The Cast of The Producers

Season 12, Episode 1203

Original Airdate: December 11, 2005

Mel Brooks' musical “The Producers” opened on Broadway in 2001 to rave reviews and instant commercial success. The show received fourteen Tony nominations; the highest number of nominations ever received in the history of the award. Among others, it took home top honors for best musical, best featured actor in a musical, and best director of a musical.

The musical's headlining actors Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick discuss the show's success as one of the most sought after tickets in Broadway history and its conversion into a major motion picture that was released in December 2005.