| Not specifically about Marshall, but NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT was not a revue. It was a pretty traditional book musical written around the Gershwin catalogue, like CRAZY FOR YOU and MY ONE AND ONLY and AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Nonetheless, "tired" was an apt description, considering that the show, while a lovely evening, didn't have much special about it, despite the presence of an A-Level cast. My impression was that the show had been designed for schools and community theatres that didn't have the dancing talent to properly do CRAZY FOR YOU. Or that whomever was controlling the Gershwin estate at the time commissioned the show in another attempt to earn money from a catalogue rapidly approaching the public domain. Possibly both. |
