A Scam That'll Knock 'Em Dead
Ben BrantleyApril 20, 2001: HOW do you single out highlights in a bonfire? Everybody who sees ''The Producers'' -- and that should be as close to everybody as the St. James Theater allows -- is going to be hard-pressed to choose one favorite bit from the sublimely ridiculous spectacle that opened last night.
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