Some Like It Hot (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (1,822)
See it if Everything acting story dancing staging costumes. Fast paced wonderful music. Old fashion but modern wonderful. Memorable
Don't see it if If you don't enjoy big musicals
See it if you love tap, and exciting slamming door stories!
Don't see it if you don't like Marc Shaiman.
See it if Pure perfection & my first 100% rating! Overall gem of a show & warranted the 13 Tony nominations. Borle, Ghee & Hicks stole the show!
Don't see it if You don't enjoy old Hollywood or Broadway musicals. Spectacular singing & staging but the subject material might be dated for some patrons.
See it if You like REAL Broadway. THIS is what it’s all about. The singing the dancing ! Phenomena!!
Don't see it if You want another production of songs thrown together to ‘make ‘ a show. THIS is Broadway!!
See it if You will go back in time to the glorious days of old broadway. The dancing, the costumes, the set design - very reminiscent of the past.
Don't see it if If you are looking for a more serious tale, or if you didn’t love the movie, this isn’t for you.
See it if you love tap-dancing, singing, musical-comedy, fantastic costumes, having fun.
Don't see it if you do not enjoy old school musicals, want to see a serious story, don't like big dance numbers
See it if you are looking for a big Broadway Musical and are a fan of the original Wilder movie.
Don't see it if you are looking for something broody and serious.
See it if you want a show that excels in everything including plot, singing, acting, dancing, set design, costumes, and orchestra
Don't see it if you don’t want to see a super funny and entertaining show
Critic Reviews (30)
CRITIC'S PICK
"A long and delightful tap sequence midsong lets you know that Nicholaw is going to pummel you with pleasure before massaging you with message."
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"What 'Some Like It Hot' lacks in depth, though, it makes up for in shinier musical-theater pleasures. You’ll leave this show with a smile on your face...There’s a whole lot to like."
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"Screen-to-stage adaptations are always tricky endeavors, and this one scores points for not just tracing the source but turning up some fresh ideas of its own...No one leaves thirsty."
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"Audiences looking for a sugary shot of old-fashioned Broadway hooch will probably find much to satisfy here, but for all the energy expended and the talent on display, 'Some Like It Hot' eventually begins to pall, all but numbing us to its charms by the relentlessness of its insistence upon them."
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" 'Some Like It Hot' is a delight from start to finish."
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"And of all Shaiman’s wonderful past musical scores, this is the one that most celebrates the big band era...the harmonics are lush and Nicholaw’s grand dancers commit to every kinetic moment. The music, at least, is red hot and jumpin’."
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"This stage production boasts swell performances, dandy twists and turns, razzmatazz dancing and a whole lotta energy... If the songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman don’t always score high marks, well: Nobody’s perfect."
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"Whatever reservations I have are far outweighed by the constant, good-natured energy, unflagging humor, and the show-stopping tap dancing that keeps everything moving at racetrack speed."
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