel Brooks has confirmed that the Vegas production, which opens 1/31/7 at the Paris Hotel there, will clock in at 88 minutes and that there will be one act with no intermission. I have no desire to see the show truncated like that but I'm fascinated to see what they're cutting and, I suppose, to know how well it works.
Also, the New York production is in talks with a new star to step into the lead. Can you say, "Tony Danza is…Max Bialystock?" I can't, either. But that's what they're saying.