Some Like It Hot | |
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Music | Marc Shaiman |
Lyrics | Marc Shaiman Scott Wittman |
Book | Matthew López Amber Ruffin |
Basis | Some Like It Hot by Billy Wilder I. A. L. Diamond Robert Thoeren Michael Logan Fanfare of Love by Max Bronnet Michael Logan Pierre Prévert René Pujol Robert Thoeren |
Premiere | December 11, 2022Shubert Theatre : |
Productions |
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.[1] 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 jazz age musicians struggling during Prohibition.[2]
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,[3]. This makes Ghee one of the two first openly non-binary performers to be nominated for and win a Tony Award.[4]