2-part musical
Based on the screenplay for the film Some Like It Hot by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond,
based on the book by Robert Thoeren
SUGAR the Musical is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. represented by Tams-Witmark LLC.
www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
Theatre Choir and Ballet Artists
Theatre Orchestra and Rhythm Group
How do you think the world was going mad because of the two musicians dressed up as women? In our country, that black-and-white film became famous under the title "Only Girls in Jazz". In other countries, it was known as 'Some like it hot'. Five Oscar nominations and Merlin Monroe's performance in the most memorable role of all time....
The musical SUGAR is a musical version of this film. Like the film, its plot is based on the work of B. Wilder and I.A.L. Some Like It Hot. It features music based on the best jazz traditions of the 1960s and 1970s, with a nostalgic twist in a retro-tinged fun satire of the pre-war American criminal underworld. The story reveals how a gangster massacre took place in Chicago on Valentine's Day 1929. Two jazz musicians accidentally witnessed it. To hide from the Mafia hit men chasing them, the musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female jazz orchestra. There they meet Sugar Kein, a charming singer who dreams of marrying a millionaire. The boys get caught up in the whirlpool of women's life and are exposed to things that are normally off-limits for men. How long will the boys be able to hide when half-naked girls are always around, telling their most intimate secrets? Things start to go in a direction that is not quite as planned for the two musicians.
The musical Sugar opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on 9 April 1972, starring Robert Morse, Tony Roberts and Elaine Joyce. Over the years, 505 performances have been given. The success of the musical is evidenced by the return of Sugar to Broadway every few decades.
