--- title: Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane in Trump-Themed Musical description: Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick reprised their iconic characters from The Producers for a special segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live! canonical: https://time.com/4241275/matthew-broderick-nathan-lane-donald-trump-musical/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-29T17:35:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:34.474Z og:title: Watch Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane Debut Their Donald Trump Musical og:description: "It's a story that starts off funny and then gets really, really depressing" og:url: https://time.com/4241275/matthew-broderick-nathan-lane-donald-trump-musical/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane Debut Their Donald Trump Musical twitter:description: "It's a story that starts off funny and then gets really, really depressing" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane Debut Their Donald Trump Musical > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 29, 2016 5:35 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 29, 2016 5:35 PM UTC [Nathan Lane](http://time.com/4239988/nathan-lane-keri-russell-pyramid-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show/) and [Matthew Broderick](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1973395%5F1973388%5F1973250,00.html) reprised their iconic characters from _The Producers_ for a special segment on [Jimmy Kimmel’s annual post-Oscars show](http://time.com/4241109/ben-affleck-smuggles-matt-damon-jimmy-kimmel-live/) on Sunday night. In the trailer for _Trumped_, Lane and Broderick play Bialystock and Bloom, two political candidates who decide to pull one over on America by fundraising for a bad presidential candidate and then keeping all the money for themselves once he ruins his own campaign. “This candidate, he’s gotta be the worst candidate in history,” Bialystok says. “A real trainwreck, a schmuck, a putz, a grade-A world-class gold-plated nincompoop. Where would we ever find a buffoon like that?” **Read More:** [John Oliver Takes On Donald Trump On _Last Week Tonight_](http://time.com/4240734/john-oliver-donald-trump-last-week-tonight/?xid=time%5Fsocialflow%5Ffacebook) Suddenly, a commercial for Trump plays on TV, and the pair knows they’ve found the right man for the job. However, their plan starts to go awry when Trump’s approval ratings keep rising regardless of how hard they try to sabotage him. “Where did we go right?,” a flabbergasted Bialystock asks. “Did he question John McCain’s war heroism? Did he say we should forcibly kick out 11 million immigrants? Did he propose banning all 1 billion Muslims from entering the U.S.?…Did he say Heidi Klum was no longer a 10?” “Just in time for the election, it’s a story that starts off funny and then gets really, really depressing,” a voiceover says. 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