Some Like It Hot (musical)
| Some Like It Hot | |
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Broadway promotional poster | |
| 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, 2022: Shubert 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. 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 a pair of male musicians who disguise themselves as women to escape from gangsters after witnessing a murder.
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,. This makes Ghee one of the two first openly non-binary performers to be nominated for and win a Tony Award.