Nice Work If...: Blythe Danner to join cast

Emmy and Tony Award winner Blythe Danner ("Huff," 'Butterflies Are Free') will play the role of 'Millicent Winter' from 18 Dec 2012 in the new musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It. She assumes the role from original cast member Estelle Parsons who plays her final performance on 16 Dec 2012.

Blythe Danner's Broadway credits include: 'Follies' (Tony-nomination), 'The Deep Blue Sea,' 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (Tony-nomination). 'Blithe Spirit,' 'The Philadelphia Story,' 'Betrayal' (Tony-nomination), 'Twelfth Night,' 'Butterflies Are Free (Tony Award),' 'The Miser,' 'Lovers' and 'Cyrano de Bergerac.'

Nice Work If You Can Get It opened at Broadway's Imperial Theatre on the 24 Apr 2012, following previews from 29 Mar 2012, and is currently booking through to 31 Mar 2013.

The musical opened to mixed reviews: Mildly entertaining (NY Times); Not as intoxicating as you'd hope" (NY Daily News); Smart, altogether lovely reincarnation of a 1920s musical comedy (Newsroom Jersey).

Nice Work If You Can Get It is set in the 1920's and tells the story of Billie Bendix (Kelli O'Hara), a tough-as-nails bootlegger who meets wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter (Matthew Broderick) on the weekend of his nuptials. Mayhem ensues.

The principal cast currently features Matthew Broderick (Jimmy Winter), Kelli O'Hara (Billie Bendix), Judy Kaye (Estonia Dulworth, The Duchess of Woodford), Michael McGrath (Cookie McGee), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Eileen Evergreen), Terry Beaver (Senator Max Evergreen), Robyn Hurder (Jeannie Muldoon), Stanley Wayne Mathis (Chief Berry), Chris Sullivan (Duke Mahoney) and Estelle Parsons (Millicent Winter).

The musical won two Tony Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Michael McGrath) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Judy Kaye).

Nice Work If You Can Get It has music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin, with direction and choreography by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall.

With a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro (last season's Tony Award-winning 'Memphis,' for which he won Tony awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score), Nice Work If You Can Get It will feature songs from the Gershwin catalog, and specifically borrows from their 1926 musical "Oh Kay."

The creative team features scenic design by Derek McLane, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski and sound design by Brian Ronan.

The musical is produced on Broadway by Roger Berlind, Roy Furman, Scott Landis and Sonia Friedman.