Could Sugar Babies be revived?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:23pm

I don`t know much about this show except it`s basicly a vaudville. But I love it! Could it be revived with two broadway veterans like Carol Burnett and George Hearn or Carol Channing? What do you think?

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:29pm

Hope so. I would love to see it.

[alterego]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:47pm

Why not, worse shows have been.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:49pm

OO! I know! Robert Morse and Carol Burnett!

[alterego]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:53pm

Robert Morse will be busy in our proposed revival of NO, NO, NANETTE.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:55pm

??? Is he in a revival of No, No, Nanette somewhere?

[alterego]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 8:21am

Read the 'NO, NO, NANETTE question' thread.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 9:46am

I think the show could be revived very easily. I did it, years ago with the original director Rudy Tronto. The audiences eat it up.

The numbers, sketches and blackouts can be tailored to the individual performances. When Carol Channing played the "Ann Miller" part on the road (with Robert Morse), she obviously didn't do the tapping that Ann did! They changed it for her.

I would say the best thing you need for Sugar Babies is a good director. Rudy made all the difference in the world. He understood fundamentally how these sketches should be performed. It's a different style of theatre, and you can't go into it not knowing how it's done. The extra-long beats, the fast delivery, holding for laughs, over-the-top gestures and reactions, and lightning-fast pacing all have to be rehearsed like clockwork.

Personally? I'd like to see it done with people like Nathan Lane and Karen Ziemba. They'd tear it up.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 3:32pm

I didn`t know Robert Morse had already done it! I knew Carol Channing did!

I like the idea of Nathan but I feel it should be done with older broadway stars! U know older stars like Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Robert Morse, Carol Channing, Julie Andrews, Tom Bosley u know! The classics!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 4:50pm

"I'd like to see it done with people like Nathan Lane and Karen Ziemba."

I think Nathan Lane would be great. The female role needs someone with a personality which unfortunately Karen Ziemba doesn't have. She has talent, but is as bland as dishwater.

I would say Nathan Lane and Tracy Ullman.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 5:14pm

OOO I would love to see Tracey Ullman do live work( ok she tapes live alot). Woman is SO talented!!

[Jon]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 5:40pm

This show needs big, old fashioned comedians. Maybe Martin Short and Andrea Martin.

It's one show that COULD be a big hit in Las Vegas.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:48pm

Yeah!

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:51pm

Bernadette i would love to see her tap now.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:52pm

OOO! Bernadette Peters and Nathan Lane!!!!!

[harris007]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:59pm

maybe like one night concert thing , not a full run

[jimnysf]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:59pm

Can Ann Miller be revived? If yes, then "Sugar Babies" can, too.

Updated On: 7/2/06 at 10:59 PM

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:06pm

i agree Harris a one night only deal.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:08pm

Maybe a two or nine month run?

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 10:55am

Loved this show and I think it could most certainly be revived successfully. By the way, who do you see in the Ann Jillian role? Maybe someone like Rachelle Rak?