Musical (1992)


Musique: George Gershwin
Paroles: Ira Gershwin
Livret: Ken Ludwig
Production à la création:

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Crazy for you (1993-03-Prince Edward Theatre-London)

Type de série: Original London
Théâtre: Prince Edward Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 2 ans 11 mois 4 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : mercredi 03 mars 1993
Première : mercredi 03 mars 1993
Dernière : samedi 24 février 1996
Mise en scène : Mike Ockrent
Chorégraphie : Susan Stroman
Producteur :
Avec : Kirby Ward (Bobby Child), Ruthie Henshall (Polly Baker), Avril Angers (Mother), Amanda Prior (Irene Roth), Chris Langham (Bela Zangler) , Don Fellows (Everett Baker), Kieran Mcllroy, Stephen Mear, Gavin Lee

CRAZY FOR YOU™ is the story of Bobby Child, a well-to-do 1930's playboy, who's dream in life is to dance. And despite the serious efforts of his mother and soon-to-be-ex-fiancee, Bobby achieves his dream! Memorable Gershwin tunes include I Can't Be Bothered Now, Bidin' My Time, I Got Rhythm, Naughty Baby, They Can't Take That Away from Me, But Not for Me, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Embraceable You and Someone to Watch Over Me. It's a high energy comedy which includes mistaken identity, plot twists, fabulous dance numbers and classic Gershwin music.

Synopsis complet


The Broadway production was directed by Mike Ockrent and choreographed by Susan Stroman. After 10 previews, it opened at the Shubert Theatre on February 19, 1992, and ran for 1,622 performances. The cast included Jodi Benson as Polly, Harry Groener as Bobby Child, Bruce Adler as Bela Zangler, John Hillner as Lank Hawkins, Michele Pawk as Irene Roth, Jane Connell as Mother, Beth Leavel as Tess (Leavel also understudied Benson), Ronn Carroll as Everett Baker, and Stephen Temperley and Amelia White as Eugene and Patricia Fodor. The Manhattan Rhythm Kings played cowboys Mingo, Moose, and Sam, singing in their trademark close harmony.

In his review in The New York Times, Frank Rich wrote, "When future historians try to find the exact moment at which Broadway finally rose up to grab the musical back from the British, they just may conclude that the revolution began last night. The shot was fired at the Shubert Theater, where a riotously entertaining show called Crazy for You uncorked the American musical’s classic blend of music, laughter, dancing, sentiment and showmanship with a freshness and confidence rarely seen during the Cats decade . . . Crazy for You scrapes away decades of cabaret and jazz and variety-show interpretations to reclaim the Gershwins’ standards, in all their glorious youth, for the dynamism of the stage."

A cast album was released by Angel Records.

The West End production, directed by Ockrent, choreographed by Stroman, and starring Ruthie Henshall, Kirby Ward, and Chris Langham, opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on March 3, 1993 and ran for nearly three years.

On October 20, 1999, the PBS series Great Performances broadcast a production directed by Matthew Diamond, who was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction of a Variety or Music Program.

On October 18, 2009, a showtime challenge, charity gala performance of Crazy for You, directed by Katherine Hare and choreographed by Racky Plews was staged by Eyebrow Productions at the London Palladium. Eyebrow are well known for their unique Showtime Challenges, where all aspects of the show are rehearsed and performed in 48 hours. All proceeds went to Cecily's Fund.

In 2011, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre did a revival of Crazy for You as part of the 2011 Summer Season. The production has since moved to the West End, at the Novello Theatre where it is running from October 8, 2011 to July 28, 2012.


Acte I
Overture
"K-ra-zy for You" (from Treasure Girl) – Bobby
"I Can't Be Bothered Now" (from A Damsel in Distress) – Bobby, Follies Girls
"Bidin' My Time" (from Girl Crazy) – Cowboy Trio and Cowboys
"Things Are Looking Up" (from A Damsel in Distress) – Bobby
"Could You Use Me" (from Girl Crazy) – Bobby and Polly
"Shall We Dance?" (from Shall We Dance) – Bobby
"Entrance to Nevada" – Follies Girls and Cowboys
"Someone to Watch Over Me" (from Oh, Kay) – Polly
"Slap That Bass" (from Shall We Dance) – Bobby, Pete, Patsy, Tess, and Chorus
"Embraceable You" (from Girl Crazy) – Polly and Bobby
"Tonight's the Night"≠ – Chorus
"I Got Rhythm" (from Girl Crazy) – Polly and Chorus

Acte II
Entr'acte
"The Real American Folk Song is a Rag" (from Ladies First) – Cowboy Trio and Chorus
"What Causes That?" (from Treasure Girl) – Bobby and Zangler
"Naughty Baby"≠≠ – Irene, Cowboy Quartet, Lank
"Stiff Upper Lip" (from A Damsel in Distress) – Eugene, Patricia, Bobby, Polly, and Chorus
"They Can't Take That Away from Me" (from Shall We Dance) – Bobby
"But Not for Me" (from Girl Crazy) – Polly
"But Not for Me" (Reprise) – Polly
New York Interlude (Concerto in F)
"Nice Work If You Can Get It" (from A Damsel in Distress) – Follies Girls, and Bobby
"Bidin' My Time" (French Reprise) – Cowboy Trio
"Things Are Looking Up" (Reprise) – Everett
Finale – Chorus

Génèse

  Ken Ludwig, le librettiste 

  Ken Ludwig crée une œuvre de Gershwin 

  Synopsis de "Girl Crazy" 

Artistes

  Jeffry Denman, le Bobby Childs du North Shore Music Theatre en 2007 


Version 1

Crazy for you (1992-02-Shubert Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Shubert Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 3 ans 10 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 10 previews - 1622 représentations
Première Preview : vendredi 31 janvier 1992
Première : mercredi 19 février 1992
Dernière : dimanche 07 janvier 1996
Mise en scène : Mike Ockrent
Chorégraphie : Susan Stroman
Producteur :
Avec : Polly Baker … Jodi Benson
Bobby Child … Harry Groener
Bela Zangler … Bruce Adler
Lank Hawkins … John Hillner
Irene Roth … Michele Pawk
Everett Baker … Ronn Carroll
Mother … Jane Connell
Tess … Beth Leavel
Eugene … Stephen Temperley
Patricia … Amelia White
Patsy … Stacey Logan
Sheila … Judine Hawkins Richard
Mitzi … Paula Leggett
Susie … Ida Henry
Louise … Jean Marie
Betsy … Penny Ayn Maas
Margie … Salomé Mazard
Vera … Louise Ruck
Elaine … Pamela Everett
Perkins … Gerry Burkhardt
Moose … Brian M. Nalepka
Mingo … Tripp Hanson
Sam … Hal Shane
Junior … Casey Nicholaw
Custus … Gerry Burkhardt
Pete … Fred Anderson
Jimmy … Michael Kubala
Billy … Ray Roderick
Wyatt … Jeffrey Lee Broadhurst
Harry … Joel Goodness
Presse : "When future historians try to find the exact moment at which Broadway finally rose up to grab the musical back from the British, they just may conclude that the revolution began last night. The shot was fired at the Shubert Theater, where a riotously entertaining show called Crazy for You uncorked the American musical's classic blend of music, laughter, dancing, sentiment and showmanship with a freshness and confidence rarely seen during the Cats decade. The miracle has been worked here most ingeniously, though not exclusively, by an extraordinary choreographer named Susan Stroman and the playwright Ken Ludwig." Frank Rich, New York Times

"It is heaven on earth. Everything an American musical comedy should be." The New Yorker

"It's no easy task writing a new book for a half a dozen of the best songs ever written for Broadway, and keeping the style of the song-writers, especially when they happen to be named George and Ira Gerwhin, but that's just what Lend Me A Tenor's Ken Ludwig has done with his newest, Crazy For You, the absolutely smashing, razzle-dazzle musical which opened Wednesday night at the Shubert Theater." CBS-Radio

"The brass and the gold of Broadway are back! Ludwig excels in wonderful vaudeville put-down and shows off his neat timing for comedy. Crazy For You will doubtless have audiences crazy for it through a blissfully indefinite future." The New York Post

"An explosion of joy! Something scrumptious indeed. Things are looking up!" The New York Daily News

"A firecracker of a show! A fizzy new libretto by Ken Ludwig and the choreography of your dreams by Susan Stroman." USA Today

"This show has enough energy to light up Broadway for a decade, and that's how long it may run. Crazy For You is a knockout smash hit." WNYW-New York

"Ken Ludwig delivers surprise after surprise. He has written one of the funniest shows around." The Philadelphia Enquirer

"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

"Pure Joy! The concept is brilliant." Newsweek

"A knockout smash hit! Great music, witty lyrics … and a nonstop sense of fun." WNYW-TV

"Wow! What at show! It is absolutely fabulous!" WWOR-TV

"Broadway's newest hit! It's terrific!" NBC-TV

"Frantically funny!" Malden Observer

"From screwball start to dreamy finish, "Crazy for You" practically floats over the Kirkwood stage. Under the direction of Michael Hamilton, it makes a delicious close to Stages' 2007 season." Judy Newmark, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Crazy for you (1993-03-Prince Edward Theatre-London)

Type de série: Original London
Théâtre: Prince Edward Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 2 ans 11 mois 4 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : mercredi 03 mars 1993
Première : mercredi 03 mars 1993
Dernière : samedi 24 février 1996
Mise en scène : Mike Ockrent
Chorégraphie : Susan Stroman
Producteur :
Avec : Kirby Ward (Bobby Child), Ruthie Henshall (Polly Baker), Avril Angers (Mother), Amanda Prior (Irene Roth), Chris Langham (Bela Zangler) , Don Fellows (Everett Baker), Kieran Mcllroy, Stephen Mear, Gavin Lee

Version 3

Crazy for you (1999-04-Paper Mill Playhouse-Milburn)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Paper Mill Playhouse (Milburn - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 1 mois 2 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : mercredi 14 avril 1999
Première : mercredi 14 avril 1999
Dernière : dimanche 30 mai 1999
Mise en scène : James Brennan
Chorégraphie : Angelique Ilo
Producteur :
Avec : Avec: Bruce Adler, Jeb Brown, Jane Connell, Sandy Edgerton, Larry Linville, Stacey Logan, Jim Walton

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Crazy for you (2007-05-North Shore Music Theatre-Beverly)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly-Massassuchets - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 2 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : mardi 24 avril 2007
Première : mardi 24 avril 2007
Dernière : dimanche 13 mai 2007
Mise en scène :
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :

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Crazy for you (2011-06-Freilichtspiele-Tecklenburg)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Freilichtspiele Tecklenburg (Tecklenburg - Allemagne)
Durée : 2 mois
Nombre :
Première Preview : samedi 25 juin 2011
Première : samedi 25 juin 2011
Dernière : vendredi 26 août 2011
Mise en scène : Andreas Gergen
Chorégraphie : Danny Costello
Producteur :
Avec : Marc Seitz (Bobby Child), Filipina Henoch (Polly Baker), Mathias Schlung (Béla Zangler), Bettina Mönch (Irene Roth), Hakan T. Aslan (Pete), Reinhard Brussmann (Everett Baker), Michael Clauder (Mingo), Lucy Costelloe (Susie), Julia Franz (Shela), Kevin Foster (Wyatt), Peter Kämpfe (Lank Hawkins), Marianne Kelly (Tess, Choreographin), David Lake (Billy), Stephan Luethy (Junior), Anke Merz (Vera), Esther Mink (Margie), Till Nau (Jimmy), Richard Patrocinio (Sam), Jane Reynolds (Betsy), Birger van Severen (Harry, Barkeeper), Siegmar Tonk (Moose), Yael de Vries (Louise), Anne Welte (Patricia Fodor), Iris Werlin (Mrs Child), Frank Winkels (Eugene Fodor), Cora Wütherich (Mitzi, große elegante Solotänzerin), Marion Zollinger (Elaine), Elena Zvirbulis (Patsy, naives Revuegirl), Martin Schäffner (Custus / Perkins)

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Crazy for you (2011-08-Open Air Theatre Regents Park-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 1 mois
Nombre :
Première Preview : jeudi 28 juillet 2011
Première : lundi 08 août 2011
Dernière : samedi 10 septembre 2011
Mise en scène : Timothy Sheader
Chorégraphie : Stephen Mear
Producteur :
Avec : Bela Zangler … David Burt
Bobby Child … Sean Palmer
Polly Baker … Clare Foster
Irene Roth … Kim Medcalf
Mother/Patricia … Harriet Thorpe
Lank … Michael McKell
Tess … Rachel Stanley
Patsy … Alexis Owen Hobbs
Eugene … Samuel Holmes
Everett … Peter Martin
Follies Girl … Lucy Anderson / Jessica Buckby / Cara Elston / Charlene Ford / Jo Goodwin / Amy Griffiths
Cowboy … Harry Morrison / James O'Connell / Carl Sanderson / Phil Snowden / Stephen Whitson
Ensemble … Richard Jones / Josh Lacey / Jo Morris
Commentaires : This open-air theatre revival with a nine-piece orchestra, was unanimously praised for the staging, the central performances, and for the brilliant choreography by Stephen Mear. As a result it transferred to the Novello Theatre for a further six month run (though it was originally taking bookings for nine months - up to the end of July 2012.)
Presse : ‘OUTRAGEOUSLY FEEL-GOOD…NOTHING SHORT OF SUBLIME’ Metro
‘BLISSFUL. A DELIRIOUS REVIVAL OF GERSHWIN’S MUSICAL COMEDY‘ Daily Telegraph
‘CRAZILY ENJOYABLE TREAT OF A MUSICAL. THE BEST SCORE IN LONDON. A HILARIOUS TALE…BLISSFUL CHOREOGRAPHY’ Sunday Express
‘SUPERB. THE SHOW BRIMS WITH A SASSY JOIE DE VIVRE. WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE?’ Evening Standard
‘A GLORIOUS BLAZE OF COLOUR AND EXUBERANCE’ Sunday telegraph
‘SHEER JOY. A TREASURE TROVE OF SHOW TUNES. YOU’LL GO CRAZY FOR GERSHWIN’ Daily Mail
‘Irresistible. Outrageously Entertaining’ The Times
‘This is a tonic for gloomy times’ Financial Times
‘PERFECT FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT…SENSATIONAL…..IRRESISTABLE…A GUARANTEED MOOD ENHANCER!’ Mail on Sunday
'WHAT BETTER WAY TO CHASE OFF THE RECESSION BLUES THAN WITH SHOWGIRLS AND COWBOYS? WATCH THIS AND YOU WILL SPEND THREE HOURS WITH A GORMLESS GRIN ON YOUR FACE.’ The Independent
‘PACKED FULL OF BIG NUMBERS WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE?’ Daily Express

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Crazy for you (2011-10-Novello Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Novello Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 5 mois 1 semaine
Nombre :
Première Preview : samedi 08 octobre 2011
Première : samedi 08 octobre 2011
Dernière : samedi 17 mars 2012
Mise en scène : Timothy Sheader
Chorégraphie : Stephen Mear
Producteur :
Avec : Bela Zangler … David Burt
Bobby Child … Sean Palmer
Polly Baker … Clare Foster
Irene Roth … Kim Medcalf
Mother/Patricia … Harriet Thorpe
Lank … Michael McKell
Tess … Rachel Stanley
Patsy … Alexis Owen Hobbs
Eugene … Samuel Holmes
Everett … Peter Martin
Follies Girl … Lucy Anderson / Jessica Buckby / Cara Elston / Charlene Ford / Jo Goodwin / Amy Griffiths
Cowboy … Harry Morrison / James O'Connell / Carl Sanderson / Phil Snowden / Stephen Whitson
Ensemble … Richard Jones / Josh Lacey / Jo Morris
Commentaires : This open-air theatre revival with a nine-piece orchestra, was unanimously praised for the staging, the central performances, and for the brilliant choreography by Stephen Mear. As a result it transferred to the Novello Theatre for a further six month run (though it was originally taking bookings for nine months - up to the end of July 2012.)
Presse : ‘OUTRAGEOUSLY FEEL-GOOD…NOTHING SHORT OF SUBLIME’ Metro
‘BLISSFUL. A DELIRIOUS REVIVAL OF GERSHWIN’S MUSICAL COMEDY‘ Daily Telegraph
‘CRAZILY ENJOYABLE TREAT OF A MUSICAL. THE BEST SCORE IN LONDON. A HILARIOUS TALE…BLISSFUL CHOREOGRAPHY’ Sunday Express
‘SUPERB. THE SHOW BRIMS WITH A SASSY JOIE DE VIVRE. WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE?’ Evening Standard
‘A GLORIOUS BLAZE OF COLOUR AND EXUBERANCE’ Sunday telegraph
‘SHEER JOY. A TREASURE TROVE OF SHOW TUNES. YOU’LL GO CRAZY FOR GERSHWIN’ Daily Mail
‘Irresistible. Outrageously Entertaining’ The Times
‘This is a tonic for gloomy times’ Financial Times
‘PERFECT FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT…SENSATIONAL…..IRRESISTABLE…A GUARANTEED MOOD ENHANCER!’ Mail on Sunday
'WHAT BETTER WAY TO CHASE OFF THE RECESSION BLUES THAN WITH SHOWGIRLS AND COWBOYS? WATCH THIS AND YOU WILL SPEND THREE HOURS WITH A GORMLESS GRIN ON YOUR FACE.’ The Independent
‘PACKED FULL OF BIG NUMBERS WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE?’ Daily Express

Version 8

Crazy for you (2023-06-Gillian Lynne Theatre-London)

Type de série: West End Transfer
Théâtre: Gillian Lynne Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 6 mois 3 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : samedi 24 juin 2023
Première : lundi 03 juillet 2023
Dernière : samedi 20 janvier 2024
Mise en scène : Susan Stroman
Chorégraphie : Susan Stroman
Producteur :
Avec : Charlie Stemp (Bobby Child), Tom Edden (Bela Zangler), Carly Anderson (Polly)

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