Nice Work If You Can Get It Sets Broadway Closing Date

I am not surprised.

"The toe-tapping Gershwin tuner Nice Work If You Can Get It, starring two-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick and Tony nominee Jessie Mueller, will play its final performance on June 15 at Broadway's Imperial Theatre. Directed by Kathleen Marshall and featuring a book by Joe DePietro and score of classic Gershwin songs, Nice Work opened on April 24, 2012. At the time of closing, the production will have played 27 previews and 478 regular performances."

http://www.broadway.com/buzz/166189/lets-call-the-whole-thing-off-nice-work-if-you-can-get-it-sets-broadway-closing-date/

I guess no one could...

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I posted this in another thread, but it seems like this is the thread that everyone will be using. It made sense to close on Matthew Broderick's final performance if they could not get a big name to replace him.

Updated On: 5/30/13 at 05:17 PM

Imagine how much lovelier it would have been with a competent leading actor.

The show was sensational when WIll Chase filled in for Mr. Snoozefest.

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Will Chase was wonderful , the show truly worked when he did it. Of course it helps to have a leading man you'd like to see your leading lady end up with in the end.

I'd say that is a very possible plan. It just depends if the producers would switch to a Shubert house as opposed to booking a Nederlander one. It most certainly won't be going back into the Lunt-Fotanne, so who knows? Didn't it originally supposedly have the St. James with Jujamcyn?

Updated On: 4/24/13 at 11:53 PM