The ultimate Gershwin musical is coming from Broadway to Cazenovia this March. The Cazenovia High School Drama Club is presenting “Nice Work If You Can Get it” from March 8 to 10.
Set in the 1920s, “Nice Work If You Can Get It” is the story of charming and wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter, who meets rough female bootlegger Billie Bendix the weekend of his wedding. Jimmy, who has been married three (or is it four?) times before, is preparing to marry Eileen Evergreen, a self-obsessed modern dancer.
Thinking Jimmy and Eileen will be out of town, Billie and her gang hide cases of alcohol the basement of Jimmy’s Long Island mansion. But when Jimmy, his wife-to-be and her prohibitionist family show up at the mansion for the wedding, Billie and her cohorts pose as servants, causing hijinks galore.
The musical will be held at Cazenovia High School on March 8 at 4 p.m., and March 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. The performance on March 8 will be free for Cazenovia senior citizens.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased by calling 315-755-5309 or online at Cazenoviacsd.com.
The cast list includes:
Zach Simms as Jimmy Winter
Megan Schwartz as Billie Bendix
Tim Burr as Cookie McGee
Betsy Chanatry as Eileen Evergreen
Teddy Williams as Duke Mahoney
CJ Monroe as Senator Max Evergreen
Ava Hartley as Duchess Estonia Dulworth
Clari Atherlay as Jeannie Muldoon
Ronan Defanti as Cheif Berry
Kayla Karmis as Millicent Winter
Chorus Girls: Lydia Lagorga. Emma Chesbrough, Eva Salzman, Julia Barrett, Claire Edwards, Jenay Griffin, Shea Flannery and Clara Wheeler
Vice Squad: Jon Benn, Kyler Hathaway, Jackson Wright and Dalton Sevier
Ensemble: Max Fischer, Nolan Frisbey, Tony Koppers, Eric Ketcham, Megan Lawton, Kate Martellock, Ian Melvin, Peyton Pinckney, Jared Smith, Jonathan Streeter, Carter Williams, Bella Wendel and Maddie Young
Producers: Maureen Carroll, Maggie Dougherty and Thuc Phan
Co-Directors: Maureen Carrol and Maggie Dougherty
Choreography: Maureen Carroll
Music and Staging: Maggie Dougherty
Scenery: Thuc Phan
Orchestra: Mary Coburn
Costumes: N.J. Burr
