CRAZY FOR YOU (Pre-Bway Run) is final CTG/Ahmanson Show

Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie and Broadway producer Joey Parnes announced today that the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, “Crazy for You,” with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by two-time Tony Award nominee Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor), will be produced by Center Theatre Group in an exclusive pre-Broadway engagement at the Ahmanson Theatre. Susan Stroman (“The Producers,” “Show Boat,” “Contact), who won the first of her five Tony Awards for choreographing the original 1992 Broadway production of the musical, will direct and choreograph this limited Los Angeles engagement which will begin performances February 7, 2018, and run through March 18, 2018.

Press Release here:

https://www.centertheatregroup.org/about/press-room/press-releases-and-photos/archive/2017/june/crazy-for-you-announced-at-the-ahmanson/

Updated On: 6/7/17 at 04:15 PM

Wildcard said: "While this news thrills me since I love Crazy for You, I really was hoping for Sunset Blvd to make its way to LA"

It would be have been great to get Sunset, although, my bank account will be happy it didn't.

Oh. Well, that's disappointing, after all that mystery and build-up. I'll still probably see it, though. Never saw the original.

Someone in a Tree2 said: "Nice to get a rerun one of the great Susan Stroman stagings, but this seems like a very odd choice given the zeitgeist in 2017. I'd rather see a revisit of THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS.



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Didn't we just see that last year?

Do you know anything about the version of THE RED SHOES that is coming? Is it related to the Jule Style flop?

It was great fun that night in Lincoln Center, although it must be said that the audience was extraordinarily energized and ready to love it.

Tony Yazbeck was the one essential member of the cast.

NoName3... OlBlueEyes is most definitely correct. There was a one-night concert version of the show (celebrating its 25th anniversary) at Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center back in Feb. Tony Yazbeck and Laura Osnes played the leads.



http://www.mcp.us/upcoming-events/crazy-for-you

This 'Red Shoes' looks to be the Matthew Bourne dance adaptation of the film, using Bernard Herrmann's music. I think it might have had a production or two in the UK of recent times.

I agree with Marc. Since Ken Ludwig lives in the DC area and has past involvement with Signature (his Fox on the Fairway premiered there), I wouldn't be surprised if he had a hand in the production as well.

You needn't apologize, NoName. For whatever you maligned me, you already had edited it out before I could see it.

There was a long curtain call, with additional song and dance, and an address to the audience by Susan Stroman. After the performance, the elite, including Mel Brooks wearing a bright red handkerchief in his suit pocket, went on to the dinner dance, and I went on to the Q train.

The audience was still on a high and the two topics being discussed on the way out were (1) "They put in all that work and all that rehearsal for just one performance" and (2) "Do you think that this will be on Broadway next season." Most thought that it would.

Crossing my fingers Tony and Laura end up reprising their roles.

It is odd that they're calling it Pre-Broadway and it's closing out of town March 18th. They must be planning to bring it in the following season either fall 2018 or spring 2019. I have to assume there would be no time to preview and open on Broadway that late before the Tony cut off.