Con Men Mizners Scam, Sing in Traveling `Road Show’: John Simon (Bloomberg)
The first production, at the New York Theatre Workshop in 1999, was called “Wise Guys.” It was directed by Sam Mendes and co-starred Nathan Lane . After briefly being retitled `Gold!” the show was renamed “Bounce” and directed by Harold Prince at Chicago’s Goodman Theater and Washington’s Kennedy Center in 2003.