This production began performances on 23rd April 2012 and closed on 27th July 2013.
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT follows Billie Bendix (Kelli O'Hara), a tough-as-nails bootlegger who meets wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter (Matthew Broderick) on the weekend of his nuptials. Mayhem ensues.
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT stars two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick (The Producers, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Brighton Beach Memoirs) and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific, The Pajama Game and The Light in the Piazza) and will be directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes, The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town).
This new musical features a veritable hit parade of iconic George and Ira Gershwin songs as well as some unknown gems in their catalogue and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro (Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score for Memphis).
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT will be produced by Roger Berlind, Roy Furman, Scott Landis and Sonia Friedman Productions.
CAST
MATTHEW BRODERICK
KELLI O'HARA
CREATIVES
JOE DIPIETRO – Book
KATHLEEN MARSHALL – Director/Choreographer