Sugar Babies Musical

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 10/10/04 at 9:52am

A theater in my area is doing a production of Sugar Babies. Has anyone ever seen this show, and is it worth seeing? Any opinions would be appreciated!

Updated On: 10/10/04 at 09:52 AM

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 10/10/04 at 10:05am

Hello Again Millie... :)

I never saw SUGAR BABIES, but my parents did. It is an old-fashioned "vaudeville/burlesque" show that is chock full of corny jokes, 1940s chorus girls in scanty outfits, etc.

Like most things, whether or not you would like it is strictly a matter of personal taste. It does seem to attract a "more seasoned crowd."

One note of caution: It takes a VERY UNIQUE STRONG cast to pull off. The original production starred Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney and stayed on Broadway for three years. Management sent out a road production with Carol Channing. It died in a few months.

I hope I have helped! :)

[wildparty20]

Posted: 10/10/04 at 7:05pm

I saw a summer stock production of the show a few years ago. It was a lot of fun... IF you're in the correct frame of mind. As Mary-Ethel said... it is burlesque and corny. However with a good cast it can be fun and entertaining. It has some of the classic burlesque sketches in it (example, "Meet you around the corner in a half 'a hour). I had a great time... the cast made the production I saw... I can't imagine how painful it might be without an entertaining cast.

[juice23]

Posted: 10/10/04 at 9:08pm

I was in a local production of this show. It is riotlously hilarious and so much fun. the songs are really cool and the dancing is great! PM me if you want more info... I also have the CD of it!

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 5:54pm

I saw the Broadway production in June 1982 and since it seemed tailor made for Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney it's hard to imagine another set of leads doing those roles.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 6:11pm

Was the tour with Rooney and Miller prior to opening on Broadway or after?

[Skempp]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 8:05pm

I was at the University of Tennessee's Clarence Brown Theatre, when Ralph Allen, et al, wrote and produced Sugar Babies before taking it to Broadway with Miller and Rooney. Can't say I was that impressed with it then. And, I agree, it really was written with them in mind. I suppose if it were camped up it would be o.k., but I wouldn't pay money to see it again if you put a knife in my back. Some of my distate for the show was the way Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney behaved around the theatre students. Rooney was a real curmudgeon and Miller was just a diva.

BTW, Ralph Allen recently died walking down a Manhattan street.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 8:49pm

It played in NYC @ the Hellinger which was the old Warners Hollywood theater. It started life as an actual vaudeville theater so the setting was perfect. I saw it & remember seeing it & enjoying it immensely. The dog act was great

Updated On: 10/11/04 at 08:49 PM

[Eyemakeup3]

Posted: 10/12/04 at 2:39pm

It was pure joy watching it during the Broadway run.

Posted: 10/12/04 at 2:49pm

Another thing that made the original run so great is they gathered a lot of the old vaudville players to do some of the acts - it was great fun watching the old-timers do their thing.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/12/04 at 3:38pm

Did anyone see it while Ann Jillian was still with the show? When I saw it, Jane Summerhays was there. I also believe Susan Stroman was in the ensemble at one time.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/12/04 at 7:07pm

I saw it with Jillian. After he brief stint on a TV series, she seemed to have vanished off the face of the earth

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 10/12/04 at 7:44pm

Ann Jillian now does mostly inferior TV-Movies, although she did play Mae West in one and was Dainty June in the Roz Russell version of GYPSY!

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/12/04 at 8:00pm

I think the last thing I saw Ann do was in the late 80s when she played herself in some made for TV movie.

[Jon]

Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:18am

Channing's co-star on the tour was Robert Morse.

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