Some Like It Hot Tickets

By: Matthew Lopez and Amber Ruffin, based on the 1959 film by Billy Wilder
Songs by: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
Director: Casey Nicholaw
Producer: The Shubert Organization, Roy Furman, Robert Greenblatt and the Nederlander Organization.
Choreography: Casey Nicholaw
Cast list: Christian Borle (as Joe/Josephine), J. Harrison Ghee (as Jerry/Daphne), Adrianna Hicks (as Sugar), Kevin Del Aguila (as Osgood), NaTasha Yvette Williams (as Sweet Sue), Adam Heller (as Mulligan), Mark Lotito (as Spats)
Lighting: Natasha Katz
Sound: Brian Ronan
Design: Scott Pask
Costume: Gregg Barnes
Other info: Hair and wig design by Josh Marquette, makeup design by Milagros Medina-Cerdiera, music supervision by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, music direction by Darryl Archibald, orchestrations by Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, dance and incidental music arrangements by Glen Kelly

In Some Like It Hot, jazz musicians Joe and Jerry accidentally witness a mob hit and skip town with Sweet Sue's Society Syncopators, an all-female traveling swing band. They navigate romantic ups and downs, including with lead singer Sugar, but ultimately, Some Like It Hot is about Joe and Jerry discovering their truest identities.

The Some Like It Hot film was instantly buzzy, not just because it featured Marilyn Monroe as Sugar. The movie included cross-dressing and thus went against the Hays Code, which specified a set of taboo topics the media couldn't use at the time. But Some Like It Hot received six Oscar nominations and one win, jump-starting the movement to abolish the Hays Code. Some Like It Hot has since been called one of the greatest comedy films of all time and was one of the first 25 movies preserved in the United States National Film Registry.

Most shows have a pre-Broadway run elsewhere in the U.S. before landing in New York, but unlike Joe and Jerry, the Some Like It Hot musical hasn't traveled the country. The Broadway production is its world premiere, featuring two-time Tony winner Christian Borle and 2023 Tony winner J. Harrison Ghee.

What to watch for

• The original Some Like It Hot movie is set in the 1920s, but the musical places the action in the 1930s.
• A full-sized train car comes on stage during the musical!
• The Some Like It Hot musical interrogates gender differently than the movie. One of the show's lead actors — J. Harrison Ghee, who plays Jerry — is nonbinary. In an interview, they said, "I saw an opportunity for me to be pushed as an entertainer by playing Jerry and the opportunity to bring my own non-binary identity onstage.”
• The Some Like It Hot film includes some songs, but those aren't featured in the stage show. Shaiman and Wittman's original songs for the musical are inspired by jazz and big band swing musicians like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Duke Ellington.
• Shaiman and Wittman composed songs for another Marilyn Monroe-adjacent project: the TV show Smash, about a fictional Broadway musical about Monroe. A lyric in one of their Smash songs, "Let's Be Bad," references Some Like It Hot: "Melt the ice, some like it hot!"

Please Note

The use of cameras, cell phones, and other recording devices during the show is strictly prohibited by law, except when used for accessibility services. No weapons permitted on the premesis. There are no elevators or escalators in the building. No outside food or beverages, electric scooters, e-bikes, or battery-powered transportation devices, except when medically necessary. All items are subject to inspection and must fit on your lap or completely under your seat without blocking any aisles.