When a one-time theater agent was recently arrested for fraud " he allegedly bilked gullible investors of $165,000 for a non-existent play " the parallels to Mel Brooks's "The Producers" were irresistible. However, Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, the iconic characters of Brooks's cult film and hit musical, were far more inventive in their scheme. The duo plotted to over-capitalize an actual show " "Springtime for…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:41PM on August 22, 2016