Photo Coverage: Tommy Tune & More Celebrate LADY BE GOOD at Encores!
By: Walter McBride Feb. 09, 2015
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Tommy Tune, Colin Donnell, Danny Gardner, Jeff Hiller, Erin Mackey, Patti Murin, Douglas Sills,Jennifer Laura Thompsonand Kirsten Wyatt starred in George and Ira Gershwin's Lady, Be Good, the opening production of New York City Center's 2015 Encores! season, which just concluded last night, February 8, 2015. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the closing night party below!
Lady, Be Good tells the story ofa 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 1924 musical embodies the madcap spirit of the Roaring Twenties, when George and Ira Gershwin's first hit collaboration ushered in the Golden Age of American musical comedy. Hot off the triumph of Rhapsody in Blue, George and his brother Ira delivered a jazz-age score that featured "Fascinating Rhythm," "Lady, Be Good," and "The Half of it, Dearie, Blues." Lady, Be Good opened at the Liberty Theater on December 1, 1924 and ran for 330 performances. It has music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Douglas Sills and Randy Skinner
Jeff Hiller, Danny Gardner, Patti Murin and Colin Donnell
Tommy Tune and Jennifer Laura Thompson
Tommy Tune and Jennifer Laura Thompson
Tommy Tune and Stephen Sorokoff
Douglas Sills, Tommy Tune, Jennifer Laura Thompson and Danny Gardner
Douglas Sills, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Tommy Tune, Danny Gardner and Jennifer Laura Thompson
Jennifer Laura Thompson and Tommy Tune
The ensemble cast
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