What performers are saying

"HOT AND SWEET is terrifically appealing. Clever lyrics, beautiful melodies, and tremendous fun!"
- Hugh Jackman (Actor: X-Men, The Boy From Oz)

"HOT AND SWEET is a rare and delightful amalgam of wit, heart and beautiful songwriting craft. It is easy to recommend this show because there is very little to compare it to. Barbara's multiplicity of talents shine through and she has a true sense of what makes good theatre. I unconditionally recommend it."
- Michael Feinstein (Musician, singer and acknowledged expert of the American song)

"Hot And Sweet truly swings with heat, humor, rangy musicality and heart! The numbers are beautifully character driven, and yet step out and stand up on their own. May many lucky theater goers have the opportunity to meet these vivid women onstage soon!"
- Donna Murphy (Broadway leading lady: Wonderful Town, Passion, The King and I)

"HOT AND SWEET is really terrific! Definitely hot, definitely sexy, fun, and yet very touching. As an actor, this is the kind of material you can really sink your teeth into--gutsy and compelling!"
- Marin Mazzie (Broadway leading lady: Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate, Passion, Man of La Mancha)

"It's so great to hear a score that is as versatile as this! The performers as well as the audience are going to experience such a wonderful journey through music. How could you not? HOT AND SWEET has swing, jazz, classical Broadway, contemporary Broadway-There's going to be a lot of toe-tapping going on!"
- Heather Headley (Broadway star of Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA)

"It's all terrific. The tunes are great, authentic. And you can walk away humming the beautiful melodies."
- Peggy Gilbert (Band leader and musician from 1926-1996.)

"The Score to HOT AND SWEET is just what the title says. It's hot and sweet, beautiful, jazzy and heartfelt. I can't wait to see the show!"
- Alan Menken (Composer: Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors, Aladdin, Pocohontas)

"Excellent! Highly impressive!"
- Charles Strouse (Composer: Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, Golden Boy)

"Barbara Schottenfeld's score for HOT AND SWEET is first rate. Her music is sweet, hot and exhilarating, capturing the mood of the 1940's swing era but with a modern feel to it. Her lyrics are witty, touching, completely in character and beautifully crafted."
- David Zippel (Lyricist: City of Angels, Mulan, The Woman in White)

"The score of HOT AND SWEET is a terrific achievement by Barbara Schottenfeld. She has captured 1945 with 21st century passion."
- Tim Rice (Lyricist: The Lion King, Jesus Christ Superstar, Aida, Joseph...)

"HOT AND SWEET is a skillful and talented score! The milieu of an all-girl band in Chicago in the 1940's is an appealing idea for a musical, and based on the songs, it's clear Schottenfeld has constructed an interesting story about the personalities involved. I look forward to seeing the show on its feet!"
- Ted Chapin (President, Rodgers and Hammerstein)

"Exciting big band score, beautiful, moving ballads! "When Someone Believes in You" is especially touching. Highly entertaining story; it is a funny yet poignant book."
- Arif Mardin (Grammy winning producer of Norah Jones, Barbara Streisand, Aretha Franklin)