Opera Scotland

Crazy for You

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Music

George Gershwin

Text

Ken Ludwig (Book)

Ira Gershwin (Lyrics)

Source

Musical Comedy Girl Crazy (1930) and other works by George and Ira Gershwin

 

Premieres

First Performance:  New York () 1992.

First Performance in UK:  London () 1993.

First Performance in Scotland:  Edinburgh (Playhouse), 17 December 1996.

 

Background

In 1992, a new Broadway musical was launched with worldwide success. Entitled Crazy For You, it used such elements of the Girl Crazy plot as could be salvaged, while also interpolating not just the acknowledged hits from Girl Crazy, but also numbers from other Gershwin shows. The result was a complete success.