SUGAR. Only Girls in Jazz

SUGAR (Only Girls in Jazz), a musical in two acts. Play by Peter Stone; music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Bob Merrill. Based on the screenplay for the film “Some Like It Hot,” written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, and on the work by Robert Thoeren. The libretto was 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, chorus 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.” The music draws on the finest jazz traditions of the 1950s and 1960s, nostalgically transporting audiences to a lively satire of the criminal underworld in pre-war America, colored by a retro aesthetic.

The story reveals how a gangland massacre took place in Chicago on St. Valentine’s Day in 1929. 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 world of women and encounter things that are usually not revealed to men. How long can they keep hiding when scantily clad women are constantly around them, sharing their most intimate secrets? Events begin to take a turn 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 success of the musical is reflected in the “Sugar” productions that return to Broadway every few decades.