Sugar |
A musical
comedy in 2 acts, 15 scenes. Book by Peter Stone:
Based on the
screenplay Some
Like It Hot by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond : Based on a story by
Robert
Theoren. Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill : This show is also
known
as SUGAR
Premiere: Majestic
Theatre, New York - 9 April, 1972 (505 perfs)
Adapted
from the hilarious screen classic Some Like It Hot, Joe and Jerry, a
pair of
out-of-work musicians, happen to witness a gangland massacre in
Chicago. The
organising hoodlum, Spate Palazzo, looks set to arrange a similar
festivity for
them, so Joe and Jerry need to leave town, fast. There are jobs going
for a
bass and saxophone player in Florida - a perfect solution. The jobs are
in an
all-girl band - not so perfect. The boys are desperate. With the aid of
some
borrowed frocks, high heels, make-up and padding, "Josephine" and
Daphne" join Sweet Sue and her Society Syncopators.
The new
"girls" find themselves getting well acquainted with Sugar, the
gorgeous blonde who is the featured singer with the band.
Sugar tells
Josephine and Daphne that she plans to find a millionaire in Florida
and get
married. She even tells them what he will look like. Joe convinces
Jerry that
they should stay with the band until they find a suitable millionaire
for
Sugar. What Jerry doesn't know is that Joe has decided to masquerade as
Sugar's
dream man and make her fall in love with him.
While Joe
is occupied with impressing Sugar, Jerry, a.k.a. Daphne, has attracted
her own
millionaire. Osgood Fielding is determined to woo and win her, and in
showering
her with expensive gifts, Jerry is not sure how to break the bad news
to him.
Joe is sure
that if Sugar really loves him, it won't matter that he is another
saxophone
player instead of a millionaire. Unfortunately, before he gets the
chance to
tell her, Spats and his gang arrive and recognise Josephine and Daphne
in the
band. The lovers make a speed getaway. And when Sugar finds out the
truth about
Joe, she doesn't mind a bit.
The bouncy
and entertaining songs created for the show include, "When You Meet a
Girl
in Chicago", "The Beauty That Drives Men Mad". "Penniless
Bums", "The Sun on My Face" and Beautiful Through and
Through".
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