Sugar

The "Some Like it Hot" Musical

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 Thoeren
Music by Jule Styne      Lyrics by Bob Merrill
Produced for the Broadway Stage by David Merrick
Directed and Choreographed for the Broadway Stage by Gower Champion

Summer Place Theatre presents Sugar, the musical version of the classic movie Some Like It Hot. Book by Peter Stone, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Bob Merrill.

If you haven't seen the movie in a while, here's the scoop: Joe and Jerry are unfortunate witnesses of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago. To escape gangster Spats Palazzo, they hitch a ride to Florida disguised as members of a band--a female band. They seem to be in the clear, except Joe (or "Josephine") starts to fall for the band's lead singer Sugar Kane. Add to that a wealthy older gentleman who wants to whisk Jerry ("Daphne") away, and you've got a comedy that has delighted audiences for decades. The 1973 Tony Award-winning musical features tunes like "Penniless Bums," "Beautiful Through and Through," and, of course, "Sugar"!

Our Cast

Sweet Sue – Cynthia Lauren-Grant
Sugar – Heather Pauliks
Joe (Josephine) - Tony Leyva
Jerry (Daphne) - Anthony Urso
Osgood – Steve Zeidler
Spats - Matt McDermott
Bienstock – Steve Koek
Musicians Contractor - Sara Blankestyn
Train Announcer: Don Gingold
Reporter - Sara Blankestyn
Cab Driver - Jordan Vulich
Bellboy - Ted Waltmire

Sweet Sue’s Society Ladies

- Olga/Dance Captain: Lucy Ballesteros
- Dolores: Ramona Ory
- Mary Lou: Sarah Kelder
- Rosella: Katie Carlson
- Oksana Lundeen

Gangsters
- Knuckles: Lucy Ballesteros
- Dude: Sharesa Uher
- First Hood: Ramona Ory
- First Henchman: Katie Carlson
- Second Henchman: Steve Koek
- Jordan Vulich

Millionares
- Jordan Vulich
- Sarah Blankestyn
- Sharesa Uher
- Steve Koek
- Lucy Ballesteros
- Katie Carlson
- Ted Miller

Production Team

Director: Vicki Jablonski

Vocal Director: Ted Waltmire

Music Director: Jose Flores

Producer: Steve Zeidler