By Dillon Thomas, CBS Colorado.com | Some Like It Hot hosted opening night in Denver on Tuesday, starting their two-week stay at the Buell Theatre. However, many may not know that a majority of the orchestra for the show is from Colorado, and played the score together for the first time just hours before the first curtain.
Some Like It Hot is a musical comedy set in the 1930s, facilitated by the sounds of the big band era. However, the touring cast and crew consists of only four full-time band members. The other eight that are needed to round out the orchestra are hired in each city of the tour.
Art Bouton is from Lone Tree and was hired to play several different wind instruments for the Denver productions.
“It’s a fun show, you get to swing hard. It is a big band feel. It is a ton of fun,” Bouton told CBS News Colorado’s Dillon Thomas.
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Some Like It Hot plays the Buell Theatre through July 20. Tickets are available online.
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