Nice Work If You Can Get It

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NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

Musik und Liedtexte von GEORGE GERSHWIN & IRA GERSHWIN
Buch von JOE DIPIETRO

Inspiriert durch Material von GUY BOLTON & P.G. WODEHOUSE

Frei zu DSE

Photo: Broadway Produktion, 2012 (Joan Marcus)

LIZENZANFRAGE

ANSICHTSMATERIAL

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

BESETZUNG
5 Damen
5 Herren
Ensemble
Details siehe unten

SPIELDAUER
2 Stunden 30 Minuten
zzgl. Pause

GENRE
Komödie
Klassiker

SPRACHFASSUNGEN
Englisch
Deutsch (auf Anfrage)

DETAILS

ÜBER DAS STÜCK

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT ist eine urkomische Screwball-Komödie deren Handlung zur Zeit der Prohibition spielt.

Elegante Prominente und rüpelhafte Schmuggler treffen hier aufeinander, begleitet von den glorreichen Songs von George und Ira Gershwin. Zu den Highlights der Partitur gehören Fascinating Rhythm, Let's Call The Whole Thing Off, Someone To Watch Over Me, Sweet and Low Down, Delishious und der Titelsong Nice Work If You Can Get It.

PRODUKTIONEN (Auswahl)

Broadway Premiere
24. April 2012
Imperial Theatre
New York

Off-West End Premiere
12. Dezember 2018
Upstairs at The Gatehouse
London

AWARDS & NOMINIERUNGEN

2012 Tony® Award
Best Musical (Nominierung)
Best Book of a Musical – Joe DiPietro (Nominierung)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – Kelli O'Hara (Nominierung)
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Michael McGrath (Auszeichnung)
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Judy Kaye (Auszeichnung)
Best Direction of a Musical – Kathleen Marshall (Nominierung)
Best Choreography – Kathleen Marshall (Nominierung)
Best Orchestrations – Bill Elliott (Nominierung)
Best Costume Design – Martin Pakledinaz (Nominierung)
Best Sound Design – Brian Ronan (Nominierung)

2012 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Musical (Nominierung)
Outstanding Book of a Musical – Joe DiPietro (Auszeichnung)
Outstanding Actress in a Musical – Kelli O'Hara (Nominierung)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical – Michael McGrath (Auszeichnung)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Judy Kaye (Auszeichnung)
Outstanding Director of a Musical – Kathleen Marshall (Nominierung)
Outstanding Choreography – Kathleen Marshall (Nominierung)
Outstanding Costume Design – Martin Pakledinaz (Nominierung)

MUSIK

MUSIKALISCHE NUMMERN

1. AKT

01
Overture

02
Sweet And Lowdown

03
Nice Work If You Can Get It

04
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Reprise)

05
Demon Rum

06
Someone To Watch Over Me

07
Delishious

08
Chorus Girls Enter

09
I’ve Got To Be There

10
Chorus Girls Scatter

11
I’ve Got To Be There (Reprise)

12
Treat Me Rough

13
Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off

14
Do It Again

15
’S Wonderful

16
Fascinating Rhythm

2. AKT

17
Entr’acte

18
But Not For Me

19
By Strauss

19
Sweet And Lowdown (Reprise)

20
Do, Do, Do

21
Hangin’ Around With You (Part 1-3)

22
Looking For A Boy

23
Blah, Blah, Blah

24
Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off (Reprise)

25
Will You Remember Me?

26
We’ve Got To Be There (Reprise)

27
I’ve Got A Crush On You

28
Blah, Blah, Blah (Reprise)

29
Looking For A Boy (Reprise)

30
Delishious (Reprise)

31
Someone To Watch Over Me (Reprise)

HÖRBEISPIELE

BESETZUNG

ROLLEN

HAUPTROLLEN

Jimmy Winter – A wealthy and handsome playboy, dripping with charm and charisma.
Billie Bendix – A tough, feisty and street-wise young woman. Partners in rum-running with Cookie and Duke.
Cookie McGee – A fast-talking, wise-cracking bootlegger.
Eileen Evergreen – Thin and lovely, she is the self-proclaimed finest interpreter of modern dance in the world.

NEBENROLLEN

Duke Mahoney – Cookie’s sidekick. Not the brightest guy around.
Senator Max Evergreen – Eileen’s father. A humorless career politician. Serious, stern, judgmental.
Duchess Estonia Dulworth – Duchess of Woodford. A noted prohibitionist and bejeweled dowager.
Jeannie Muldoon – A lovely chorus girl from Brooklyn.
Chief Berry – Chief of the Long Island Police Department. Fiercely dedicated to his job.
Millicent Winter – A wealthy matron with great élan. Jimmy’s mother.

ENSEMBLE

The Chorus Girls:
Olive
Dottie
Alice
Midge
Flo
Rosie

The Vice Squad:
Elliot
Fletcher
Edgar
Floyd
Vic
Slim

The original Broadway production had a cast of 22 performers, including ensemble. Some doubling was employed in the minor parts.

INSTRUMENTAL-BESETZUNG

Reed I (Flöte, Klarinette, Sopransaxophon & Altsaxophon)
Reed II (Piccolo, Flöte, Klarinette, Sopransaxophon und Altsaxophon)
Reed III (Oboe, Englischhorn, Klarinette, Sopransaxophon und Tenorsaxophon)
Reed IV (Klarinette, Bassklarinette, Tenorsaxophon und Baritonsaxophon)
Trompete I, II, III (alle + Flügelhorn)
Posaune I, II
Posaune III (Bassposaune + Tuba)
Keyboard I, II
Gitarre (akustisch und elektrisch, auch Banjo und Ukulele)
Drums
Percussion
Solo-Violine (+ Viola)
Bass

MEDIEN

VIDEOS

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT - Broadway Highlights

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT - TV Commerical

Kathleen Marshall on NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

Joe DiPietro on NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

PHOTOS

Photo: Broadway Produktion, 2012 (Joan Marcus)