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Sugar

Sugar

In 1959 Lemmon, Curtis and Monroe lit up the silver screen in Billy Wilder’s classic film Some Like It Hot. Twelve years later, theatre creative giants Styne, Merrill, and Stone transformed the property into a new musical titled SUGAR. Set in prohibition-era Chicago and Miami, SUGAR tells the story of two unemployed musicians, Joe and Jerry, who after witnessing a mob murder, go undercover as women and join an all-female band. Complications ensue when Joe (now Josephine) falls for the beautiful band singer, Sugar Kane.

Cast headshots of Sugar with show date info

Produced by David Merrick and directed and choreographed by Gower Champion, SUGAR premiered in 1972 starring Robert Morse, Tony Roberts, Elaine Joyce and Cyril Richard. It ran for 505 performances and was nominated for four Tony© Awards. In 2002 a revised version, under the title SOME LIKE IT HOT, was mounted as a national tour and featured the original film’s star, Tony Curtis.

Cast

Melissa Fahn
Sugar Kane
James Gleason
Sir Osgood Fielding
Glenn Rosenblum
Bienstock
Kelly Lester
Sweet Sue
Charles Bergman
Knuckles Norton/Ensemble
Bryan Chesters
Spats Palazzo/Ensemble
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Eric B. Anthony *
Dude/Ensemble
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Caitlyn Faucher *
Ensemble
Anthony Gruppuso
Ensemble
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Amir Levi *
Ensemble
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Dana Shaw *
Ensemble
Glenn Shiroma
Ensemble
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Karlee Squires *
Ensemble
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Ann Villella *
Ensemble
* Guest Artist

Show Details

When
Sunday, September 24, 2017 7:00 pm
Where
Alex Theatre
Format
Staged Concert Reading
Music by
Jule Styne
Lyrics by
Bob Merrill
Book by
Peter Stone
Based on the screenplay "Some Like It Hot" by
Billy Wilder,
I.A.L. Diamond
Director
Kirsten Chandler
Musical Director
Jan Roper
Choreographer
Wendy Rosoff
Production Supervisor
Eileen Barnett
Costumes by
A. Jeffrey Schoenberg (AJS Costumes)
Hair and Makeup by
Byron Batista
Show Photographer
Alan Weston

Program