Would you have actually attended a play called Springtime for Hitler?

[jmowreader]

I was recently watching The Producers and had a really weird thought...would anyone actually attend a performance of a play called Springtime for Hitler?

[Haole Girl]

1. Nope. (nt)

[XemaSab]

2. Knowing then what I know now?

Hell yeah. :D

[DarkTirade]

3. If I thought it would be a parody, sure.

If I thought they were serious, no.

[mitchum]

4. Yes, but I certainly wouldn't attend some shit called "Mamma Mia" or "Cats"

[gmoney]

5. "My Fair Lady" was sold out?

People will attend ANY opening night if it's on broadway, I'm sure. The "see and be seen" crowd.

[elleng]

6. No,

nor the producers. Not Funny to me.

[Initech]

7. The stranger the story is, the more likely I am to go see it.

So yeah I would definitely go see Springtime For Hitler.

[busybl]

8. no, and that was the point

It was supposed to be a flop.

[rcrush]

9. Its probably 10 times better than Legally Blonde the musical.

[jobycom]

10. Right after "Bedtime for Bonzo."

[struggle4progress]

11. certainly not

[DFW]

12. Only if I knew Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder were involved

Then I would have not known it would be funny and not some tribute to Timothy McVeigh or something.

As for "shit like Mamma Mia," my brother-in-law has had a job for the last 8 years as
the man who makes the sound and lighting work on that show on Broadway, and it sure as
hell beats being unemployed these days, so it's a good thing that enough people are out
there wanting to see "shit like Mamma Mia" to make sure he has a job.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Of course not. That was the whole point in "The Producers."

"Springtime for Hitler" was intended to bomb.

[Richardo]

14. Context - 'The Producers' was only 20 years after WWII

"Springtime for Hitler" in 1966 would be akin to producing a play called "Laugh Riot at Tienamen Square" in 2009.

[Bucky]

15. Depends.... would there be on stage nudity?

I don't approve of her politics, but let's face it: Eva Braun was a hottie.