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Synopsis

Some Like It Hot: A New Musical Comedy is based on the 1959 classic film comedy starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe. Set during the prohibition era, Some Like It Hot follows two musicians, Joe and Jerry, who have witnessed a gangland killing in a nightclub in Chicago. To escape the gang of Spats Columbo, who wants them dead before they can testify against him, Joe and Jerry become Josephine and Daphne, dressing as women and joining an all-girl band that's traveling via train across the country from Chicago to California. A delightful, tap dance-filled show with lots of crazy situations, slamming doors, wacky characters, and --ultimately-- love and self-discovery, Some Like It Hot comes to Broadway for a new audience in a new way.

Show Information

Book
Matthew Lopez , Amber Ruffin
Music
Marc Shaiman
Lyrics
Marc Shaiman , Scott Wittman
Based on the Play/Book/Film
Some Like It Hot 1959 film
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
2023
Genres
Comedy, Farce
Settings
Period, Multiple Settings, Spectacle
Time & Place
1933, Chicago, San Diego
Cast Size
medium
Orchestra Size
Large
Dancing
Heavy
Ideal For
College/University, Large Cast, Professional Theatre, Regional Theatre, Star Vehicle Female, Star Vehicle Male, Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Young Adult, Mature Adult Characters, Medium Cast

Context

Plot

Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Joe/Josephine

Lead

Male

Tenor

Jerry/Daphne

Lead

Male

Tenor

Sugar Kane

Lead

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Sweet Sue McGinty

Supporting

Female

Mezzo-Soprano, Alto

Osgood Fielding, III

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Agent Mulligan

Featured

Male

Non-singer

Spats Columbo

Featured

Male

Non-singer

Ensemble

Ensemble

Either Gender

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass

Songs

Act One * What Are You Thirsty For? - Sue & Ensemble * You Can't Have Me (If You Don't Have Him) - Joe & Jerry * Vamp! - Joe & Jerry * I'm California Bound - Sue, Joe, Jerry, Sugar, & Ensemble * A Darker Shade of Blue - Sugar * Take It Up A Step - Sugar, Josephine, Daphne, & Ensemble * Zee Bap - Sue, Daphne, & Ensemble * At the Old Majestic Nickel Matinee - Sugar * Poor Little Millionaire - Osgood & Ensemble * Some Like It Hot - Sue, Sugar, Daphne, & Ensemble

Act Two * Let's Be Bad - Osgood, Daphne, & Ensemble * Let's Dance the World Away - Joe, Sugar, Ensemble * Fly, Mariposa, Fly - Osgood & Ensemble * You Could've Knocked Me Over With a Feather - Daphne * He Lied When He Said Hello - Joe & Ensemble * Ride Out the Storm - Sugar * Tip Tap Trouble - Company * Baby, Let's Get Good - Company

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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Guide Written By:

Laura Ware

Laura Ware

StageAgent Editor and former dancing queen in Mamma Mia.