In the Broadway musical The Producers, what is the name of the failed musical staged by Max and Leo?

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Springtime for Hitler is the failed musical staged by Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom in The Producers.

The deliberately offensive show is written by the fictional Franz Liebkind and presented as a wildly misguided comedy about Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Max and Leo believe they can profit by producing a guaranteed flop, but the production unexpectedly becomes a success.

The Broadway musical is based on Mel Brooks’s 1967 film The Producers. Brooks wrote the music and lyrics, while Thomas Meehan and Brooks wrote the book. The stage production opened in 2001, starring Nathan Lane as Max and Matthew Broderick as Leo.

The title is often remembered because it is central to the plot’s comic reversal. “Springtime for Hitler” is the fictional show within the show, not the name of the Broadway musical itself.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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