Direct from Broadway, the 1920s-era feel-good musical “Nice Work if You Can Get It” will make its Nebraska debut Feb. 18 and 19 at UNL’s Lied Center for Performing Arts.
Complete with extravagant dance numbers, glittering costumes and an unlikely love story between a wealthy playboy and a rough and tumble lady bootlegger, this lighthearted crowd-pleaser is set against the backdrop of classic George and Ira Gershwin hits like “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” “Someone to Watch Over Me” and “Fascinating Rhythm.” “Nice Work if You Can Get It” combines laughter, romance and high-stepping Broadway magic for an evening bursting with girls, glamour and the glorious songs of the Gershwins.
Tickets start at $48 and are available at http://www.liedcenter.org, the Lied Center Box Office, 301 N. 12th St., or 402-472-4747. UNL students can obtain tickets at a 50 percent discount with a valid NCard.
Alex Enterline and Mariah MacFarlane will star as wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter and feisty bootlegger Billie Bendix. The Lied performance will also feature 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 Sen. Max Evergreen, Rachael Scarr as Eileen Evergreen, Thomas Schario as Chief Berry and Barbara Weetman as Millicent Winter.
The musical comedy features a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro, inspired by material by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. The production features direction and choreography by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall, recreated by David Eggers. “Nice Work if You Can Get It” played more than 500 performances during its 2012-13 Broadway run. It is produced by Work Light Productions.
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