SUGAR. Only Girls in Jazz

SUGAR (Only Girls in Jazz), a musical in two acts

Book by Peter Stone
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Bob Merrill

Based on the screenplay for the motion picture “Some Like It Hot,” written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, and based on a work by Robert Thoeren.

Book translated into Lithuanian by Andrius Žiurauskas.

The musical SUGAR is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd., represented by Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

Premiere: October 4, 2024

Featuring:
Theatre soloists, choir and ballet artists
Theatre orchestra

The musical SUGAR is a musical adaptation of the film “Some Like It Hot.” Like the film, its plot is based on Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond’s play “Some Like It Hot.” It features music rooted in the finest jazz traditions of the 1950s and 1960s, nostalgically transporting audiences to a lively satire of the criminal underworld of pre-war America, colored with a retro palette.

The story reveals how, on Valentine’s Day in 1929, a gangland massacre took place in Chicago. Two jazz musicians happen to witness it. To hide from the mafia hitmen pursuing them, the musicians disguise themselves as women and get jobs in an all-female jazz band. There they meet the charming singer Sugar Kane, who dreams of marrying a millionaire. The men are swept into the whirl of women’s lives and encounter things that are usually not revealed to men. How long will they manage to stay hidden when scantily clad girls are constantly around them, sharing their most intimate secrets? Events begin to unfold in ways neither musician had planned.

The musical “Sugar” premiered on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on April 9, 1972, starring Robert Morse, Tony Roberts and Elaine Joyce. It ran for more than a year, with 505 performances. The musical’s success is reflected in the “Sugar” productions that return to Broadway every few decades.