CRAZY FOR YOU
August 20-September 6, 2009
Book by Ken Ludwig
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Music by George Gershwin
Billed as "The New Gershwin Musical Comedy", it is largely based on the songwriting team’s 1930 production, Girl Crazy, but interpolates songs from several other productions as well. In CRAZY FOR YOU, a stage-struck New York playboy, Bobby Child, is sent to a small, poor town in Nevada to close down the local theater. Soon Bobby falls in love with the theater owner’s daughter, Polly. In order to save the theatre, he dreams up the idea to put on a show to raise money for the theatre. In the end, the town is reinvigorated, the theatre is saved and Bobby finds love.
3 Tony Awards for Musical, Choreographer and Costume Designer
3 Outer Critics Circle Awards for Broadway Musical, Choreography and Set, Costume and Lighting Design
2 Drama Desk Awards for Musical and Choreography
"It is heaven on earth. Everything an American musical comedy should be."—The New Yorker
"A Great Broadway Musical! A show to take your kids to. … A show friends come in from out-of-town just to see!"—WABC-TV