“Some Like It Hot” production. photo: Courtesy of the Pantages Theatre.
The Pantages Theatre is extending a special opportunity to the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles in celebration of the touring production of jazz age classic, "Some Like It Hot!" Doors open at 6:00 PM to experience the history and exuberance of one of Los Angeles' only remaining Art Deco interiors (and what an interior it is!) before the theater opens to the public!
Enjoy a pre-curtain lobby tour, conversation with the wardrobe supervisor, an opportunity to see a Tony award-winning costume from the production, access to the no-host bar (and a themed cocktail) followed by this song and dance spectacular! A great opportunity to photograph and be photographed in the lobby without the crowds!
Dig out your glamorous jazz age fashions for an old fashioned night at the theater in the most beautiful Art Deco interior you can imagine!
Ticket sales close on July 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM.
Pantages Hollywood auditorium ceiling. Photo may not be reproduced in any form without written permission. photo: Margot Gerber
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
Set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, SOME LIKE IT HOT is the “glorious, big, high-kicking” (Associated Press) story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they catch a cross-country train for the life-chasing, life-changing trip of a lifetime.
And what a trip it is! With its irresistible combination of heart and laughs, song and dance, SOME LIKE IT HOT won more theater awards than any show it's season, and was named Best Musical by the Drama Desk, The Drama League, and the Outer Critics Circle. No wonder Deadline calls it “a tap-dancing, razzle-dazzling embrace of everything you love about musical theater.”
Winner of 4 Tony Awards®, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes, SOME LIKE IT HOT is “A Super-Sized, All-Out Song-And-Dance Spectacular!” - The New York Times
ABOUT THE PANTAGES
The Pantages opened in June 1930 as the last theater built by vaudeville impresario Alexander Pantages and the last Hollywood movie palace to be erected on the Boulevard. The opening night film was THE FLORODORA GIRL, a musical comedy starring Marion Davies. Personal scandal and the effects of the Great Depression forced Pantages to sell to Fox in 1932. By 1949, Howard Hughes owned the theater (and RKO) and took an office on the 2nd floor. In 1965 Pacific Theatres purchased it. The Academy Awards were held at the Pantages between 1949 and 1959. It was during this time that the first Academy Awards was telecast.
The theater had been originally outfitted for vaudeville as well as movies, so its transition to full-time live theater productions in 1977 was a natural.
B. Marcus Priteca is the architect. The Nederlander Corporation restored the Art Deco masterpiece after the 1994 earthquake. The impeccably restored theater reopened