Berlin -- The Berlin transplant of Mel Brooks's ridiculously popular 2001 Broadway musical, "The Producers," based on his 1968 film about two Jewish con men who cook up a scheme to produce the world's worst musical and defraud the investors, was anxiously awaited in the German capital.
In the weeks leading up to opening night, newspapers here were full of headlines like "Can Berlin Laugh at Hitler," in reference to the show-stopping musical number "Springtime for Hitler."
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