Which Broadway musical includes the fictional stage show “Springtime for Hitler”?

The Producers includes the fictional stage show “Springtime for Hitler.”

In the musical, producer Max Bialystock and accountant Leo Bloom plan to create a guaranteed flop by raising excess money and mounting an offensive show. Their chosen production is Springtime for Hitler, a deliberately absurd musical about Adolf Hitler, written by the fictional Franz Liebkind.

The Producers was adapted from Mel Brooks’s 1967 film. Brooks wrote the musical’s book, music, and lyrics. The Broadway production opened in 2001, starring Nathan Lane as Bialystock and Matthew Broderick as Bloom.

The show’s comedy depends on the contrast between the characters’ cynical financial scheme and the unexpected success of their supposedly terrible production. “Springtime for Hitler” is therefore a show within the show, not the title of the Broadway musical itself.