The brand-new musical comedy primarily based on the MGM movie was additionally written by Tony Award-winner Matthew López.
Some Like It Sizzling, the stage musical primarily based on the MGM movie of the identical identify and co-written by NBC late night time star Amber Ruffin, will formally open on Broadway this December, producers introduced Wednesday.
Co-written by Matthew López, the Tony Award-winning Inheritance playwright set to make his directorial debut with Amazon Studios’ LGBTQ romantic comedy Crimson, White & Royal Blue, the musical comedy is about to open on Dec. 11 on the Shubert Theatre. Preview performances will start on Tuesday, Nov. 1 with basic tickets to go on sale starting Could 2.
The E-book of Mormon’s Casey Nicholaw will direct and function choreographer for the comedy, which follows two musicians pressured to flee Chicago throughout Prohibition after witnessing a mob hit. On the run and with gangsters on their heels, the musicians turn out to be the most recent members of the “swingingest huge band ever to cross the nation.” Whereas hiding in plain sight, the 2 will work out if they will survive the mob, the reality and presumably love itself catching as much as them.
The solid is led by Tony Award winner Christian Borle as Joe/Josephine, J. Harrison Ghee as Jerry/Daphne, Adrianna Hicks as Sugar, Kevin Del Aguila as Osgood, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Candy Sue, Adam Heller as Mulligan and Mark Lotito as Spats, with the total firm announcement to comply with.
The present’s music is by Marc Shaiman with lyrics by Hairspray’s Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman. Neil Meron, whose musical film resume consists of Hairspray, Footloose and the Oscar-winning Chicago alongside NBC’s Smash and the community’s stay musicals The Sound of Music Stay!, The Wiz Stay! and the Emmy-winning Jesus Christ Celebrity Stay in Live performance, is producing alongside the Shubert Group.
Some Like It Sizzling is co-produced by MGM on Stage, Roy Furman, Robert Greenblatt, James L. Nederlander and Kenny Leon, with D. S. Moynihan serving as govt producer.
The inventive workforce consists of set designer Scott Pask, costume designer Gregg Barnes, lighting designer Natasha Katz and sound designer Brian Ronan. Josh Marquette is main hair and wigs whereas Milagros Medina-Cerdiera is heading up make-up design. Mary-Mitchell Campbell will function music supervisor, with Darryl Archibald as music director, Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter on orchestrations and Glen Kelly producing the dance and incidental music preparations. Telsey & Co. is behind the present’s casting.
Presale tickets for American Categorical Card members can be found now by way of April 27 at 9:59 a.m. ET at www.Telecharge.com. Starting April 27 at 10 a.m. ET by way of Could 2, presale tickets may also be out there to Viewers Rewards members at www.AudienceRewards.com.