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amBroadway | Many ought to ‘Like It Hot

“Some Like It Hot” is a fresh, splashy and fast-paced delight. The book, by Matthew Lopez (“The Inheritance&rdquo and comedian Amber Ruffin, carefully reconceives the original characters and make cross-dressing into something more than just a joke.

The cast is dynamite, including an upbeat Christian Borle as Joe/Josephine (the Tony Curtis role), a sensitive and fabulous J. Harrison Ghee as Jerry/Daphne (the Jack Lemmon role), and a glowing Adrianna Hicks as Sugar (the Marilyn Monroe role).

https://www.amny.com/entertainment/broadway-some-like-it-hot/

Updated On: 12/11/22 at 09:07 PM

Are reviews just slow coming in?

Four Stars From Time Out

‘Some Like It Hot’ Review: Broadway Sizzles With A Musical Scorcher

https://deadline.com/2022/12/some-like-it-hot-broadway-review-1235195724/

NYT Critics pick



https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/11/theater/some-like-it-hot-review.html

Cititour.com Review

Giving musical theater audiences what they want has proved to be an increasingly tricky task. Giving them what they “need” is even harder. So, let’s give a round of pre-show applause to “Some Like It Hot,” now at the Shubert Theater, for succeeding on both counts as well as it does. Indeed, this reworking of Billy Wilder’s beloved 1959 film of the same name, set during the madcap days of Prohibition, is likely to have many audience members drinking up every drop.

It’s 1933 Chicago when we meet struggling musicians Joe (Tony Award winner Christian Borle, who proves to be both predictably hilarious as well as a remarkably impressive song-and-dance man) and Jerry (the extraordinary J. Harrison Ghee in a star-making turn). They’re a slightly improbable pair, due both to their contrasting races and personalities, but, as we’re quickly informed, they’re bound together for having been raised together.

Indeed, acceptance is the key to just sitting back in your seat and embracing all the great stuff onstage in “Some Like It Hot” -- even if this overstuffed show sometimes feels that it should have been renamed “Some Like A Lot.”

https://cititour.com/NYC_Broadway/Some-Like-It-Hot/1117

Jordan Catalano said: "Bill Snibson said: "JaglinSays said: "I think the reviews will not be kind."

I think the reviews will be right down the middle. No raves, no pans, just mediocre/middling notices. The show is safe. It isn’t a revelation. The score is meh, the jokes are meh, the performances, for the most part are very good. Direction…fine, choreography…so so"



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That's right Jordan, you tell him!

A rave from Theatermania.



https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/review-some-like-it-hot-broadway_94668.html

Thumbs way up from Village Voice.

https://www.villagevoice.com/2022/12/11/review-updating-and-upgrading-the-movie-broadways-some-like-it-hot-hits-all-the-right-notes/

Updated On: 12/11/22 at 10:35 PM

DAILY NEWS

Broadway Review: Zesty ‘Some Like it Hot’ races to a whole new conclusion

The new musical version of “Some Like It Hot” roars along like the 20th Century Limited, racing from rumba to samba and jive to paso doble, its book unfurling with breakneck zestiness and its fleet-footed dancers and singers speeding so fast from one transition to another that if feels as if someone has lit a fuse and the Shubert Theatre is set to burst into flames every night at 10:30. Imperative for everyone to get out alive!

https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/broadway/ny-broadway-review-some-like-it-hot-20221212-c4tqnqvtsfebhfajvl2paclije-story.html

DTLI Consensus: Some Like It Hot, and that ain’t bad.

9 positive (including the NYT), 5 mixed, 1 negative.

https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/some-like-it-hot/

these are uniformly strong reviews-- even the critical voices seem to be conceding they had a good time. congrats all around.

THEATERMANIA Review: Some Like It Hot Serves Old-Fashioned Broadway with a Twist The new musical adaptation of the Tony Curtis-Jack Lemmon comedy exemplifies everything I love about Broadway.

Sometimes you just want a brassy, sassy, unapologetically fun musical — and that's exactly what's on the bill at the Shubert Theatre with Some Like It Hot. It's a guaranteed good night on Broadway, a glorious throwback that also manages to retrofit a well-known story for today.
All of this amounts to a thrilling new musical with an old-school vibe. Some Like It Hot is a sizzling example of everything that Broadway does best, and it is not to be missed.
https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/review-some-like-it-hot-broadway_94668.html

Updated On: 12/11/22 at 11:16 PM