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Tommy Tune, Patti Murin, Colin Donnell, and More Star in Lady, Be Good

Check out photos from the New York City Center Encores! production of the 1924 musical.

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Photos have been released of Lady, Be Good!, the 1924 musical by George and Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, and Fred Thompson, which opens the New York City Center Encores! season February 4-8.

Nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune marks his first musical-theater appearance in New York in nearly thirty years.
Nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune marks his first musical-theater appearance in New York in nearly thirty years.
(© Carol Rosegg)

The story follows a penniless brother and sister, Dick and Susie Trevor, who crash a garden party in hopes of some quick nourishment. They resolve to marry for money, but love quickly gets in the way.

Danny Gardner and Patti Murin lead the cast as brother-and-sister Dick Trevor and Susie Trevor.
Danny Gardner and Patti Murin lead the cast as brother and sister Dick Trevor and Susie Trevor.
(© Carol Rosegg)

The company is led by nine-time Tony winner Tommy Tune (Grand Hotel) as Jeff, Colin Donnell (Violet) as Jack Robinson, Danny Gardner (White Christmas) as Dick Trevor, Jeff Hiller (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) as Bertie Bassett, Erin Mackey (Sweeney Todd at Lincoln Center) as Shirley Vernon, Patti Murin (Lysistrata Jones) as Susie Trevor, Richard Poe (All the Way) as Rufus Parke/Manuel Estrada, Jennifer Laura Thompson (Wicked) as Josephine Vanderwater, Kirsten Wyatt (Annie) as Daisy Parke, and Douglas Sills (Little Shop of Horrors) as J. Watterson Watkins.

Patti Murin shares a dance with scene-partner and real-life beau Colin Donnell.
Patti Murin shares a dance with scene partner and real-life beau Colin Donnell.
(© Carol Rosegg)

Mark Brokaw directs the production, which is choreographed by Randy Skinner. Rob Fisher leads the Encores! orchestra.

Danny Gardner and Erin Mackey take the stage as Dick Trevor and Shirley Vernon.
Danny Gardner and Erin Mackey take the stage as Dick Trevor and Shirley Vernon.
(© Carol Rosegg)
Comic scene-stealers Richard Poe and Douglas Sills play Manuel Estrada and J. Watterson Watkins.
Comic scene stealers Richard Poe and Douglas Sills play Manuel Estrada and J. Watterson Watkins.
(© Carol Rosegg)
Jeff Hiller and Kirsten Wyatt play Bertie Bassett and Daisy Parke.
Jeff Hiller and Kirsten Wyatt play Bertie Bassett and Daisy Parke.
(© Carol Rosegg)

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