CRAZY FOR YOU
July 3 - July 14, 2007
This all-singing, all-tapping 1992 Tony Award winner for Best Musical has a star-struck New York City playboy in a Nevada mining town – with romance, mistaken identities, and show-stopping musical numbers. Audiences will surely recognize such Gerswhin classics as "I Got Rhythm," "Embraceable You," and “Someone to Watch Over Me.” Add original Broadway sets and Tony Award-winning costumes and the stage is ready for a charming and irresistible theatre experience!
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Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Book by Ken Ludwig
Co-conceived by Ken Ludwig & Mike Okrent
Inspired by material by Guy Bolton & John McGowan
Score Highlights
I Can't Be Bothered Now
Someone to Watch Over Me
Embraceable You
I Got Rhythm
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Reviews
"The dancing is superb, the sets are amazing and the cast is charismatic...who could ask for anything more?" - Portland Press Herald
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RUE MCCLANAHAN (Mother)
JEFFRY DENMAN (Bobby Child)
BEVERLY WARD (Polly)
BETSY ADKINS (Ensemble)
MICHAEL BAKER (Lank)
RICHARD BELL (Eugene)
ELLIOTT BRADLEY (Wyatt/Ensemble)
EMILY CASALE (Susie/Ensemble)
ANDREW CHARTIER (Harry/Pete/Ensemble)
JOE COOTS (Male Ensemble/Moose)
WILL COHEN (Cody)
ERIN CROUCH (Tess)
DICK DECAREAU (Everett)
PATRICK DOROW (Billy/Ensemble)
MARC DONOVAN (Bela Zangler)
JENELLE ENGLESON (Vera/Ensemble)
JAMIE FISHER (Ensemble/Mitzi)
KYLE ERICKSON HEWITT (Ensemble)
RANDI KAYE (Female Ensemble)
KEN NELSON (Custus)
ANGIE SCHWORER (Irene)
MELISSA SYBIL (Patsy)
CELIA TACKABERRY (Patricia)
REBEKAH TURNER (Louise)
BRADFORD T. KENNEY (Executive Artistic Director)
KIMBERLY STARLING (Associate Artistic Director)
KIRBY WARD (Director/Choreographer)
FRED FRABOTTA (Musical Director)
ROBERT LEVINSTEIN (Production Stage Manager)
WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Costume Designer)
RICHARD ELLIS (Scenic Coordinator)
JAMES E. CROCHET (Costumer Supervisor)
RICHARD LATTA (Resident Lighting Designer)
ADAM RIGBY (Sound Designer)
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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.
- StageAgent