Girl Crazy - 1930 - Broadway Articles Page 9

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is proud to announce its Third Season! CRAZY FOR YOU June 25, 2009 - August 16, 2009 1992 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical! Be swept up in this artfully constructed tale of boy meeting girl in the Wild West! The songs of George and Ira Gershwin are the inspiration in this Tony Award winning musical comedy that brings to the stage the nostalgic showmanship of old 1930's Broadway. A perfect blend of classic American music, unforgettable dancing and riotous laughter, this show is a thoroughly entertaining breath of fresh air that makes everything old feel young again.

BROADAWAY BY THE BAY (BBBay), the Peninsula's premiere musical theatre company, is proud to present its dynamic 2009 season featuring three full scale productions as well as an intimate presentation of the music of Broadway legend Cy Coleman. Under the leadership of Artistic DirectorBrooke Knight and Executive DirectorJim Gardia, BBBay's 44th season kicks-off with a rousing revival of George and Ira Gershwin's tap dancing musical comedy CRAZY FOR YOU (April 2-19, 2009). Next, BBBay presents the captivating and exotic Rodgersand Hammerstein classic, THE KING AND I (July 16-August 2), followed by THE FULL MONTY (September 17 - October 4), the spunky and heartwarming Broadway hit based on the British film of the same name. The 44th season closes with BROADWAY UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: A TRIBUTE TO CY COLEMAN (November 5 - November 8), featuring Tony Award winnersDavid Zippel and Lillias White and Ovation Award winner Jason Graae.

42nd Street Moon gears up for its second production of the season: George and Ira Gershwin's great musical romp of 1930, Girl Crazy, the slam-bang hit that boasts one of the greatest Broadway scores including the songs 'I Got Rhythm,' 'Embraceable You,' 'But Not for Me,' and 'Sam and Delilah.' The show previews on October 23 and 24, and opens on Saturday, October 25 and runs through November 16.

42nd Street Moon gears up for its second production of the season: George and Ira Gershwin's great musical romp of 1930, Girl Crazy, the slam-bang hit that boasts one of the greatest Broadway scores including the songs 'I Got Rhythm,' 'Embraceable You,' 'But Not for Me,' and 'Sam and Delilah.' The show previews on October 23 and 24, and opens on Saturday, October 25 and runs through November 16.

The Tony winner headlines a retrospective in song and film of Gershwin's partnership with Kay Swift.

The hit series returned to Town Hall last week, kicking off its sixth season celebrating the musicals of 1930.

The Broadway by the Year series will showcase musicals from 1930, 1956, 1968 and 1978 in 2006, and other events will also be featured at Town Hall

In 2006, four new Broadway by the Year concerts will feature songs from the musicals of 1930, 1956, 1968 and 1978

Ethel Merman: The Biggest Star on Broadway, a new biography about the musical theatre legend, will be released in stores on September 25th

Catch George Dvorksky and Michele Ragusa in She Loves Me at Paper Mill Playhouse.

The classic musical political satire gets a fast and funny re-mounting

With those words and one last musical flourish, the final performance at Henry Miller's Theatre came to an end