PhotosPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "I've Got to Be There!" On the Road With Reed Campbell of Nice Work If You Can Get ItThe national tour of the Gershwin musical Nice Work If You Can Get It launched Sept. 2 at the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas. Reed Campbell, who plays lovable bootlegger Cookie, documents the company's travels for Playbill.com.
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "I've Got to Be There!" On the Road With Reed Campbell of Nice Work If You Can Get It
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: "I've Got to Be There!" On the Road With Reed Campbell of Nice Work If You Can Get It
The national tour of the Gershwin musical Nice Work If You Can Get It launched Sept. 2 at the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas. Reed Campbell, who plays lovable bootlegger Cookie, documents the company's travels for Playbill.com.
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Some of the boys on our very first plane ride!
Reed Campbell
Alex Enterline (Jimmy) hiding in the crevices of the speakeasy during Tech
Reed Campbell
Being a “Tiger” in front of Clemson Tigers football Stadium
Reed Campbell
3 lovely gentleman in their “Delicious” costumes backstage. Strike a pose!
Reed Campbell
And then there are times you have a photo shoot in the dressing room
The non-Equity tour is scheduled to play 30 cities before concluding in March 2015 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA.
Alex Enterline and Mariah MacFarlane star as wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter and feisty bootlegger Billie Bendix, respectively, with Reed Campbell as Cookie McGee, Aaron Fried as Duke Mahoney, Stephanie Gandolfo as Jeannie Muldoon, Stephanie Harter Gilmore as Duchess Estonia Dulworth, Benjamin Perez as Senator Max Evergreen, Rachael Scarr as Eileen Evergreen, Thomas Schario as Chief Berry and Barbara Weetman as Millicent Winter. Rounding out the company are Jessica Bare, Kayla Starr Bryan, Christian Bufford, Elyse Collier, Carl DeForrest Hendin, Nick Jones, Kristina King, Alison Morooney, Sarah Primmer, Kevin Michael Raponey, Justin Schuman, Heather Stinson and Chris Woods.
The creative team also includes Shoko Kambara (scenic design, based on the original Broadway scenic design by Derek McLane), Martin Pakledinaz (costume design), Amy Clark (costume coordinator), Paul Toben (lighting design, based on the original Broadway lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski), Keith Caggiano (sound design, based on the original Broadway sound design by Brian Ronan) and Paul Huntley (hair and wig design).
The musical staff includes David Chase (music arrangements), Shawn Gough (music supervisor), Charlie Reuter (music director) and Bill Elliott (orchestrator). Casting is by Wojcik/Seay Casting, and Stacy Myers serves as the company manager.
Nice Work, which played a total of 478 performances during its 2012-13 Broadway run, is filled with classic Gershwin songs, including “But Not For Me,” “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” “I’ve Got a Crush on You” and “Someone to Watch Over Me.”
The tour is produced by Work Light Productions.
For more information, including the tour route, visit NiceWorkOnTour.com.
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