Over The Teacups??

[wiggum2]

Posted: 3/14/04 at 6:27pm

I was watching an episode of I Love Lucy and they went to see Over The Teacups and they made a big deal over it. Was it a real play on Broadway? I tried IBBD with no luck. Anyone have any info on this play? I tried looking for it on yahoo but I just found a book by the same name.
Thanks

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 3/15/04 at 3:09pm

Wasn't that the episode where Fred asks Lucy to buy Ethel a birthday present, and then the girls have a spat when Ethel gets a glimpse of those hostess pants?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/15/04 at 8:08pm

OVER THE TEACUP was a drawingroom comedy written by Lamears Seaton. The original cast included ZaSuPitts, Madeline Pugh, Darnell Westcott and Regina Wentworth. Directed by Thaddeus Kamen, it ran only a few performances in the 1050's. Actually, it was a sequel to a somewhat more successful play called UNDER THE RAINDROP.

Hope this helps.

Posted: 3/16/04 at 10:44am

Dolly -- Do you think Lucy was a shill??

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 3/16/04 at 11:07am

Dollypop, it ran in the 1050s??? LOL!!!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/16/04 at 6:52pm

Yes, Joey. It ran in the late 50's. Maybe 1959. It played at the old Lux Theater on W 54th Street.

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 3/17/04 at 8:58am

awww, i was making light of the 1050 reference which was almost a millenia ago... LOL!!! sorry, bad humor...

[WhitestoneRob]

Posted: 3/10/20 at 1:46pm

I am looking here for the SAME reason. I watched the I Love Lucy episode as well. I also checked the Internet Broadway Database, and I found no reference to a play. I did find an 1890 book written by Oliver Wendell Holmes with that title.  

[EthelMae]

Posted: 3/10/20 at 2:02pm

Lucy: Ethel! 

Ethel: I thought I heard your voice out here.

Lucy: Guess what play Ricky got tickets to?

Ethel: What?

Lucy: Over the Teacups.

Ethel: Over the Teacups! That’s the biggest hit in town! How did he do that?!

Lucy: Well, he said he had to pull a lot of strings but nothing was too good for your birthday!

Ethel: Oh, he’s a dear.

Lucy: He’s a real Cuban doll.

 

 

 

 

Updated On: 3/11/20 at 02:02 PM

[WhitestoneRob]

Posted: 3/10/20 at 2:09pm

Yes. It was a season 4 episode.