Some Like It Hot

[Playland]

Posted: 2/21/22 at 12:35pm

Does anyone have any information on the casting for this show?

I received an email asking if I wanted to join a lottery to see a workshop of this production.

 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 2/21/22 at 12:46pm

I've been fascinated to know the casting.

That person who recently made a list of the alleged theater assignments for upcoming shows claimed this was going to the Shubert next season. (The Shubert Org is a lead producer of it, along with Neil Meron & Bob Greenblatt).

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 2/21/22 at 1:16pm

Wondering did u sign up for their email list ?

would love to know how to enter the lottery :)

[troynow]

Posted: 2/21/22 at 1:20pm

Brandon Victor Dixon is doing this show. The workshop presentation is a happy medium of doing a full out of town try out and nothing. The invited public viewing is to support the show before loading in to the Shubert theatre

[JSquared2]

Posted: 2/21/22 at 1:28pm

troynow said: "Brandon Victor Dixon is doing this show. The workshop presentation is a happy medium of doing a full out of town try out and nothing. The invited public viewing is to support the show before loading in to the Shubert theatre"

No, he is not doing it.  

[Playland]

Posted: 3/4/22 at 8:33am

i saw Some Like It Hot in an open rehearsal at Stage 42 yesterday.  IT WAS AMAZING!

J. Harrison Ghee will win a Tony.

I can't wait until it opens in the Fall so I can take my family to see it.

 

 

 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/4/22 at 9:33am

The workshop cast is the show cast. Troynow is correct.

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 3/4/22 at 10:15am

EDSOSLO858 said: "The workshop cast is the show cast. Troynow is correct."

Except the workshop cast listed in the other thread about this show does not list Brandon Victor Dixon. Who is he replacing then, if its true?

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/4/22 at 10:22am

fashionguru_23 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "The workshop cast is the show cast. Troynow is correct."

Except the workshop cast listed in the other thread about this show does not listBrandon Victor Dixon. Who is he replacing then, if its true?"

J. Harrison Ghee?

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/4/22 at 11:09am

Playland said: "i saw Some Like It Hot in an open rehearsal at Stage 42 yesterday.IT WAS AMAZING! J. Harrison Ghee will win a Tony. I can't wait until it opens in the Fall so I can take my family to see it."

Let's get some more substantive details from anyone who attended, please! How does it differ from the source material? How's the score and book? Are there things that are trying to pander to 2022 audiences?

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 3/4/22 at 11:10am

Losing Ghee loses hope of some proper representation for the character. Too bad. Very big missed oppertunity, if true.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/4/22 at 11:18am

EDSOSLO858 said: "The workshop cast is the show cast. Troynow is correct."

Feel like this is missing a very important not somewhere:

a) "The workshop cast is not the show cast. Troynow is correct."

b) "The workshop cast is the show cast. Troynow is not correct."

[DaveyG]

Posted: 3/4/22 at 2:02pm

Ghee will be in the show on Broadway. 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 3/4/22 at 2:26pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "The workshop cast is the show cast. Troynow is correct."

No, he is not.  Brandon Victor Dixon is NOT involved.  J. Harrison Ghee is doing the workshop.  The "show cast" is TBD.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/4/22 at 2:57pm

Is Mayor Shinn running this thread?

"The members of the school board will now present a Patriotic Tableaux! Uh... The members of the school board will NOT present a Patriotic Tableaux."

[Playland]

Posted: 3/21/22 at 1:52pm

I thought Osgood/ Daphene romance was beautifully handled.  There was never a "nobaby's perfect" moment played for laugh's but just a couple who fell in love without regard to gender.

[BritCrit]

Posted: 3/24/22 at 8:34am

Playland said: "I thought Osgood/ Daphene romance was beautifully handled. There was never a "nobaby's perfect" moment played for laugh's but just a couple who fell in love without regard to gender."

Interesting...

I have a feeling that Tootsie and Doubtfire have "poisoned the well" for SLIH as it were. If SLIH was being released entirely independent of them, I think that people would be more willing to consider it on its own merits, instead of dismissing it as another "Cishet guy in a dress" comedy. True SLIH is probably the defining example of the genre, but it has nuances and complications (Joe disguising himself as another male character, Jerry becoming increasingly committed to his female persona, Osgood's nonchalant acceptance of Jerry's true identity) that a talented writer/director/cast could really emphasize and play with. I also feel that people are refusing to acknowledge the significance of having the non-binary J. Harrison Ghee as one of the leads because of his role in Doubtfire...

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/24/22 at 7:54pm

In my undergraduate days I had a speech/theater professor who absolutely hated the film and referred to it as SOME LIKE TO FART.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 3/26/22 at 10:06pm

Dollypop said: "In my undergraduate days I had a speech/theater professor who absolutely hated the film and referred to it as SOME LIKE TO FART."

Well, nobody's perfect.