July 5, 2009 in City

Review: ‘The Producers’ unrelenting and outrageous as ever

Jim Kershner
jimk@spokesman.com, (509) 459-5493
 

As familiar as I am with the subtle comedy stylings of Mel Brooks, the man who brought us “Blazing Saddles” and “Spaceballs,” I’m still amazed at the sheer comic chutzpah of “The Producers.”

This show, in the hands of the Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre, is a nonstop circus of slapstick gags, double entendres, bosom jokes and vaudeville shtick. This show even drags out the old “walk this way” gag, this time involving the swishiest stride on Broadway.

Subtle? Absolutely not. Tasteful? The polar opposite. Consistently and outrageously funny? Oh, yeah.

I can only describe it by saying that the show’s …

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