Sugar (1972)

Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Bob Merrill
Directed by Gower Champion
Cast: Robert Morse, Cyril Ritchard, Tony Roberts, Elaine Joyce, Sheila Smith, Ken Ayers, Nicole Barth, Andy Bew

Two unemployed musicians, bass player Jerry and saxophone player Joe, witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago. In order to escape gangster Spats Palazzo and his henchmen, they dress as women and join Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopaters, an all-female band about to leave town for an engagement at a Miami Beach hotel.

Theater

Majestic Theatre · Broadway

Closed

June 23, 1973