Crazy For You West End (2011)
8 October – 17 March
Music and lyrics by
GEORGE GERSHWIN and IRA GERSHWIN
Book by KEN LUDWIG
Based on the Original Broadway and
West End Choreography by SUSAN STROMAN
Co-conception by KEN LUDWIG and MIKE OCKRENT
Inspired by material by GUY BOLTON and JOHN McGOWAN
Originally produced on Broadway by ROGER HORCHOW and ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
Hailed by critics as a musical triumph, Gershwin's smash hit musical Crazy for You received more five star reviews than any other West End musical in 2011 - as well as being a double Olivier Award-winner.
Packed full of George and Ira Gershwin's classic songs including "I Got Rhythm", "Someone To Watch Over Me", "Embraceable You" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It".
The cast
Sean Palmer
Bobby Child

Clare Foster
Polly Baker

Kim Medcalf
Irene Roth

Michael McKell
Lank Hawkins

David Burt
Bela Zangler

Harriet Thorpe
Lottie Child/Patricia Fodor

Sidney Livingstone
Everett Baker

Samuel Holmes
Perkins/Jimmy/Eugene Fodor

Rachel Stanley
Tess

Alexis Owen Hobbs
Patsy

Lucy Anderson
Louise

Jessica Buckby
Betsy

Cara Elston
Mitzi

Charlene Ford
Elaine

Joanna Goodwin
Margie

Amy Griffiths
Susie

Phil Snowden
Pete

James O'Connell
Billy

Carl Sanderson
Moose

Harry Morrison
Sam

Stephen Whitson
Mingo

Richard Jones
Junior

Josh Lacey
Wyatt

Jo Morris
Vera

Michelle Andrews
Swing

Stuart Dawes
Swing

Joshua Lay
Swing

Holly Dale Spencer
Swing

Creative team
Reviews
Evening Standard
"full of youthful exuberance...the show brims with a sassy joie de vivre" "Stephen Mear's choreography is INGENIOUS and POLISHED"
Sunday Telegraph
"beautifully choreographed by Stephen Mear and directed with aplomb by Timothy Sheader...this production is a glorious blaze of colour and exuberance" "IRRESISTIBLE"
Metro
"nothing short of sublime...designed to put a smile on your face"
Daily Mail
"You'll go crazy for Gershwin's girls" "the sheer joy the company take in their work is infectious...Clare Foster is terrific...Sean Palmer is a handsome sweetheart"
Sunday Express
"Crazily enjoyable summer treat of a musical features the best musical score in London"
Daily Telegraph
"spirits soar during this delirious revival...the director, Timothy Sheader, the superbly inventive choreographer Stephen Mear and an ebullient company all spendidly delivery the goods...A DELIGHT"
The Times
"a starlit tunnel to showbiz heaven"... "Timothy Sheader's return to directing in his theatre's triumphant season conjures light and joy, wisecracks and whirling feet."
Financial Times
“Timothy Sheader’s excellent staging pitches it perfectly. His wittily detailed revival... shifts indoors, but loses none of its sunny disposition.” “this is an exuberant ensemble show” “this is a tonic for gloomy times”
Awards
Best Musical Revival
Olivier Awards: Won
Best Costume Design
Olivier Awards: Won