“If you want this whole world on a string,
Put on your dancing shoes –
Stop wasting time!
Put on your dancing shoes –
Watch your spirits climb!”
Brush off your tap shoes, ladies! The all singing, all dancing, all Gershwin musical, Crazy For You® is hitting the Castle stage this summer!
With music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin, and book by Ken Ludwig, Crazy for You® is based on the Gershwin brothers’ 1930 movie musical Girl Crazy, staring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney who made famous the line, “Hey, kids! Let’s put on a show!”
The story follows Bobby Child, a banker who would rather be following his dream of dancing on Broadway. After a failed audition, his mother sends him to Deadrock, Nevada, a sleepy mining town struggling through the Great Depression, to foreclose on a rundown theater. There he meets Polly Baker, who, unbeknownst to him, is the daughter of the theater’s owner. Bobby falls in love with her instantly and quickly devises a plan to save the theater by convincing his friends from the Zangler Follies to come out to Deadrock and put on a show. But once Polly knows he is the banker from New York City sent to shut them down, she wants nothing to do with him. Bobby is sure that if he can sell enough tickets to the show to save her theater, Polly will change her mind. Hijinks ensue, complete with mistaken identities, slapstick comedy, 1930s glitz and glamour, gun fights of the old west, and tap dancing galore!
Crazy For You® opened on Broadway in 1992, choreographed by the legendary Susan Stroman, winning three Tony® Awards including Best Musical. This ode to the classic American musical comedy is packed with Gershwin tunes including “I Got Rhythm,” “Someone to Watch Over Me,” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” moving from one show stopping number to the next.
So get ready, Camp Merrie-Woode! The cast of the Main Session musical will be tapping their way into your hearts on the Castle stage this summer! Who could ask for anything more?
The worldwide copyrights in the music of George and Ira Gershwin® for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin Family. Crazy For You®, The New Gershwin® Musical is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022. GERSHWIN is a registered trademark and service mark of Gershwin Enterprises. CRAZY FOR YOU is a registered trademark and service mark of Crazy For You Enterprises.
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