Richard Kind Returns to 'The Producers' in London 22 Years After Broadway Run

Richard Kind has returned to one of his signature roles, playing the scheming theater producer Max Bialystock in Mel Brooks' 'The Producers' at London's Garrick Theatre. This marks the first time the hit musical has come to London's West End.

Kind first played Bialystock on Broadway in 2004, taking over the role from original star Nathan Lane. He later performed it again at the Hollywood Bowl in 2012. Now he's stepping in as a temporary replacement while current cast member Andy Nyman takes a seven-week break to appear in his own show, 'The Psychic.'

The actor, known for his work on TV shows like 'Only Murders in the Building,' praised the show's creator. 'Mel Brooks is a genius,' Kind said. 'Every time I come back to The Producers, I'm reminded what a comic masterpiece it is—the jokes, the infectious energy of the story, the sheer audacity of it all—it still feels as fresh.'

Kind stars opposite Marc Antolin, who plays Leo Bloom, Bialystock's nervous accountant partner in their scheme to oversell shares in a deliberately terrible Broadway show.