A new take on the 1920s musical farce, Nice Work If You Can Get It features
the iconic music of George and Ira Gershwin. Billie Bendix, a tough-as-nails
bootlegger, and wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter, meet on the weekend of
his impending wedding. Jimmy has a habit of marrying chorus girls, but
needs to sele down with a respectable woman before his mother will
hand over the family business. He has goen engaged to Eileen Evergreen,
the self-proclaimed finest interpreter of modern dance, hoping that this
will be a beer choice than his usual chorus dancer. Needing somewhere
to stash 400 boles of gin, Billie swipes Jimmy’s wallet and hides her stash
in his empty Long Island beach house. However, when the wedding party
arrives at the beach house, the bootleggers must juggle the guests and
their business. With a Drama Desk award for Outstanding Book of a
Musical, Nice Work If You Can Get It is a definite crowd-pleaser that will
have audiences singing along in the aisles.
Book by Joe DiPietro ● Music and Lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin
Directed by Steve Arcidiacono
April 26, 27 ● May 3, 4, 5, 10, 11
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
is presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
"A bubbly crowd pleaser...a good new old-fashioned musical!"
- Variety
In the quiet, lile village of Chipping Cleghorn, an announcement in the
local newspaper causes a sr among the residents. There is to be a murder
in the home of Miss Blacklock that evening! As Miss Blacklock, her lodgers,
and curious visitors begin to arrive, tensions mount and everyone wonders
if it’s all a silly joke. However, the vicm proves to be an unexpected visitor
and not Miss Blacklock or one of the villagers at all. With the arrival of
Inspector Craddock, a murder invesgaon begins. Somewhat to his
frustraon, he is joined by amateur sleuth Miss Marple, who is always one
step ahead. They reveal that Miss Blacklock is due to inherit a huge sum of
money, but who would stand to gain from her murder? In a classic Agatha
Chrise tale of concealed idenes, desperaon, mixed moves, and
another death, it takes a risky strategy to uncover the true identy of the
murderer.
Based on the novel A Murder is Announced by Agatha Chrise.
Adapted for the stage by Leslie Darbon
Directed by Maureen Scallano
June 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
is produced by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
"Re-enter Agatha with another whodunit hit, another of her
fiendishly ingenious murder mysteries."
- London Evening News