Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill
SYNOPSIS AND CAST
Joe and Jerry, a pair of out-of-work musicians, happen to witness a gangland massacre in Chicago. The organising hoodlum, Spate Palazzo, looks set to arrange a similar festivity for them, so Joe and Jerry need to leave town, fast. There are jobs going for a bass and saxophone player in Florida – a perfect solution. The jobs are in an all-girl band – not so perfect. The boys are desperate. With the aid of some borrowed frocks, high heels, make-up and padding, “Josephine” and Daphne” join Sweet Sue and her Society Syncopators.
The new “girls” find themselves getting well acquainted with Sugar, the gorgeous blonde who is the featured singer with the band. Sugar tells Josephine and Daphne that she plans to find a millionaire in Florida and get married. She even tells them what he will look like. Joe convinces Jerry that they should stay with the band until they find a suitable millionaire for Sugar. What Jerry doesn’t know is that Joe has decided to masquerade as Sugar’s dream man and make her fall in love with him.
While Joe is occupied with impressing Sugar, Jerry, a.k.a. Daphne, has attracted her own millionaire. Osgood Fielding is determined to woo and win her, and in showering her with expensive gifts, Jerry is not sure how to break the bad news to him.
Joe is sure that if Sugar really loves him, it won’t matter that he is another saxophone player instead of a millionaire. Unfortunately, before he gets the chance to tell her, Spats and his gang arrive and recognise Josephine and Daphne in the band. The lovers make a speed getaway. And when Sugar finds out the truth about Joe, she doesn’t mind a bit.
Director: Jon Taylor
Musical Director: Michael Newton
Choreographer: Choreographer
CAST (in order of appearance)
| Sweet Sue | Jayne Wilcox |
| Bienstock | Clive Bowden |
| Joe/Josephine/Junior Shell | Joseph Shovelton |
| Jerry/Daphne | John Woods |
| Contractors Secretary | Margaret Etches |
| Spats Palazzo | Stephen Cook |
| Dude | Neil Catton |
| Gangster | Brian Card |
| Knuckes Norton | Martin Proctor |
| Hood | Daniel White |
| Mechanic | Chris Flint |
| Train Announcer | Paul Sadler |
| Newspaper Reporter | Eve Manghani |
| Suga Kane | Jane Williams |
| Cab Driver | Martin Proctor |
| Olga | Gill Penrose |
| Dolores | Dianne Norton |
| Rosella | Janet Huckle |
| Mary Lou | Jane Catton |
| Bell Boy | Anne Kidson |
| Sir Osgood Fielding | Denzil Edwards |
| DANCERS | Marilyn McPherson, Jenny Hirst, Sue Lafferty, Ruth Howard |
| LADIES: | Clare Abbey, Gill Burchall, Amanda Cowking, Margaret Etches, Claire Hargadon, Anne Kidson, Eve Manghani, Rebecca Smith, Marion Stewart, Penny Stone, Nina Sutherland, Mary Tighe. |
| GENTLEMEN: | Peter Bagwell, Brian Card, Neil Catton, Denzil Edwards, Chris Flint, Peter Haycroft, Martin Proctor, Paul Sadler, Ken Warner, Daniel White. |