Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Book by Joe DiPietro
Inspired by Material by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse

April 18 - 27, 2024
Directed by Susan Lord
​Produced by LHHS Theatre Arts Dept.

A new take on the 1920s musical farce, Nice Work If You Can Get It is a hilarious, tongue-in- cheek satire, featuring the iconic music of George and Ira Gershwin.

Billie Bendix, a tough-as-nails bootlegger, and wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter, meet on the weekend of his impending wedding. Twice married before, Jimmy needs to settle down with a respectable girl so his mother will hand over the family business. His fiancé, Eileen Evergreen, is the daughter of a wealthy senator and the self-proclaimed finest interpreter of modern dance in the world.

Billie, needing somewhere to stash 400 bottles of gin, swipes Jimmy’s wallet and together with her hapless band of bootleggers, hides her stash in his supposedly empty Long Island beach house. But when the wedding party arrives unexpectedly, the bootleggers find themselves juggling the guests, the impending wedding, the bride’s aunt (a famous prohibitionist), the Police Chief and their Vice Squad in order to protect their stash and their business. The usual musical comedy fun ensues as love stories and ridiculous situations twist and turn into an unexpected but happy ending.

​CAST LIST