Sugar Babies, with a setting called the Gaiety Burlesque, revived classic vaudeville-era sketches, and used hit songs by Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Al Dubin, Ted Koehler and others. It starred Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller (who were nominated for Tonys for their turns) in a run that began in October 1979 and ran 1,208 performances.
Flip through the photos from the original production below:
Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller
Chaz Chase
Ann Miller and ensemble
Ann Miller, Mickey Rooney, and ensemble
Ann Miller and ensemble
Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney and the Sugar Babies
The Sugar Babies
Mickey Rooney and Rose Scudder
Ann Jillian
The Sugar Babies
Ann Miller and cast
Ann Miller
Martha Swope/漏NYPL for the Performing Arts
Ann Miller
Ann Miller
Ann Miller and cast
Martha Swope/漏NYPL for the Performing Arts
