Michael McGrath (actor)
Michael McGrath( born September 25, 1957) is an American stage actor.
He has appeared in many Broadway stage productions, and is especially noted for his roles in the musicals" Spamalot" and" Nice Work If You Can Get It".
Bill Elliott (musician)
Bill Elliott( born William F. Elliott; October 2, 1951) is an American pianist, bandleader, Hollywood composer and Broadway orchestrator.
In 2015 he won a Tony Award for best orchestration for the Broadway musical," An American in Paris".
In 2012 he was nominated for both Tony and Grammy awards for Broadway's" Nice Work if You Can Get It".
Elliott won Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations in 2017 for the Broadway Musical" Bandstand".
Elliott began as a Los Angeles studio musician, recording with artists such as Stevie Nicks, Smokey Robinson, Donna Summer, Bette Midler and others.
In his 20s he was the pianist in Bonnie Raitt's band.
His career in contemporary pop music gradually and serendipitously turned toward orchestration of films, television, and then Broadway musicals.
Films that feature Elliott's music include" Dick TracyNixonContactIndependence Day" and" Wedding Crashers".
He has written music for Disney's video sequels to" AladdinBeauty and the Beast" and" The Lion King", and for the television shows" Northern ExposureEllen" and" Gilmore Girls".
At age 42 he formed" The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra", which has performed on movie soundtracks and on record albums for prominent artists.
As of 2016, Elliott is on the faculty of Boston's Berklee College of Music.
He has written over 50 arrangements for the Boston Pops Orchestra and has been guest conductor for the symphony orchestras of seven major cities.
Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)
"Nice Work
If You Can Get It" is a popular song and jazz standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
It began life in 1930 as a nine-bar phrase with the working title "There's No Stopping Me Now".
Its title phrase "Nice work if you can get it" came from an English magazine.
It was one of nine songs George Gershwin wrote for the movie "A Damsel in Distress" in which it was performed by Fred Astaire with backing vocals by The Stafford Sisters.
The song was published in 1937.
The first jazz recording of the work was by Tommy Dorsey three weeks after the release of the film.
Early chart versions were by Shep Fields, Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday, Fred Astaire, Maxine Sullivan, and The Andrews Sisters.
The song was recorded by many jazz singers and adopted by bebop instrumentalists; Jerry Newman recorded pianist Thelonious Monk performing the tune in 1941 at Minton's Playhouse, a nightclub closely connected with early bebop, and he subsequently recorded it several times.
Other jazz pianists who have recorded the tune include Art Tatum in 1949, Erroll Garner in 1968, and Jessica Williams in 1992.
In the 1951 film "An American in Paris", the song is performed by Georges Guétary.
A version of this song was used during the opening credits of the 1995 to 1998 CBS sitcom "Cybill", starring Cybill Shepherd, who performed the song.
The song was included in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical
"Crazy for You" and lent its name to the musical "Nice Work If You Can Get It".
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Nice Work If You Can Get
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin (born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres.
Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions "Rhapsody in Blue" (1924) and "An American in Paris" (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standard "
I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera "Porgy and Bess" (1935) which spawned the hit "Summertime".
Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody.
He began his career as a song plugger but soon started composing Broadway theater works with his brother Ira Gershwin and with Buddy DeSylva.
He moved to Paris intending to study with Nadia Boulanger, but she refused him.
He subsequently composed "An American in Paris", returned to New York City and wrote "Porgy and Bess" with Ira and DuBose Heyward.
Initially a commercial failure
, it came to be considered one of the most important American operas of the twentieth century and an American cultural classic.
Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores.
He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor.
His compositions have been adapted for use in film and television, with several becoming jazz standards recorded and covered in many variations.
Kelli O'Hara
Kelli Christine O' Hara( born April 16, 1976) is an American actress and singer.
She has appeared on Broadway and Off- Broadway in many musicals since making her Broadway debut as a replacement in" Jekyll& Hyde" in 2000.
She has also acted on television, film and opera, appearing with The Metropolitan Opera.
In 2018 she made her West End debut.
O' Hara has received seven Tony Award nominations, first for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the 2005 production of" The Light in the Piazza".
Her subsequent nominations include" The Pajama Game"( 2006)," South Pacific"( 2008)," Nice Work If You Can Get It"( 2012)," The Bridges of Madison County"( 2014), and" Kiss Me, Kate"( 2019), winning Best Actress in a Musical in 2015 for her performance as Anna Leonowens in" The King and I".
She has also played roles in television series, such as" Masters of Sex" and" 13 Reasons Why", receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her starring role in the 2017 web drama series" The Accidental Wolf".
She has appeared in films, such as" Sex and the City 2", and operas, such as" The Merry Widow" and" Così fan tutte".
Nice Work If You Can Get It (musical)
Nice Work If You Can Get
It is a musical featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin, with a book written by Joe DiPietro, and based on material by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse.
" Nice Work" premiered on Broadway in April 2012.
Martin Pakledinaz
Martin Pakledinaz
( September 1, 1953 – July 8, 2012) was an American costume designer for stage and film.
He won his Tony Awards for designing the costumes for" Thoroughly Modern Millie" and the 2000 revival of" Kiss Me, Kate", which also earned him the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design.
His most recent costume designs were for the Broadway shows" Nice Work If You Can Get It"( 2012);" Man and Boy"( revival, 2011);" Master Class"( revival 2011) and" The Normal Heart".
He worked on the 1995 production of" Holiday" at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
He designed costumes for plays for the leading regional theatres of the United States, and the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden.
Opera credits include works at the New York Metropolitan Opera(" Lucia di LammermoorRodelindaIphigénie en Tauride") and the New York City Opera, as well as opera houses in Seattle, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Sante Fe, Houston, and Toronto.
European houses include Salzburg, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Helsinki, Gothenburg, and others.
He also designed for dance companies, working with Mark Morris for many years.
Pakledinaz died from brain cancer on July 8, 2012 at the age of 58.
Shortly after his death, he was posthumously inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Judy Kaye
Judy Kaye( born October 11, 1948) is an American singer and actress.
She has appeared in stage musicals, plays, and operas.
Kaye has been in long runs on Broadway in the musicals" The Phantom of the OperaRagtime Mamma Mia!", and" Nice Work If You Can Get It".

Question: What is the cause of death of composer of song Nice Work If You Can Get It (Song)?
Answer: malignant brain tumor