Some Like It Hot, 2022

The run closed December 30, 2023

Opened

2022

Closed

December 30, 2023

Performances

326

Previews

—

Theatre

Shubert Theatre

Of the 175 productions we hold that opened in the 2020s and record a performance count, this is the 14th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Who was in it25 named

J

J. Harrison Ghee—

Christian Borleb. 1973

A

Adrianna Hicks—

K

Kevin Del Aguila—

N

NaTasha Yvette Williams—

M

Mark Lotito—

A

Angie Schworer—

T

TyNia René Brandon—

G

Gabi Campo—

D

DeMarius R. Copes—

C

Casey Garvin—

K

K.J. Hippensteel—

R

Richard Riaz Yoder—

Adam Heller
Devon Hadsell
Jenny Hill
Jarvis B Manning Jr
Brian Martin
Amber Owens
Charles South
Brendon Stimson
Raena White
Tia Altinay
Jonathan Duvelson
Ericka Hunter Yang

13 of these 25 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 12 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Characters10 roles recorded

Christian Borle Joe/Josephine/Kip
J. Harrison Ghee Jerry/Daphne
Adrianna Hicks Gertrude "Sugar Kane" Mudd
Kevin Del Aguila Osgood Fielding III/ Pedro Francisco Alvarez
NaTasha Yvette Williams Sweet Sue
Adam Hellen Agent Mulligan
Mark Lotto Spats Colombo
Angie Schworer Minnie
Casey Garvin Mack
Jarvis B. Manning Sonny

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Creative team

Director

Casey Nicholaw

Choreographer

Casey Nicholaw

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination

Around this production

Some Like It Hot is a 2022 musical comedy with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman, and a book by Matthew López and Amber Ruffin. It is based on the 1959 MGM/UA feature film Some Like It Hot, which in turn was based on the 1935 French film Fanfare of Love. The musical, like the film, follows the story of a pair of male musicians who disguise themselves as women to escape from gangsters after witnessing a murder. The show received positive reviews from critics, and went on to receive a leading 13 nominations at the 76th Tony Awards, including Best Musical, with J. Harrison Ghee getting a nomination for and subsequently winning Best Leading Actor in a Musical. This makes…

Opposite: Some Like it Hot (Ashton-Mirisch/ United Artists, 1959). Marilyn Monroe sings ‘Tm thru’ with love’ — a genuinely affecting moment in one of the craziest of screen musical comedies. The Best Musicals From Show Boat To A Chorus Line By Arthur Jackson Foreword By , p. 133

• David Merrick’s production of Jule Styne and Bob Merrill’s musical version of Some Like It Hot, called Sugar (4/9/72; 505 performances), was more successful. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 352
• Having tied up the rights to the original German screenplay—about two unemployed musicians in search of jobs who dress up in a variety of disguises, including women’s clothes, gypsy costumes, and blackface—Merrick found himself unable, initially, to clear Wilder and Diamond’s American adaptation. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 902
• Sugar, a chase musical based on Some Like It Hot, spends two hours trying to catch up to the movie. It never does. It just winds up breathless. More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 900
• the 1939 film version, which was titled Some Like It Hot, included the swinging number \"The Lady\'s in Love with You\" (lyric by Frank Loesser, music by Burton Lane), which became a hit for Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals Dietz Dan Rowman Littlefield Publis, p. 257
• Credits at those theatres include Me and My Girl: Gypsy; She Loves Me; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; The Music Man; Some Like It Hot; Man of La Mancha; The Odd Couple; South Pacific; Oklahoma!; Grease; Wonderful Life! The Musical; and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among many others. Theatre World 2011 12 Season V 68 Willis, p. 538

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