Broadway's Some Like It Hot, which opened at the Shubert Theatre December 11, 2022, digitally releases its cast recording March 24, with a physical release to follow. The Concord Theatricals Recordings release was recorded earlier this year, produced by Scott M. Riesett and Marc Shaiman and co-produced by Charlie Rosen, Bryan Carter, and Mary-Mitchell Campbell.
Adapted from the 1959 film written and directed by Billy Wilder, the musical features a book by The Inheritance Tony winner Matthew López and Amber Ruffin and a score by Hairspray's Shaiman and Scott Wittman, with the former providing music and both contributing lyrics. Tony winner Casey Nicholaw directs and choreographs. Read reviews for the show here.
Get a First Listen to Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman's Title Song From Broadway's Some Like It Hot
The album features the original Broadway cast, led by 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, and Mark Lotito as Spats. The Some Like It Hot ensemble includes Tia Altinay, TyNia René Brandon, DeMarius Copes, Casey Garvin, Devon Hadsell, Jenny Hill, K.J. Hippensteel, Abby Matsusaka, Jarvis B. Manning, Jr., Brian Martin, Amber Owens, Angie Schworer, Charles South, Brendon Stimson, Raena White, and Richard Riaz Yoder. Rounding out the company as swings are Ian Campayno, Ashley Elizabeth Hale, Kayla Pecchioni, and Julius Williams.
Inspired by the French film Fanfare of Love, Some Like It Hot follows two Prohibition-era jazz musicians in Chicago (played on screen by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon), who witness a mob hit and go into hiding by disguising themselves as members of an all-female band. Through their escape plot, the two become enamored with the band's singer and ukulele player, Sugar, played on screen by Marilyn Monroe. The film was previously adapted for the stage as the 1972 musical Sugar (due for an Off-Broadway revival later this year), with a score by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill and a book by Peter Stone.
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The production features additional material by Borle and Joe Farrell, music supervision by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, music direction by Darryl Archibald, and orchestrations by Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, with vocal arrangements by Shaiman, dance and incidental music arrangements by Glen Kelly, and music coordination by Kristy Norter. The production is cast by The Telsey Office's Bethany Knox.
Hunter Arnold, The Shubert Organization, and Neil Meron serve as managers of SLIH Cast Album Limited Liability Company.
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Take a look at the complete track list:
- What Are You Thirsty For?
- You Can't Have Me (If You Don't Have Him)
- Vamp!
- I'm California Bound
- A Darker Shade of Blue
- Take It Up a Step
- Zee Bap
- At the Old Majestic Nickel Matinee
- Poor Little Millionaire!
- Some Like It Hot
- Let's Be Bad
- Dance the World Away
- Fly, Mariposa, Fly
- You Coulda Knocked Me Over with a Feather
- He Lied When He Said Hello
- Ride Out the Storm
- Baby, Let's Get Good
