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NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
A hilarious new screwball comedy, Nice Work If You Can Get It pokes fun at the Prohibition era in a clash of elegant socialites and boorish bootleggers, all set to the glorious songs of George and Ira Gershwin. Highlights from the score include "Fascinating Rhythm," "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off," "Someone To Watch Over Me," "Sweet and Low Down," "Delishious" and the title song.
“A bubbly crowdpleaser...a good new
old-fashioned musical!"
- Variety
“[A] frothy Jazz Age cocktail, brewed around a string of evergreen Gershwin tunes"
- The Hollywood Reporter
Introductory Video
Awards
Winner! Two Tony Awards
Nominee: Ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical
Winner! Three Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Book of a Musical
Nice Work If You Can Get It
MUSIC AND LYRICS
ROLES
George and Ira Gershwin
4F, 5M
ensemble
BOOK
Joe DiPietro
DURATION
120 min
ACTS
2
ROLES
5f, 5m,
ensemble
TARGET AUDIENCE
Appropriate for all ages
Casting
Jimmy Winter
Billie Bendix
Cookie McGee
Eileen Evergreen
Duke Mahoney
Senator Max Evergreen
Duchess Estonia Dulworth
Jeannie Muldoon
Chief Berry
Millicent Winter
The Chorus Girls:
Olive
Dottie
Alice
Midge
Flo
Rosie
The Vice Squad:
Elliot
Fletcher
Edgar
Floyd
Vic
Slim
Instrumentation
Reed 1: Flute, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone & Alto Saxophone
Reed 2: Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone & Alto Saxophone
Reed 3: Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone & Tenor Saxophone
Reed 4: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet 1 (doubling Flugelhorn)
Trumpet 2 (doubling Flugelhorn)
Trumpet 3 (doubling Flugelhorn)
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3 (Bass Trombone doubling Tuba)
Keyboard 1: Registrations for Piano, Celeste & Harmonium
Keyboard 2: Registrations for Piano & Accordion
Guitar (acoustic and electric, doubling Banjo & Ukulele)
Drums: Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Tom-toms, High-Hat, Cymbals (Crash, Splash, China), Woodblocks, Cowbell, Triangle & Bongos
Percussion: Timpani (3), Xylophone, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Chimes, Gran Cassa, Brake Drum, Triangle, Temple Blocks,
Suspended Cymbal, Piatti, Bell Plate, Anvil, Mouth Siren, Sandpaper Blocks, Mark Tree, Cork Pops, Ratchet, Pipe & Castanets
Solo Violin (doubling Viola)
Bass