No wonder, did you know that your summation is roughly equivalent to the plot line of Mel Brooks' "The Producers", a hit movie and broadway show?
Money in the bank was the goal of the Producers, they just didn't want to have to pay back any of the investors because the show was supposed to go close and go broke after the first night. Trouble was, people loved it.
New twist to this version, the Producers proceed to do everything they can to make people stop loving it, but the cops who never show up, show up and put a halt to it. Then the stage hand (Jon) takes it over and makes it have the longest run ever on Broadway...and the investors live happily ever after, yeah right.