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Matthew Murphy

Tavis Kordell, left, and Matt Loehr in 'Some Like It Hot.'

Tavis Kordell, left, and Matt Loehr in 'Some Like It Hot.'

This isn’t your forebears' Some Like It Hot — the 1959 film you may be thinking of. The Broadway adaptation keeps the setup (two musicians on the run from gangsters) but turns it into a full-on song-and-dance spectacle, with a jazzy score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray) and a script by Matthew López and Amber Ruffin. The result is a Tony-winning, razzle dazzle romp and sly reinvention — with an ending you just might not expect. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11-14, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15, and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Nov. 16.

media release: The producers of “Some Like It Hot,” All-Out Song-And-Dance Spectacular!” (The New York Times), are excited to announce the full cast for the North American tour coming to Overture Center for the Arts from Tuesday, Nov. 11 through Sunday, Nov. 16. The cast includes Sun Prairie High School graduate Jamal Stone! Tickets ($38.40-$183) are available at overture.org.   

In September, the tour welcomed DeQuina Moore as Sweet Sue and Matt Allen as Mulligan. They join returning principal cast members Matt Loehr as Joe/Josephine, Tavis Kordell as Jerry/Daphne, Leandra Ellis-Gaston as Sugar, Edward Juvier as Osgood, Devon Goffman as Spats, and Devon Hadsell, who was a member of the original Broadway company, as Minnie. 

Joining the ensemble are Devin Cortez, Jonathan Duvelson, Madeline Kendall, Kelly Sheehan, Jamal Stone and Julia Yameen. Rounding out the company are returning cast members Ashley Marie Arnold, Kelly Berman, Ian Campayno, Darien Crago, Austin Dunn, Adena Ershow, Drew Franklin, Tim Fuchs, Bryan Thomas Hunt, Emily Kelly, Stephen Michael Langton, Ranease Ryann, Nissi Shalome and Michael Skrzek. 

Set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, “Some Like It Hot” is the “glorious, big, high-kicking” (Associated Press) story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they catch a cross-country train for the life-chasing, life-changing trip of a lifetime. 

And what a trip it is! With its irresistible combination of heart and laughs, song and dance, “Some Like It Hot” won more theater awards than any show in its season, and was named Best Musical by the Drama Desk, The Drama League, and the Outer Critics Circle. No wonder Deadline calls it “a tap-dancing, razzle-dazzling embrace of everything you love about musical theater.” 

“Some Like It Hot” is locally sponsored by Findorff and features a book by Matthew López (The Inheritance) & Amber Ruffin (“The Amber Ruffin Show”), music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman (Hairspray) and direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon). The musical is based on the classic MGM film “Some Like It Hot,” which has been named the “Funniest American Movie of All Time” by the American Film Institute.  

The creative team also includes Scott Pask (Sets), Gregg Barnes (Costumes), Natasha Katz (Lights), Brian Ronan (Sound), Josh Marquette (Hair), Milagros Medina-Cerdeira (Makeup), Christian Borle and Joe Farrell (Additional Material), Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Darryl Archibald (Music Supervision), Kristy Norter (Music Coordinator), Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter (Orchestrations), Marc Shaiman (Vocal Arrangements) and Glen Kelly (Dance and Incidental Music Arrangements). The production team also includes Steve Bebout (Associate Director), John MacInnis (Associate Choreographer) and Juniper Street Productions (Production Management). 101 Productions, Ltd. serves as the general manager.  

“Some Like It Hot” is produced on tour by The Shubert Organization and Neil Meron and co-produced by Hunter Arnold, Roy Furman, John Gore Organization, James L. Nederlander, The Dalgleish Library Company Group, Cue to Cue Productions, Robert Greenblatt, Sheboygan Conservatory Partners, ATG Productions, Bob Boyett, Janet and Marvin Rosen, The Araca Group, Concord Theatricals and Independent Presenters Network; Jennifer Costello is Executive Producer. 

The North American tour is booked by The Booking Group (www.thebookinggroup.com) with casting by The Telsey Office.  

Concord Theatricals Recordings released the Grammy Award®-winning “Some Like It Hot” (Original Broadway Cast Recording) on streaming and digital platforms worldwide in March 2023 with CD and vinyl now available.