NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is the new musical comedy directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes) featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro (Memphis).
This new musical features a veritable hit parade of iconic George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin songs as well as some unknown gems in their catalog, and a book by Joe DiPietro. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT follows Billie Bendix (Kelli O'Hara), a bootlegger who meets wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter (Matthew Broderick) on the weekend of his nuptials. Mayhem ensues.
NICE WORK is currently playing on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street).
I must admit to smirking a bit when, only a few minutes into Israel's Gesher Theater Company's stage adaption of Isaac Bashevis Singer's Enemies: A Love Story, the main character removed his clothing and started soaking in a bathtub, contributing to the odd trend that has hit New York stages in the past couple of seasons of plays and musicals featuring nude (or almost nude or suggested nudity) bathtub scenes. (Bonnie and Clyde, Macbeth, Sleep No More, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Nance, If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, Through The Yellow Hour, Nice Work If You Can Get It… Have I missed any?)
Director Brian Kulick sets Classic Stage Company's interesting and spirited new production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle during the fall of the Soviet Union, 'when the hammer and sickle were replaced by the Coca-Cola bottle.' The production's Playbill cover depicts a satisfied looking Christopher Lloyd scribbling over that iconic communist emblem with a piece of chalk. This is certainly an unusual take for a play that, when it premiered in 1948, was intended to depict the fairness to be found in Soviet leadership.
If I were a classical music critic I might describe The Giacomo Variations as an ambitious exploration of common themes expressed in the three operas Mozart composed with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte.
As we reported yesterday, it's now official that the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the UK's largest theatre owner/operator and a multi award winning theater production group, has through its subsidiary, Lyric Theatre LLC, acquired The Foxwoods Theatre from Live Nation Entertainment.
I suppose Richard Foreman doesn't have many talkbacks after performances of his plays because, really, how many times can you respond to an audience member asking, 'What the f***?'
Two record breakers this week, I'LL EAT YOU LAST, Bette Midler's return to Broadway, has broken the box office record at the Booth Theatre. The production grossed $865,144 for the week ending May 12, 2013. This marks the second consecutive week the production has set the box office record at the Booth. The production's previous record of $753,217 was set the week ending May 5, 2013.
Also, the new Broadway production of PIPPIN has broken the house record for the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street) grossing $861,513 over eight performances for the week ending May 12, 2013.
It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature Mother's Day SIPs from Kinky Boots, CHICAGO, NEWSIES and more, plus the cast of NICE WORK channeling THE GREAT GATSBY, the return of SIP 'co-founders' Max von Essen and Andrew Keenan-Bolger to the game, and shots from THE BOOK OF MORMON, MATILDA, ANN, MOTOWN, F#%KING UP EVERYTHING, WICKED, LES MISERABLES, THE LION KING, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, JERSEY BOYS, BROADWAY BARES, MAME, THE WIZARD OF OZ in Toronto and more!
TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, will stage its annual TheatreWorks Honors gala June 15, shining the spotlight on a Silicon Valley leader and a renowned theatre artist, both of whom have dedicated their lives to bringing forth vision, innovation, and creativity. The evening's honorees are Chairman of Fenwick & West law firm Gordon Davidson and Tony Award-winning Broadway playwright and composer Joe DiPietro (Memphis, Nice Work If You Can Get It).
Through the generosity of the producers of Nice Work If You Can Get It, two hundred (200) NYC public middle school students and their teachers were treated to the Tony-Award winning production on Broadway starring Matthew Broderick and Jessie Mueller. Scroll below for a panoramic shot of the students at the theater!
MusicalFare Theatre's T3 SERIES presents NICE WORK, IF YOU CAN GET IT: A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE PRODUCTION OF 'SWONDERFUL tonight, May 1st after the show, at approximately 9pm.
Apparently, not all upper west side Jewish families spend Christmas Day going out for Chinese food and a movie. Take the extended family of Richard Greenberg's The Assembled Parties, who spend two December 25ths, twenty years apart, in a perfunctory celebration of the holiday while complaining about the inability to find a plumber to come right over fix a leaky pipe (Even when offered a 'Nativity surcharge.') and referring to the season's continual playing of Bing Crosby singing 'White Christmas' as, 'a tiny acoustic rape every time you leave the apartment.'
The producers of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT have announced that the Broadway production will play its final performance on Saturday, June 15, 2013after 27 previews and 478 regular performances at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). The production began performances on March 29, 2012 and opened on Apr 24, 2012. A national tour will be launched in the 2014-2015 season.
The Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre festival at Muhlenberg College announces the lineup for its 2013 summer season - the 33rd in the festival's history. The season will feature "Crazy for You," the musical based on the music of George and Ira Gershwin; Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar"; and Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's "Seussical," the Dr. Seuss musical for young audiences.
It was the best of musicals, it was the worst of musicals. It was a score of wisdom, it was a book of foolishness. It was the epoch of belief in the entertainment value of songs like 'Dancing In The Streets' and 'My Girl,' it was the epoch of incredulity in hearing lines like 'Your little Stevie is a wonder' and 'You built a legacy of love.' We had everything before us, we had nothing before us.
MusicalFare Theatre's T3 SERIES presents NICE WORK, IF YOU CAN GET IT: A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE PRODUCTION OF 'SWONDERFUL on Wednesday, May 1st after the show, at approximately 9pm.
The hit musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It welcomed Tony Award nominee Jessie Mueller, John Treacy Egan and Conrad John Schuck to the production on March 29th, in the roles of Billie Bendix, Chief Berry and Senator Max Evergreen. Check out photos of the actors in action below!
A host of Broadway stars have gathered to record the music of Jonathan Reid Gealt for an album to benefit Broadway Impact, to be released on April 30, 2013. Below, BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you a sneak peek of Jason Gotay singing 'My Baby' from the new album. Check it out below!
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL opens tonight, April 14, 2013, at Broadway's The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46 Street). Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL features a book by Berry Gordy and music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue. Get a taste of the show in the production shots below!
It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature fond farewells to HANDS ON A HARDBODY from the casts of the WICKED national tour and KINKY BOOTS, plus shots from NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, THE BOOK OF MORMON, BIG FISH, TOP HAT in the West End, off-Broadway's THE FANTASTICKS and a last SIP from BUNNICULA, as well as F#%KING UP EVERYTHING, Max von Essen during filming for SUBMISSIONS ONLY and more!
The hit musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It, which recently welcomed Tony Award nominee Jessie Mueller, John Treacy Egan and Conrad John Schuck to the production, celebrated one year on Broadway after yesterday's matinee. BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration and you can check out photos of the festivities below!
It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature the casts of Nice Work If You Can Get It, THE BOOK OF MORMON, NEWSIES, MOTOWN, KINKY BOOTS, AVENUE Q and more celebrating Easter, plus a slew of Easter-themed pics from the Netherlands, and images from HANDS ON A HARDBODY, PIPPIN, JERSEY BOYS, THE FANTASTICKS, HIT THE WALL, LES MISERABLES, PETER PAN, MATILDA, TOP HAT and lots of regional shows!
The hit musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It welcomed Tony Award nominee Jessie Mueller, John Treacy Egan and Conrad John Schuck to the production last night, March 29th, in the roles of Billie Bendix, Chief Berry and Senator Max Evergreen. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photos of their warm welcome to the show!
TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, will stage its annual TheatreWorks Honors gala event June 15. The evening's honorees, Tony Award-winning Broadway playwright and Joe DiPietro (Memphis, Nice Work If You Can Get It) and Chairman of Fenwick & West law firm Gordon Davidson, will be celebrated for their unwavering dedication to bringing forth vision, innovation, and creativity to the Silicon Valley and national arts communities.
The hit musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It welcomes Tony Award nominee Jessie Mueller, John Treacy Egan and Conrad John Schuck to the production today, March 29th in the roles of Billie Bendix, Chief Berry and Senator Max Evergreen (respectively).
The shorthand response for why the original production of It's a Bird… It's a Plane… It's Superman only managed to eke out a three and a half month run on Broadway has traditionally been that the show opened during a newspaper strike.
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