Nice Work If You Can Get It is a frothy bit of Broadway magic. The show features songs by George Gershwin, and a plot loosely (very loosely) based on his 1926 musical, Oh, Kay. Other material from the film Delicious, including the immortal love song Blah, Blah, Blah.
The show stars Matthew Broderick, Kellie O'hara and a great cast. I saw a matinee last Saturday with my wife, my son Daniel, and a friend of his. We all laughed and clapped up a storm.
The thin plot involves Broderick as Jimmy Winter, a dissolute young rich boy who prefers chorus girls to nice girls. But he's marrying a nice girl to secure his inheritance. Until he meets a bootlegging dame, Billie Bendix. Hilarity ensues.
Apres theater dinner at Barbetta was excellent.
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Alegria
I was just listening to some Cirque du Soleil again. I love the voice of Francesca Gagnon, the White Singer of Alegria. It's got that smoky quality that makes the performance very intimate. I wish more of her music was available through iTunes. Does she remind you of Edith Piaf?
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