NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT stars two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick (The Producers, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Brighton Beach Memoirs) and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific, The Pajama Game and The Light in the Piazza) and will be directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes, The Pajama Game, Wonderful Town).
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT reunites Kelli O’Hara with Kathleen Marshall following their Tony-winning success with The Pajama Game and the critically-acclaimed Bells Are Ringing at Encores! last season. This production also marks Matthew Broderick’s first musical since The Producers.
The production features scenic design is by Derek McLane, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski and sound design by Brian Ronan. The music supervisor is David Chase.
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT will be produced by Roger Berlind, Roy Furman, Scott Landis and Sonia Friedman.
This new musical features a veritable hit parade of iconic George and Ira Gershwin songs as well as some unknown gems in their catalog, and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro (Memphis). NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT follows Billie Bendix (Kelli O'Hara), a tough-as-nails bootlegger who meets wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter (Matthew Broderick) on the weekend of his nuptials. Mayhem ensues.
Additional casting and first preview date will be announced shortly.