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About the Show

This two-time Tony Award-winning and Drama Desk Award-winning musical offers a new take on the 1920s musical farce, Nice Work If You Can Get It. Which 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 settle down with a respectable woman before his mother will hand over the family business. He has gotten engaged to Eileen Evergreen, the self-proclaimed finest interpreter of modern dance, hoping that this will be a better choice than his usual chorus dancer. Needing somewhere to stash 400 bottles of gin, Billie swipes Jimmy’s wallet and hides the 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.

NOTICE

Late seating is at the discretion of the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts House Management and ushering staff. Please ensure cell phones and smartwatches are set to silent or theater mode. Photography and videography are strictly prohibited under copyright law and may result in removal from the performance.

Performing Arts Staff

Performing Arts Staff

Jerry Goehring       ............... Executive Director for Performing Arts

Justin Zenchuk       ............... Director of Theatre

Allegra Pin              ............... Director of Performing Arts Recruitment & Retention

Elle Smith               ............... Assistant Director of Performing Arts Recruitment & Retention

Chris D'Amato       ............... Director of Production

Conrad Cluck         ............... Director of Technical & Digital Theatre

Erin Marcel            ............... Asst. Director of Performing Arts Operations

Christopher Conte ............... Graduate Asst. for Theatre Arts

Image for Nice Work If You Can Get It
About the Show

This two-time Tony Award-winning and Drama Desk Award-winning musical offers a new take on the 1920s musical farce, Nice Work If You Can Get It. Which 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 settle down with a respectable woman before his mother will hand over the family business. He has gotten engaged to Eileen Evergreen, the self-proclaimed finest interpreter of modern dance, hoping that this will be a better choice than his usual chorus dancer. Needing somewhere to stash 400 bottles of gin, Billie swipes Jimmy’s wallet and hides the 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.

NOTICE

Late seating is at the discretion of the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts House Management and ushering staff. Please ensure cell phones and smartwatches are set to silent or theater mode. Photography and videography are strictly prohibited under copyright law and may result in removal from the performance.

Performing Arts Staff

Performing Arts Staff

Jerry Goehring       ............... Executive Director for Performing Arts

Justin Zenchuk       ............... Director of Theatre

Allegra Pin              ............... Director of Performing Arts Recruitment & Retention

Elle Smith               ............... Assistant Director of Performing Arts Recruitment & Retention

Chris D'Amato       ............... Director of Production

Conrad Cluck         ............... Director of Technical & Digital Theatre

Erin Marcel            ............... Asst. Director of Performing Arts Operations

Christopher Conte ............... Graduate Asst. for Theatre Arts