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In this Dec. 9, 2007 file photo, singer and actor Harry Connick, Jr. poses on the press line at the world premiere of the Warner Bros. feature film "P.S. I Love You" in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file) |
Harry Connick Jr. returns in `Nice Work If You Can Get It'
NEW YORK—Harry Connick Jr. and the Gershwins, George and Ira -- Broadway's newest trio.
The jazz pianist-singer will return to Broadway in spring 2009 in "Nice Work If You Can Get It," a new musical comedy using Gershwin standards, producer Scott Landis announced Monday.
Connick will play a Long Island playboy in the show, which will feature a book by Joe DiPietro, one of the authors of "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change"; music by George Gershwin, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
"Nice Work If You Can Get It" will play a pre-Broadway engagement at Boston's Colonial Theatre. The show will begin preview performances on Broadway in February at a theater to be announced and open in March. Other casting will be announced later.
Kathleen Marshall will direct and choreograph. Marshall and Connick last worked together in the Tony-winning revival of "The Pajama Game" in 2006.
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