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| Posted by: champagnesalesman 10:28 am EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: What happened to SUGAR? - TheHarveyBoy 06:05 am EST 02/11/21 | |
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| I've been wondering the same thing. Does this new version mean no one can do SUGAR again? Or is it like the Maury Yeston PHANTOM, limited in where it can play? SUGAR was still having regional productions well into this century..Brent Barrett and Jason Graee starred in one in San Jose. While it may not be Styne and Merrill's finest hour, there are some very catchy tunes like Hey Why Not, Sun on My Face, When You Meet a Man in Chicago and the title tune. I can't imagine Shaiman will write anything better. Almost all of his scores sound like HAIRSPRAY...he can't stop the beat... CATCH ME IF YOU CAN was a notable exception and an underrated show I thought. | |
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| re: What happened to SUGAR? | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 04:09 am EST 02/12/21 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 03:57 am EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to SUGAR? - champagnesalesman 10:28 am EST 02/11/21 | |
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| Here's video of ''Sugar'' from Sacramento's Music Circus, starring Brent Barrett, Jason Graae, Elizabeth Stanley, Lenny Wolpe & Alix Korey. |
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| Link | 'Sugar' highlights from Broadway at Music Circus in Sacramento, Calif. (2013) |
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| re: What happened to SUGAR? | |
| Posted by: StageLover 05:32 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to SUGAR? - WaymanWong 03:57 am EST 02/12/21 | |
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| I saw the original Broadway production back in 1974. I loved it, but I was only 14 at the time. Also loved the OBC. Ten years later, I had moved to LA and the show opened at the Music Ctr. with Morse repeating his Bway role. Unfortunately, someone had the brilliant idea of casting Joe Namath in the role Tony Roberts played. The Times' Dan Sullivan gave Namath such a shallacking I avoided it. |
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| Link | https://ovrtur.com/production/2901667 |
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| re: What happened to SUGAR? | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 05:48 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 05:48 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to SUGAR? - StageLover 05:32 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| Other than being rather good in "Victor/Victoria" on Broadway, I really never quite understood how Tony Roberts got so much work; to me, he never seemed a particularly outstanding a performer. Mostly he was serviceable. Joe Namath back then at least had looks and his fame as an athlete. I think had been cast as Joe Hardy in "Damn Yankees" which perhaps with some cutting of material, as an athlete he could have gotten by to some extent. As Joe in "Sugar", though, that's pretty questionable casting. | |
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| re: What happened to SUGAR? | |
| Posted by: Ann 06:16 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to SUGAR? - PlayWiz 05:48 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| I think had been cast as Joe Hardy in "Damn Yankees"... I'm not sure if you're saying you think he had been cast, or wondering had he been cast ... but Namath did play Joe Hardy, didn't he? |
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| Posted by: Snowysdad 08:04 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to SUGAR? - Ann 06:16 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| He played it at Jones Beach and if I recollect, played two seasons. | |
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| Last Edit: StageLover 06:39 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| Posted by: StageLover 06:37 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to SUGAR? - Ann 06:16 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| Not on Broadway, but when he played it at Claridge in AC, the NY Times was a lot nicer on Namath than the LA Times was. | |
| Link | https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/10/nyregion/sugar-by-the-sea-how-sweet-it-is.html |
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| re: What happened to SUGAR? | |
| Posted by: StageLover 06:09 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to SUGAR? - PlayWiz 05:48 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| I'm obviously a bigger fan than you. I saw him on Broadway in ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR, THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG and THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE, aside from SUGAR. I thought he was excellent in all 4 shows. |
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| Taking stock of Tony in 'How Now, Dow Jones' | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 08:33 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 08:27 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to SUGAR? - StageLover 06:09 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| I've never seen ''How Now, Dow Jones,'' but I've always enjoyed this catchy number with Tony Roberts, who got a Tony nomination. It's ''Step to the Rear'' from Elmer Bernstein and Carolyn Leigh's Tony-nominated score. (Does anyone ever do this show anymore?) |
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| Link | 'How Now Dow Jones' at the 1968 Tony Awards |
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| re: Taking stock of Tony in 'How Now, Dow Jones' | |
| Posted by: comedywest 09:50 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: Taking stock of Tony in 'How Now, Dow Jones' - WaymanWong 08:27 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| I saw it at the Fringe in 2009 at the Minetta Lane. It had that catchy tune and some funny lines from Max Schulman. I have never even heard of it being done otherwise. |
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| re: What happened to SUGAR? | |
| Posted by: twsct 01:38 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to SUGAR? - champagnesalesman 10:28 am EST 02/11/21 | |
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| The problem with the score from Catch Me If You Can is that each song goes on, and on, and on............. | |
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| I’d see a shaiman new musical over | |
| Posted by: dramedy 11:41 am EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to SUGAR? - champagnesalesman 10:28 am EST 02/11/21 | |
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| A revival of sugar. I caught the tour about ten years ago. Very marginal songs. A new take on the material is needed. | |
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