How the producers of The Producers (the musical) topped The Producers (the movie)

Improving on a Mel Brooks cinematic classic

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Shalom!

This week, The Broadway Maven looks at Mel Brooks musicals and The Little Mermaid. And we kick off our first Sondheim boot camp!

• On Sunday, January 22 at Noon ET and Monday, January 23 at Noon and 7 pm ET we’ll have a FREE class exploring the musicals - and movies with music - by comedic legend Mel Brooks. Register here.

• On Sunday, January 22 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm we’ll have a three-hour Introductory Sondheim boot camp. $12. Register here.

• On Tuesday, January 24 at Noon ET we’ll have a class exploring the first major musical of the Disney Renaissance, The Little Mermaid. $5. Register here.

• This Weekly Blast includes:

A) an ESSAY about the ways the Producers musical outshines the original film;

B) a Broadway Maven YouTube GEM with surprisingly funny Broadway jokes writ…