Ms. Leve has joined forces with producers Jean Doumanian, Elaine Krauss, and Jennifer Manocherian to form Raise the Roof 8, co-producer for Nice Work If You Can Get It on Broadway.
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Nice Work If You Can Get It, the show "features some of George and Ira Gershwin's most beloved songs as well as some
unknown gems in the Gershwin catalog. This screwball romantic comedy takes place in the 1920s and centers around a wealthy playboy
who gets mixed up with a hilarious trio of bootleggers."
The musical borrows elements from the classic 1926 Gershwin musical Oh, Kay!, which included such Gershwin gems as
"Someone to Watch Over Me," "Do, Do, Do," "Maybe," "Clap Yo' Hands" and "Dear Little Girl."
Nice Work If You Can Get It is directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall and features a
book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro.
The production stars Matthew Broderick as Jimmy Winter, Kelli O'Hara as Billie Bendix, Judy Kaye as Estonia Dulworth, Estelle Parsons as
Millicent Winter, Tony Award nominee Michael McGrath as Cookie McGee, Tony Award nominee Jennifer Laura Thompson as Eileen Evergreen,
Chris Sullivan as Duke Mahoney, Robyn Hurder as Jeannie Muldoon, Stanley Wayne Mathis as Chief Berry and Terry Beaver as Senator
Max Evergreen.
The cast will also feature Cameron Adams, Clyde Alves, Kaitlyn Davidson, Jason DePinto, Kimberly Faure, Robert Hartwell, Stephanie
Martignetti, Barrett Martin, Michael X. Martin, Vivian Nixon, Adam Perry, Jeffrey Schecter, Jennifer Smith, Joey Sorge, Samantha Sturm and
Kristen Beth Williams.
The creative team includes scenic design 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 and the music director Tom Murray.