Ain't Misbehavin' Headed Off-Bway?

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/18/14 at 3:27pm

According to this Playbill article, there's been some talk.
Article

[tazber]

Posted: 4/18/14 at 3:34pm

You can never have enough Ain't Misbehavin'.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 4/18/14 at 4:11pm

Oh, please, please, please, please, and thank you.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 4/18/14 at 4:20pm

I still listen to the cast recording on occasion and was fortunate to see the '88 revival (front row center ticket from TKTS no less).

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/18/14 at 4:22pm

I wonder where it would even go? I can't imagine a commercial production would do too well. Seems like a nice fit for the Public though?

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 4/18/14 at 7:16pm

Have you ever seen the show, Ripped Man? It really is quite timeless and there's no inherent reason why a small commercial production couldn't work.

It remains the very best musical revue--bar none--that I have ever seen.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/18/14 at 8:17pm

I bet the producers will try to stick it in Midtown, but I think it would be a great fit at the Lortel.

[macnyc]

Posted: 4/18/14 at 11:30pm

I would love to see this! Too bad they took the tent down on West 45th Street where the Great Comet was playing. That would have been a great location/venue!

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 4/19/14 at 12:13pm

"but I think it would be a great fit at the Lortel."

The Lortel is only available to rent by not-for-profit companies so to use it they would have to co-produce it as a limited run with one of the non-profits in the city. That could be the route they want to take, of course, in which case I would agree it would be a good space for the show.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/19/14 at 1:33pm

With Greed departing New World Stages, that could be a good landing spot.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/19/14 at 6:37pm

I have not seen the show, but I think with such an earthy feeling show, I wouldn't stick it in New World Stages. I don't really think "period" type shows would do very well there.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/19/14 at 7:04pm

"The Lortel is only available to rent by not-for-profit companies"

That I did not know. Interesting.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 4/19/14 at 9:17pm

"I have not seen the show, but I think with such an earthy feeling show, I wouldn't stick it in New World Stages. I don't really think "period" type shows would do very well there."

Earthy? I'm not sure what you mean. Fats Waller was very much an urban writer and most of the references to place in the show refer to New York City.

And though you are correct, I've never really thought of it as a "period" show. There are so many standards in it, it feels timeless.

Do you have the 2-CD recording? It has pretty much the entire show. (There may also be a DVD as a truncated version was performed on PBS.)

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/19/14 at 10:03pm

There is also a 1-cd version of the production which the Pointer Sisters starred in.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/19/14 at 11:23pm

I don't know this show at all. Just FYI. But you know what I mean. New World seems super contemporary.

[Patash]

Posted: 4/20/14 at 4:32pm

It's part of the summer season at Bucks County Playhouse and the production is being directed by Hunter Foster. Seems like it could be a prelude to off Broadway?

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 4/20/14 at 4:43pm

It seems as if Maltby wants to move the Delaware Theatre Company production in tact though, based on the way this article reads, which would mean Foster's production at Bucks County would stay right where it was.

[tazber]

Posted: 4/20/14 at 6:26pm

Gotham,

There's a 3rd complete recording also. It's from the tour with Reuben Studdard.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/20/14 at 9:45pm

"I don't know this show at all."

If you are an American Musical Theater fan, the original Broadway cast cd needs to be in your collection. It's a great revue and the music is wonderful.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 4/20/14 at 9:49pm

^^^^^ So true! And EVERYONE should have a recording of Nell Carter! (This is not to disparage the rest of the original cast: they are all great.)

[tazber]

Posted: 4/20/14 at 9:51pm

And we can't overlook the indispensable contributions of Luther Henderson.

Easily in my top 10 cast recordings. I still play it at least once a month.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/20/14 at 10:03pm

Nell Carter sings "Mean To Me" as if it were written specifically for her.
Link

[StageStruckLad]

Posted: 4/21/14 at 11:11am

It would be nice if the TV broadcast version of the show with the original cast was available as a DVD. I seem to recall that they bumped Nell Carter up to star billing based on her sitcom fame, but other than that it was the same show.

[Zingingtobway]

Posted: 4/22/14 at 10:46am

Ain't Misbehavin would work great at the Little Shubert Theater. Goodness knows that theater needs a Good show

[morosco]

Posted: 4/22/14 at 11:37am

Charlayne Woodard throws some hilarious attitude in "How You Baby?". The dance break is especially funny.
Charlayne and Andre DeShields