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MANHATTAN CONCERT PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCES
COMPLETE CREATIVE TEAM FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY
CONCERT PERFORMANCE OF ‘CRAZY FOR YOU’
New York, N.Y., February 6, 2017 – Manhattan Concert Productions (MCP) is proud to announce the following creative team for the 25th Anniversary concert performance of Gershwin’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy Crazy for You, on February 19, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center. Five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman, original choreographer, returns to now direct and choreograph the 25th Anniversary concert performance of Crazy for You alongside Broadway veteran Kevin Stites, who serves as Music Director and Conductor.
Susan Stroman, Director, Original Broadway Choreography
Kevin Stites, Music Director, Conductor
Beowulf Boritt, Set Designer
Jason Lyons, Lighting Designer
Peter Hylenski, Sound Designer
Chris Pantuso, Props Coordinator
Sarah Cubbage, Costume Coordinator
Rolt Smith, Production Stage Manager
Shannon Hammons, Associate Stage Manager
Jeff Whiting, Associate Director
Angelique Ilo, Associate Choreographer
Stacey Todd Holt, Assistant Choreographer
Greg Jarrett, Associate Music Director
Justin Stasiw, Associate Sound Designer
Simon Matthews, Production Sound Engineer
Paul Huntley, Associate Costume Coordinator
Tara Rubin Casting, Casting
Jeff Wild, Production Manager
In addition to Stroman’s choreography from the original production, this performance features a stunning Broadway and television cast, creative team, a chorus of 240 singers from across the United States and the enlarged forces of the New York City Chamber Orchestra.
The full cast includes: Rachel Bloom (Irene Roth), Rachel Dratch (Patricia Fodor), Harry Groener (Bela Zangler), Mark Linn-Baker (Everett Baker), Jack McBrayer (Eugene Fodor), Jerry O’Connell (Lank Hawkins), Nancy Opel (Lottie Child), Laura Osnes (Polly Baker), Tony Yazbeck (Bobby Child), Michael Biren (Billy), Jim Borstelmann (Custus), Christine Cornish Smith (Louise), Jeremy Davis (Sam), Jerry Gallagher (Moose), Anne Horak (Patsy), Rashaan James II (Junior), Naomi Kakuk (Vera), Amanda Kloots (Vera), Chris LeBeau (Jimmy), Alicia Lundgren (Mitzi), Brittany Marcin Maschmeyer (Elaine), Kaylee Olson (Sheila), Eric Santagata (Mingo), Angie Schworer (Tess), Victor Wisehart (Wyatt).
With music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, and book by Ken Ludwig, Crazy for You is based on the Gershwin brothers’ 1930 musical Girl Crazy, incorporating songs from several other productions as well. The story follows Bobby Child (Yazbeck), a banker who dreams of dancing for Zangler’s (Groener) Follies, the most popular show in New York City. After a failed audition, his mother sends him to Deadrock, Nevada to foreclose on a rundown theater. There he meets Polly Baker (Osnes), who, unbeknownst to him, is the daughter of the theater’s owner. Bobby falls in love with her instantly and hatches a plan to save the theater.
Following the success of The Secret Garden in 2016, Crazy for You marks the fifth installment of Manhattan Concert Productions’ critically acclaimed Broadway Series that has also included Parade, Titanic, and Ragtime.
Tickets, starting at $75, are currently on sale and may be purchased by visiting www.mcp.us; www.lincolncenter.org; calling CenterCharge (212) 721-6500; or visiting the David Geffen Hall box office at 10 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Avenue at 65th Street)
ABOUT MANHATTAN CONCERT PRODUCTIONS
Manhattan Concert Productions (MCP) is an esteemed production company in its 18th season. MCP has provided opportunity to thousands of musicians in choirs, bands, and orchestras that have performed at famous venues throughout the United States and many countries abroad. Additionally, MCP regularly features the work of professional singers, actors, instrumentalists, conductors and composers. The guest musicians of the Crazy for You chorus will spend five days in New York City rehearsing and performing side-by-side with the professional principal cast and crew as part of Manhattan Concert Productions’ continuing mission of student and professional collaboration. Visit www.mcp.us to learn more.
The worldwide copyrights in the music of George and Ira Gershwin® for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin Family. Crazy For You®, The New Gershwin® Musical is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022. GERSHWIN is a registered trademark and service mark of Gershwin Enterprises. CRAZY FOR YOU is a registered trademark and service mark of Crazy For You Enterprises.
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CHRISTINE ROSENBLATT
MANHATTAN CONCERT PRODUCTIONS
Marketing Coordinator
Soprano, Manhattan Chorale
236 W. 30th Street, FL 3 | New York, NY 10001
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