Like many other events that combine merriment and tackiness in equal proportions, The Producers began in a hotel room. The new film version of the 2001 Broadway musical hit opens on Friday, but its history goes back over 40 years and numerous incarnations. It begins in February 1962, when Philadelphia was in the grip of a record-breaking cold snap. But that was nothing compared to the frosty audience response there to the out-of-town tryout of a new musical called All American. After yet another gloomy performance, the creative team gathered at the Warrick Hotel for a post-mortem...
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