Nice Work If You Can Get It

Nice Work If You Can Get It!

Directed by Trent Boyum
Music by  George and Ira Gershwin
Book by  Joe DiPietro
Based on material by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse

Get ready for this 1920s-era feel-good musical, complete with extravagant dance numbers, glittering costumes and an unlikely love story. Winner of multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awards, this zany Jazz Age musical features a treasure trove of George and Ira Gershwin’s most beloved hits, including, “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” “Someone to Watch Over Me,” and “Fascinating Rhythm.”

It's the story of charming and wealthy playboy, Jimmy Winter, who meets rough female bootlegger Billie Bendix on the weekend of his wedding. Jimmy, who has been married three (or is it four?) times before, is preparing to marry Eileen Evergreen, a self-obsessed modern dancer. Thinking Jimmy and Eileen will be out of town, Billie and her gang hide cases of alcohol the basement of Jimmy’s Long Island mansion. But when Jimmy, his wife-to-be and her prohibitionist family show up at the mansion for the wedding, Billie and her cohorts pose as servants, causing hijinks galore.

November 7, 13, 14, 20, 21 at 7:30 pm; November 8 at 2:00 pm*

*Join us for a talk back with the Director immediately following this performance.