NewsPHOTO CALL: Tommy Tune, Douglas Sills, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Erin Mackey Take a Final Bow in Encores! Lady, Be GoodThe opening production of New York City Center鈥檚 2015 Encores! season, George and Ira Gershwin's Lady, Be Good, played the famed Manhattan venue Feb. 4-8.
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Matthew Blank
February 09, 2015
The cast featured (J. Watterson Watkins), (Jeff), (Jack Robinson), (Dick Trevor), (Bertie Bassett), (Shirley Vernon), (Susie Trevor), (Rufus Parke/Manuel Estrada), (Josephine Vanderwater) and (Daisy Parke).
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Tommy Tune, Douglas Sills, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Erin Mackey Take a Final Bow in Encores! Lady, Be Good
Tommy Tune, Douglas Sills, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Erin Mackey Take a Final Bow in Encores! Lady, Be Good
The opening production of New York City Center鈥檚 2015 Encores! season, George and Ira Gershwin's Lady, Be Good, played the famed Manhattan venue Feb. 4-8.
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Jennifer Laura Thompson
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Jennifer Laura Thompson, Richard Poe and Erin Mackey
Lady, Be Good is directed by and choreographed by . Founding Encores! music director returns as guest music director, and has supervised the restoration of the Gershwins鈥� original score.
Lady, Be Good, according to press notes, "tells the story of a penniless brother (Danny Gardner) and sister (Patti Murin) who crash a garden party in hopes of some quick nourishment. They resolve to marry for money, but love gets in the way, as it usually does. Before true love wins out, they encounter Mexican gangsters, crooked lawyers, wealthy socialites, and a song-and-dance man with fascinating rhythm (Tommy Tune)."
The musical opened at the Liberty Theater on Dec. 1, 1924, and ran for 330 performances. It has music by and lyrics by Ira Gershwin with a book by and . The original production starred Fred and .
