NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

The Gershwin score of NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, the 2012 Tony Award-nominated Best Musical, will be preserved on a cast album on the Shout! Factory label, the producers announced on May 17. Sony will distribute the disc.

Broadway star Kelli O’Hara has a unique family tradition. Right before her shows open, O’Hara — along with her mom, sister, sister-in-law and aunts (who all arrive en masse from Elk City, Okla.)—throws a party for the entire cast and crew. The women — and even a few brave male family members—congregate in O’Hara’s kitchen to make a huge meal for about 100 people.

In her latest role on Broadway, actor, singer and songwriter Kelli O’Hara is a girl with a penchant for guns, bathtub gin – and a wealthy playboy played by Matthew Broderick. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is a musical comedy built around songs by George and Ira Gershwin, and has earned O’Hara her fourth Tony nomination.

The nominees for the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards greeted the press and posed for photos at a May 8 luncheon held at Oceana.

Kelli O'Hara shares some inside info about herself at the Official Press Event for the 2012 Tony® nominees.

Producers of the show starring Kelli O’Hara and Matthew Broderick said Tuesday they plan a national tour in the fall of 2013. The news comes just days after the show snagged 10 Tony Award nominations, including one for best musical.

His name may not be above the title, but judging by the curtain call applause, Michael McGrath is a major force in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT. As a testy bootlegger named Cookie McGee who’s forced to pose as a butler, the veteran character actor earns constant laughs with his sarcastic wisecracks, all delivered in a thick Noo Yawk accent.

2012 Tony nominees Kelli O'Hara, Judy Kaye and Michael McGrath — all celebrated for their performances in Nice Work If You Can Get It — talk about singing beloved George and Ira Gershwin songs, and working with inventive director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall and comedy writer Joe DiPietro to refine the musical's high-flying bits and low-comedy business.

The delightful Broadway musical "Nice Work If You Can Get It" features a late second act surprise that almost brings the house down -- Estelle Parsons.

Nominated for their work creating the romantic musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It, Kathleen Marshall (Best Direction and Choreography of a Musical) and Joe DiPietro (Best Book of a Musical) talk about crafting strong female characters and using classic George & Ira Gershwin songs in inventive contexts — all while honoring the Jazz Age musicals that inspired the experience.

In an industry that has one of the nation's highest unemployment rates, Kelli O'Hara is the rare performer who has enjoyed the unique position of being in constant demand. Since making her Broadway debut more than a dozen years ago, the Oklahoma native has quickly risen through the ranks from ensemble member to musical theater star.

The day after the Tony nominations were announced, the class of 2012 assembled in New York’s Millennium Broadway Hotel to meet the press.

John Hamm, Tony Bennett, Martin Short, Chelsea Clinton and Sarah Jessica Parker were just a few of the stars on hand at the opening night of Nice Work If You Can Get It.

The Tony Award® nominations were announced on Tuesday, May 1 at the New York Public Library for Performing Arts.

Kathleen Marshall, Joe DiPietro, Kelli O'Hara, Judy Kaye and Michael McGrath talk about their nominations.

Nominations for the 57th annual Drama Desk Awards were announced by past winners Brian d'Arcy James and Donna Murphy.

A long-standing opening night tradition on the Great White Way, the fabled Gypsy Robe is bestowed upon a veteran Broadway chorus member for each opening production. In what has now become a theatrical ritual, originating on Broadway 60 years ago, on April 24 the robe was presented to NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT "gypsy" Cameron Adams.

There’s a new toe-tapping Gershwin tuner in town, and NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT co-stars Matthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara are delighting Broadway fans at the Imperial Theatre. Set in the 1920s, this glitzy new musical tells the tale of Jimmy Winter (Broderick), a rich playboy who falls in love with tough bootlegger Billie Bendix (O’Hara) on the weekend of his wedding.

The roaring ‘20s are back on Broadway in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, a new Gershwin tuner directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall with a book by Joe DiPietro.

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Star Matthew Broderick co-hosts with Kelly Ripa.

On April 24, Matthew Broderick, Kelli O’Hara and the cast of NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT put on their dancing shoes and took their official opening night bows on the Great White Way.

A new generation of Broadway theatregoer gets exposed to the classic songs of composer George Gershwin and lyricist Ira Gershwin with the new musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT—which borrows the brothers' show tunes from the '20s and '30s — opening April 24.

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT stars Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara receive nominations for DIstinguished Performance.

Broadway musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT tops the list of Outer Critics Circle nominations, scoring nine noms in the first round of legit kudos to announce contenders this season.

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT may be a brand new Broadway musical, but its origins date back to the early 1900s. When young Israel Gershowitz’s parents bought him a piano, they had hoped he would excel at his lessons. He didn’t.

There’s a musical war brewing on 46th Street and things may turn nasty if Matthew Broderick has his way.

Joe DiPietro always wanted to write a show just like the plays and movies of the '20s and '30s, especially the screwball comedies. But how (and why?) would he write something full of illicit gin, flapper fashion and sly smugglers on the lookout for "coppers?"

The two-time Tony winner discusses his new musical, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT.

Matthew Broderick makes Kelli O'Hara laugh so hard she falls down. Literally. "If I get tickled in a certain way, I actually lose the ability to stand," O'Hara says. "I don't mean to, but something happens to my knees and I fall on the ground. And it hasn't happened as much in my life until I started rehearsing with him."

Musicals, they say, aren't written — they're rewritten. It takes a lot of collaborators, a lot of time, a lot of revisions to make a crafty show. Ask Joe DiPietro. His new Broadway musical, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, has been brewing for several years.

From the time I was cast as Lucy van Pelt in the Los Angeles company of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown back in nineteen-aught-three, somebody saw a strong, pushy person in me. Since then, I’ve found myself cast as “the pushy one” a lot.

Matthew Broderick has some sage words for The Book of Mormon stars Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells. "I wish those guys luck," he says. "They're young, they're really freakin' good, but they'll have to live down that success forever."

Jennifer Laura Thompson, currently back on Broadway in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.

As two-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick prepares for the April 24 opening of Nice Work If You Can Get It, Broadway.com asked readers which of Broderick’s prior roles is their favorite.

MATTHEW BRODERICK spent the evening of his 50th birthday late last month at the Imperial Theater, where he will open on April 24 in the new musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT. After some cake and a brief celebration he returned to his chores, which seemed like an illustration of the show’s title.

After wowing people in The Producers Matthew Broderick’s doing it again in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT.

Kelli O’Hara will be having her dessert first, thank you. “I’ve got some things coming up that are really mature,” says the petite powerhouse who last wowed Broadway as an endearingly earnest Nellie Forbush in Bartlett Sher’s majestic South Pacific.

With spring shows raising their curtains on the Great White Way, Broadway.com readers recently named Ricky Martin, Jeremy Jordan and Raúl Esparza the leading men they're most excited to see this season. So it was only fair that Broadway.com then ask which leading lady audiences are most looking forward to catching perform!

Two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara star in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. The cast and creative team met the press yesterday and BroadwayWorld was there for the big event.

What happens when a rough-and-tough bootlegger teams up with a playboy millionaire? On March 14, Broadway.com headed to NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT rehearsal at Gibney Dance Studios to find out.

The new Gershwin-kissed Broadway musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT , co-starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara, will begin previews March 29 at the Imperial Theatre.

The new musical comedy Nice Work if You Can Get It starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara begins previews on Broadway March 29, 2012 and official opens on April 24, 2012. Watch out sneak preview of the show with the two stars and director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall.

"This show is a feast!," said Judy Kaye, speaking with the kind of enthusiasm you want from someone who's going to entertain you.

Two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara star in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.

Bootlegging, playboys, Long Island mansions? It’s all in a day’s work for Tony winner Matthew Broderick and three-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara, the new stars of the forthcoming Gershwin tuner NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT.

The cast and creative team behind Broadway's NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT met the press Wednesday, March 14 to offer a preview of the production at Gibney Dance Studios.

Two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara star in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.

For the April 2012 issue, Annie Leibovitz photographed a dazzling Kelli O’Hara and Matthew Broderick, stars of the Gershwin confection Nice Work if You Can Get It, in New York City.

In a recent rehearsal for her new musical, "Nice Work If You Can Get It," Kathleen Marshall showed actor Matthew Broderick how to propel both legs in the air with a flying kick while gripping two chorus girls alongside him.

They may be in the background, but these sexy stars are heating up the stage.

This new musical features a veritable hit parade of iconic George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin songs, as well as some unknown gems.

Broadway's upcoming Nice Work If You Can Get It, the new musical inspired by a Jazz Age George and Ira Gershwin show, goes on sale to the general public Jan. 7.

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT stars two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara and will be directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall. The production begins performances on Thursday, March 29, 2012 and will officially open on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Broadway's Imperial Theatre.

Tony winner Judy Kaye and Tony nominees Michael McGrath and Jennifer Laura Thompson will join previously announced stars Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara,

The new musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro (Memphis), will open on Tuesday, April 24 at Broadway's Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street).

"This show is a feast!," said Judy Kaye, speaking with the kind of enthusiasm you want from someone who's going to entertain you. Judy Kaye, a Broadway veteran, lives in Guttenberg.Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara star in 'Nice Work If You Can Get It,' opening on Broadway on April 24. In the case of Kaye, who's appearing in the Broadway musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT—now in previews for an April 24 opening at the Imperial Theatre—her excitement is perhaps one reason she's still such a vibrant entertainer, 35 years after making her Broadway debut as a replacement Betty Rizzo in the original production of Grease.