Final curtain for "Some Like It Hot" will be on December 30

[Ali Gator]

The 2022 Broadway musical "Some Like It Hot", based on the 1959 hit film,  announced it will be closing on December 30, 2023. Though the show got mostly positive reviews, and won four Tony Awards in June (earning 13 Tony nominations), the show has struggled from opening night to find an audience. The show did not win the Tony for 'Best Musical', but J. Harrison Ghee took the coveted trophy for best lead actor in a musical, making history as the first non-binary star to win the award. Other  wins included best orchestration, choreography, and costume design. 

 

Audience attendance was always a problem since it opened at the Shubert Theater on December 11, 2022 (at times in the winter months, the balcony seats of the theater were closed off and those with balcony seats tickets were moved to fill the empty  orchestra seats - a good deal for those who bought the less expensive balcony seats in advance, but a bad sign for the production).  The summer months were anticipated to be the most crucial, hoping to attract summer tourists to beef up the box office in June, July and August. It never happened as 'word of mouth' was tepid at best, and the show never became "a hit" on Broadway. The most recent box office report shows only 61% of tickets sold for the week ending September 24 with a gross of $681,485. That's far down from it's peak in June (just after the Tony Awards) with a box office of just over $1.1M. After that post-Tony boost, the box office dropped quickly. 

 

When the show closes, it will have played for just over one year with 483 performances on its record. A national tour has been announced, and will launch in September, 2024. A West End production is scheduled to  premiere in 2025.