Las Vegas Nightlife Spots
The Producers
- Critic's rating
- Frommer's
The Vegas version of the Broadway smash (it won a record 12 Tony Awards) receives the same treatment other Great White Way refugees get when they come to Sin City: big cuts to make it run at around 90 minutes with no intermission. The cuts mostly make sense, with the exception of the removal of the 11 o'clock big number that was kinda pivotal to character development and plot motivation. Huh. The story of two down-on-their-luck types who try to make a killing on Broadway by staging the worst musical ever, this is a crowd-pleaser for sure, but one that depends strongly on the skill of its headlining stars. No one can match Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, so despite its enormous success, the transition to Vegas is a little bumpier than some of the other, less-star-vehicle Broadway transplants. At press time, there were hints that the show might close by the end of 2007. Monday through Friday at 8pm and Saturday at 6 and 9pm.
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