Mel Brooks’ Tony Award winning (Best Musical of 2001) smash hit musical, The Producers, started a two and half week run in Houston this week. It is a part of the fabulous Hobby Center’s annual Broadway Series. The Producers was originally one of Brooks’ first movies, and Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder’s performances in that 1968 classic helped make it into a cult comedy classic. Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick reprised Mostel and Wilder’s roles when Brooks turned the show into a musical and the play took Broadway by storm during the 2001 season, winning a record 12 Tony Awards. This is a great show, and my family and I are looking forward to enjoying it while it is in Houston.