‘Some Like It Hot’ Stage Musical Sets Fall Broadway Opening; Cast Announced
20.04.2022 - 17:19
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Some Like It Hot, the stage musical adaptation of the classic 1959 Billy Wilder film comedy, will make it to Broadway next fall, following a couple pandemic-bedeviled years that saw the cancelation of a once-planned 2021 pre-New York engagement in Chicago.
With a cast fronted by Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee and Adrianna Hicks, who have been with the project through the workshop phase, Some Like It Hot will begin Broadway previews at the Shubert Theatre on Nov. 1, 2022, with an opening night set for Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, just in time for Broadway’s holiday sweet spot.
The dates and cast finalizations were announced today by producers The Shubert Organization and Neil Meron. The new musical will feature a book by playwright Matthew López (the Tony-winning The Inheritance) and Amber Ruffin (The Amber Ruffin Show). Music is by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray), with direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon).
The Tony-winning Borle (Something Rotten!, Peter and the Starcatcher) will play “Joe/Josephine,” and J. Harrison Ghee (Kinky Boots, Mrs. Doubtfire) as “Jerry/Daphne.”
Adrianna Hicks (Six, The Color Purple) will play “Sugar,” the role made famous by Marilyn Monroe in the film.
Also in the cast will be Kevin Del Aguila (Frozen, Peter and the Starcatcher) as “Osgood,” NaTasha Yvette Williams (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Chicken and Biscuits) as “Sweet Sue,” Adam Heller (Caroline, or Change) as “Mulligan,” and Mark Lotito (The Most Happy Fella, Victor/Victoria) as “Spats.”
The full company will be announced soon.
Set in Chicago during Prohibition, Some Like It Hot, as described in the synopsis, follows two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob