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’s 2015 Encores! season, George and Ira Gershwin's Lady, Be Good, played the famed Manhattan venue Feb. 4-8.
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’s 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
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Erin Mackey
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Kirsten Wyatt and Jeff Hiller
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Douglas Sills and Colin Donnell
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Douglas Sills and Colin Donnell
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Douglas Sills
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Patti Murin
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Patti Murin and Danny Gardner
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Patti Murin and Danny Gardner
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Tommy Tune, Colin Donnell and Patti Murin
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Tommy Tune
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Tommy Tune
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Patti Murin, Tommy Tune, Danny Gardner and Erin Mackey
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Patti Murin, Tommy Tune, Danny Gardner and Erin Mackey
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Douglas Sills, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Tommy Tune, Danny Gardner, Erin Mackey and Jeff Hiller
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Douglas Sills, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Tommy Tune, Danny Gardner, Erin Mackey and Jeff Hiller
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Colin Donnell, Patti Murin, Tommy Tune and Danny Gardner
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The cast
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Tommy Tune
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Colin Donnell
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Douglas Sills
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Tommy Tune and Jennifer Laura Thompson
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Jeff Hiller and Kirsten Wyatt
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Jeff Hiller, Danny Gardner, Patti Murin and Colin Donnell
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Jennifer Laura Thompson, Julia Murney, Stephen Wallem and Kirsten Wyatt
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Patti Murin and Colin Donnell
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Douglas Sills, Tommy Tune, Jennifer Laura Thompson and Danny Gardner
Lady, Be Good is directed by Mark Brokaw and choreographed by Randy Skinner. Founding Encores! music director Rob Fisher returns as guest music director, and has supervised the restoration of the Gershwins’ 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)."
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