Sugar (musical)

Sugar
Original cast recording
MusicJule Styne
LyricsBob Merrill
BookPeter Stone
Basis1959 film Some Like It Hot
Productions

Sugar is a 1972 musical with a book by Peter Stone, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Bob Merrill. The musical is based on the 1959 film Some Like It Hot, which was adapted by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond from a story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan.

The musical's name, spotlighting the lead female character, resulted from producer David Merrick being unable to license the film title. A revised Sugar with additional songs would tour nationally between 2002 and 2003 as Some Like It Hot: The Musical, boosted by the casting of film star Tony Curtis as elderly millionaire Osgood.[1]

  1. ^ "'Some Like It Hot' on Broadway with gender-bending guys in disguise". Bergen Record. 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2023-10-16.