Musical comedy Some Like It Hot leads Tony Award nominations

The cast during a performance of Some Like It Hot (Marc J. Franklin/Polk & Co. via AP)

Some Like It Hot, a musical adaptation of the cross-dressing movie that starred Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, has waltzed away with 13 Tony Award nominations.

With songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, the show follows two musician friends who disguise themselves as women and join an all-girl band to flee Chicago after witnessing a mob hit.