Photo Coverage: Encores! LADY BE GOOD Takes Closing Night Bows!
By: Walter McBride Feb. 09, 2015
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Tommy Tune, Colin Donnell, Danny Gardner, Jeff Hiller, Erin Mackey, Patti Murin, Douglas Sills,Jennifer Laura Thompsonand Kirsten Wyatt starred in George and Ira Gershwin's Lady, Be Good, the opening production of New York City Center's 2015 Encores! season, which just concluded last night, February 8, 2015. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the closing night bows below!
Lady, Be Good tells the story ofa penniless brother (Danny Gardner) and sister (Patti Murin) who crash a garden party in hopes of some quick nourishment. They resolve to marry for money, but love gets in the way, as it usually does. Before true love wins out, they encounter Mexican gangsters, crooked lawyers, wealthy socialites, and a song-and-dance man with fascinating rhythm (Tommy Tune).
The 1924 musical embodies the madcap spirit of the Roaring Twenties, when George and Ira Gershwin's first hit collaboration ushered in the Golden Age of American musical comedy. Hot off the triumph of Rhapsody in Blue, George and his brother Ira delivered a jazz-age score that featured "Fascinating Rhythm," "Lady, Be Good," and "The Half of it, Dearie, Blues." Lady, Be Good opened at the Liberty Theater on December 1, 1924 and ran for 330 performances. It has music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Ensemble cast
Jennifer Laura Thompson, Richard Poe and Erin Mackey
Jennifer Laura Thompson, Richard Poe and Erin Mackey
Douglas Sills and Colin Donnell
Douglas Sills and Colin Donnell
Douglas Sills and cast
Patti Murin and cast
Patti Murin and cast
Patti Murin and cast
Danny Gardner and cast
Danny Gardner and cast
Tommy Tune and cast
Tommy Tune and cast
Jennifer Laura Thompson, Douglas Sills, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Tommy Tune, Danny Gardner, Erin Mackery and Jeff Hiller
Jennifer Laura Thompson, Douglas Sills, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Tommy Tune, Danny Gardner, Erin Mackey and Jeff Hiller
Richard Poe, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Douglas Sills, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Tommy Tune, Danny Gardner, Erin Mackey and Jeff Hiller
Jennifer Laura Thompson, Douglas Sills, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Tommy Tune, Danny Gardner, Erin Mackey and Jeff Hiller
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