Joey Parnes, Sally Horchow and Michael Harrison are thrilled to verify the complete casting for the West End switch of Chichester Festival Theatre’s elegant new manufacturing of Crazy For You. The traditional Gershwin musical which is delivered to life on stage by the famend, multi-Tony and Olivier award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman, will play a strictly restricted 6-month season on the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London, with performances starting on Saturday 24 June 2023 (Press Night: Monday 3 July). Tickets at the moment are on sale at www.CrazyForYouMusical.com
As beforehand introduced, Crazy For You will star Charlie Stemp, the Olivier-nominated star of Half a Sixpence and Mary Poppins as Bobby Child, Carly Anderson, star of Wicked as Polly Baker, and Drama Desk Award winner Tom Edden as Bela Zangler, following their critically acclaimed performances within the celebrated, sold-out manufacturing at Chichester Festival Theatre final summer season.
They shall be joined within the West End by Natalie Kassanga (Dreamgirls) as Irene Roth, Mathew Craig (We Will Rock You) as Lank Hawkins, Duncan Smith (White Christmas) as Everett Baker, Marilyn Cutts (Funny Girl) as Lottie Child, Sam Harrison (Les Misérables) as Eugene Fodor, Rina Fatania (The Killing of Sister George) as Patricia Fodor, Jack Wilcox (Anything Goes)as Standby Bobby Child, and Kayleigh Thadani, Kate Parr, Lila Anderson, Harriet Samuel-Gray, Imogen Bowtell, Laura Hills, Ella Valentine, Tara Yasmin, Marc Akinfolarin, Lucas Koch, Philip Bertioli, Jason Battersby, Ashley-Jordon Packer, Nicholas Duncan, Nathan Elwick, Liam Wrate, Joshua Nkemdilim, Nell Martin, Bradley Trevethan, Bethan Downing, Ryan Jupp, Jinny Gould, George Bray.
He’s a fish out of water and he or she’s an actual catch.
Theatre mad Bobby Child is torn between his showbusiness desires and operating the household financial institution. He reluctantly heads west to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a theatre’s mortgage, solely to fall for the theatre proprietor’s daughter, Polly. Desperate to show his good religion, Bobby decides to placed on a present – full with dancers from the glamorous Zangler Follies in New York City – to save lots of the theatre, renew the city and hopefully win Polly’s love.
With a riotously entertaining e-book by Ken Ludwig and overflowing with wonderful Gershwin melodies (together with Someone to Watch Over Me, I Got Rhythm and They Can’t Take That Away from Me), this manufacturing is a festivity ‘blessed with ingenious, sparkling choreography from Susan Stroman, which sends you out on a high from the joy of music and dance’ (Financial Times.) The unique manufacturing of Crazy For You received a number of Tony and Olivier Awards, together with Best Musical.
Direction and choreography by multi-Tony and Olivier award winner Susan Stroman, with e-book by Olivier Award profitable Ken Ludwig, this spectacular manufacturing transfers from a sell-out season on the Chichester Festival Theatre.
Crazy For You is produced by Joey Parnes, Sally Horchow, Michael Harrison with Crossroads Live, Nick Thomas and Bob Boyett.