Max Bialystock, a down and out Broadway producer scrabbling to stay afloat, experiences a change in fortune when downtrodden accountant, Leo Bloom discovers there is money to be made in Max's theatrical failure.

As a result, the two men find new energy and purpose as they form an unlikely union, with the goal of creating the world's worst musical. The duo enlist the help of a number of ridiculous characters on the way.

As a result of their combined brainpower and ludicrous behaviour, Springtime for Hitler is born and made ready for its Broadway premiere. But what will the critics say?!