Will we ever see a revival of "Come Back to the Five & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean"?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/7/08 at 1:02pm

I just re watched this film last night and was thinking that a revival is way overdue. Does anyone else think/hope it will ever happen??

[Gothampc]

Posted: 11/7/08 at 1:27pm

I think this is one of those shows that needs an off-Broadway (intimate) production. The original only ran two months on Broadway. I think for Broadway they would have to get big names for the show to run.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/7/08 at 1:32pm

Orfeh as Joanne!

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 11/7/08 at 2:42pm

The only reason this play works on film is because of Altman and the cast. Really, the play itself kind of sucks....no surprise Graczyck didn't go on to write anything else.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/7/08 at 3:44pm

I do remember the Broadway production at the Beck. It's shocking today to think that Cher wouldn't sell tickets, but she was still thought not to be an actor (still, I remain mystified that she couldn't pull more people. Likewise, for the era, Karen Black). The show was powerfully self-contained, but it took some getting used to. The film basically uses the same set, but the convention with the past/present was confusing at first, if I recall. And I also remember Cher being blocked to deliver her big monologue with her back to us, sort of 3/4 facing the back. But she was persuasive. At the time, the talk was all about Sandy Dennis and Kathy Bates, as Bates was so damned real, so authentically Texan, everyone had to measure up to her perfection. And Dennis was very restrained, almost devoid of her tricks. They seem to resurface somewhat in the film, but I recall her giving a straightforward, very focused and measured performance. The play may be lurid and soapy, but it's damned watchable.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 11/7/08 at 3:49pm

It got terrible reviews, if I remember correctly.

I got Cher's autograph...the only time I stage doored, and I'm not even that big of a fan...

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/7/08 at 3:57pm

Dreadful reviews. But Cher impressed some. There was talk of her returning in EXTREMITIES (ugh, I loathe that play) or even as Grizabella -- does anyone else recall that she was on the short list to introduce "Memory" to the US? Along with -- if I'm right -- Barbara Cook?

[hpeabody930]

Posted: 11/7/08 at 9:07pm

I really don't think there's any need for a revival, at least in this economic climate. I did the show a few years ago, and if not done EXACTLY right, everything falls to pieces, and it becomes one big confusing mess.
I would be interested in seeing it, but I doubt it will be revived at least on Broadway, anytime soon.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 11/7/08 at 9:55pm

As I recall, it wasn't Kathy Bates but Karen Black. I saw that production, thought Cher was kind of bland, Dennis overly mannered (as usual) and Black the most effective. Just MO.

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 11/7/08 at 10:03pm

Feb 18th thru April 4th, 1982.
56 perfs.
Updated On: 11/7/08 at 10:03 PM