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Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Shows · Some Like It Hot

In 1933 Chicago, two struggling musicians witness a mob hit and must flee for their lives disguised as women in an all-female band heading to California. While hiding in plain sight, they navigate romantic complications — one falls for the band's singer Sugar, while the other attracts a lovestruck millionaire — and both discover unexpected truths about identity and acceptance.

Opened
2022
Performances
326
Type
Musical
Era
Contemporary
Music: Marc ShaimanLyrics: Marc Shaiman, Scott WittmanBook: Matthew Lopez, Amber Ruffin

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available

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In the literature21 passages

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. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p352

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. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p902

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. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-steven-suskin#p900

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. book:the-complete-book-of-1930s-broadway-musicals-dietz-dan-rowman-littlefield-publis#p257

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. book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p538

These include Moon Over Miami (1941), Kismet (1944), Cover Girl (1944), The Jolson Story (1947), The Merry Widow (1952 and 1955), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), Let's Make Love (1955), Designing Woman (1957), Les Girls (1957), and Some Like It Hot (1959). book:musical-a-grand-tour-the-rise-glory-and-fall-of-an-flinn-denny-martin-new-york-l#p321

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