ALW's Song and Dance

[MBFan]

Posted: 4/11/22 at 8:46pm

Does anyone know why this is never performed? I love the music. Thanks!

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/11/22 at 8:59pm

Tell Me on a Sunday has had revisions since the Broadway run (London for sure). The two-act version is a product of its time, who knows how it would play today.

You'd need a mega star to sustain a revival, but it is IMHO opinion the hardest female role in musical theater (yes Wicked lovers, this one is harder). No clue who could do it well AND sell tickets.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/11/22 at 9:08pm

Honestly, I'd love to see Bernadette Peters do a limited run of Tell Me On a Sunday as a one act similar to the production Marti Webb did in London in 2014. 

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 4/11/22 at 9:23pm

blaxx said: "No clue who could do it well AND sell tickets."

I'm not too familiar with the show aside from a song or two, but would Julianne Hough be suitable for this? 

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 4/11/22 at 9:28pm

A few years ago they did a workshop of a gay version with Jonathan Bailey 

[Laurapattifan]

Posted: 4/11/22 at 9:28pm

Annaleigh Ashford did it in college and she’s my dreamcast for an Encores run. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/11/22 at 9:31pm

jacobsnchz14 said: "blaxx said: "No clue who could do it well AND sell tickets."

I'm not too familiar with the show aside from a song or two, but would Julianne Hough be suitable for this?"

The principal doesn’t dance.  Act 1 is the musical play (Song) and Act 2 is the Dance section done by dancers.  

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/11/22 at 9:41pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "jacobsnchz14 said: "blaxx said: "No clue who could do it well AND sell tickets."

I'm not too familiar with the show aside from a song or two, but would Julianne Hough be suitable for this?"

The principal doesn’t dance. Act 1 is the musical play (Song) and Act 2 is the Dance section done by dancers. "

Not much, but Emma certainly did dance in the Broadway version, in the section when Emma and Joe's stories intersect.

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/11/22 at 9:43pm

jacobsnchz14 said: "blaxx said: "No clue who could do it well AND sell tickets."

I'm not too familiar with the show aside from a song or two, but would Julianne Hough be suitable for this?"

No way, her voice is tiny and can barely act.  This was a vehicle for voices as Bernadette Peters and Betty Buckley. It's very hard to have that presence and that voice while doing a one act all by yourself. 

[Lot666]

Posted: 4/12/22 at 7:33am

imeldasturn said: "A few years ago they did a workshop of a gay version with Jonathan Bailey"

I'd buy a ticket to that.

[stlrod]

Posted: 4/12/22 at 7:48am

Saw it with Melissa Manchester way back in the day and thought she and the man who played Joe were both fantastic.

[BJR]

Posted: 4/12/22 at 10:07am

The rights are not available for SONG AND DANCE. Currently, and most notably and unfortunatrely, the only version of TELL ME ON A SUNDAY available to license is the original.

It's a shame, too, as Maltby's revision for SONG/Bway is superior and I think it could work well today. (Hence why I've inquired about rights.)

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/12/22 at 12:49pm

I think the licensed version is a hybrid. It has "Ready Made Life" and "Dreams Never Run on Time" from the later UK tours and "Unexpected Song" is only available as an optional bonus encore.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 4/12/22 at 8:07pm

BJR said: "The rights are not available for SONG AND DANCE. Currently, and most notably and unfortunately, the only version of TELL ME ON A SUNDAY available to license is the original."

Concord Theatricals, and its respective Song and Sunday pages, would beg to differ with you. (Unless you mean the Maltby version specifically, which R&H used to license and is now no longer available, period.)