First National Tour of NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Comes to the Ordway Tonight

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts announced today that it will welcome the first national tour of Nice Work If You Can Get It to the St. Paul stage today, Oct. 14-19, 2014. Tickets start at $36 and can be purchased online at www.ordway.org, by phone at 651-224-4222 or in person at the Ordway ticket office.

A cast of outrageous characters gather in New York to celebrate the wedding of wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter. But things don't go as planned when Jimmy meets Billie Bendix, a bubbly and feisty bootlegger who melts his heart. Set against the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties, this Tony® Award-winning musical comedy is bursting with classic Gershwin hits, including "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "Fascinating Rhythm." Nice Work If You Can Get Itharkens back to the golden age of American musical comedy with a madcap tale filled with laughter, romance and high-stepping Broadway magic.

Directed and choreographed by three-time Tony® Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes) and recreated by David Eggers, this lighthearted crowd-pleaser features music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by Tony® Award-winner Joe DiPietro (Memphis) inspired by material by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse.

The cast features Alex Enterline as Jimmy Winter, Mariah MacFarlane as Billie Bendix, Reed Campbell as Cookie McGee, Aaron Fried as Duke Mahoney, Stephanie Gandolfo as Jeannie Muldoon, Stephanie Harter Gilmore as Duchess Estonia Dulworth, Benjamin Perez as Senator Max Evergreen, Rachael Scarr as Eileen Evergreen, Thomas Schario as Chief Berry and Barbara Weetman as Millicent Winter.

Rounding out the company are Jessica Bare, Christian Bufford, Elyse Collier, Carl DeForrest Hendin, Nick Jones, Kristina King, Alison Morooney, Sarah Primmer, Kevin Michael Raponey, Chelsea Jane Ryan, Justin Schuman, Heather Stinson and Chris Woods.

The creative team includes Shoko Kambara (scenic design, based on the original Broadway scenic design by Derek McLane), Martin Pakledinaz (costume design), Amy Clark (costume coordinator), Paul Toben (lighting design, based on the original Broadway lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski), Keith Caggiano (sound design, based on the original Broadway sound design by Brian Ronan) and Paul Huntley (hair and wig design). The musical staff includes David Chase (music arrangements), Shawn Gough (music supervisor), Charlie Reuter (music director) and Bill Elliott (orchestrator).

For tickets and more information, visit www.ordway.org.