crazyforyou - Spotlight Musical Theatre Group

THE NEW GERSHWIN MUSICAL
CORRAN
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5th, 6th, 7th March
Director: Louisa Hyde
Producer: Shiralene Cave
An amateur
performance
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Welcome to the Show!
“Well, well, well, My name is Bela Zangler,
thank you for coming to Zangler Follies...”
As Zangler welcomes his imaginary audience to his imaginary
show, so we welcome you to ‘Crazy for You’, Spotlight’s offering
for 2009. Broadway meets the wild, wild west.
We think this is our most technically and artistically demanding
show to date, and we hope we have done justice to the fast and furious
story, aswell as to the glorious Gershwin music and lyrics. I would like
to thank Sue for her love and support, and I would like to thank Doug for
giving Louisa the space, time and love to allow her to be my incredible
co-producer and brilliant choreographer.
“Who could ask for anything more?”
Enjoy...
Kevin Baker
Director
The worldwide copyrights in the music of George and Ira Gershwin for this
presentation are licensed by the Gershwin Family.
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.
Programme designed by DeeVA, Oban
Programme printed by Clunie Group Limited, Oban
The Story
Behind the show!
It looks and feels like an original 1930s Gershwin musical, but although all the
songs are genuine Gershwin, and the style is seemingly of the era, all is not what
it might seem.
One of the problems in restaging shows that were great hits in the 1930s is the book,
or libretto. Although many of the great tunes and lyrics from musicals of the preWorld War II era have become part of our collective conscience and our pop heritage,
the shows themselves resist revivals. Times have changed, dramatic priorities are
different, and what is witty is always redefined by succeeding generations.
So why not rewrite the book? This idea led to the creation of “Crazy for You,” the
1992 Broadway Tony Award-winner that was loosely based on the 1930 hit “Girl
Crazy” by George Gershwin, with lyrics by his brother Ira and a book by George S.
Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. “We read the book, and it was dated,” says “Crazy for
You” librettist Ken Ludwig, author of “Lend Me a Tenor” and “Moon Over Buffalo.”
“It was made up of skits and... stereotypes.”
But it also had four great Gershwin songs -- “Bidin’ My Time,” “Embraceable You,”
“I Got Rhythm,” and “But Not for Me.” The next step was logical -- if the book was
going to change, why not take advantage of this and add some other top Gershwin
tunes? And so Ludwig and director Mike Ockrent added 13 other Gershwin songs to
the seven numbers retained from “Girl Crazy” (out of the show’s original 21). Seven
came from Broadway shows (“Treasure Girl” from 1928,” “Oh! Kay” from 1926,
“Show Girl” from 1929, and “Ladies First” from 1918).
Five more were borrowed from two Hollywood films for which the Gershwins
provided music and lyrics (“Shall We Dance” and “Damsel in Distress,” both from
1937). And finally there was one last addition, “Naughty Baby,” which was not written
either for the stage or films. In the end, “Crazy for You” became a veritable Gershwin
feast.
“We wanted audiences to believe that each song was written especially for ‘Crazy
for You’ -- that they couldn’t possibly have come from anywhere else.... [One night]
we overheard a couple talking about the show. The woman asked, ‘Are George and
Ira Gershwin still alive?’ And her husband said, ‘They must be. They’re still writing
musicals.’”
As for the story, Ludwig kept the basic
premise of an Eastern playboy turning
up in a small Western Town. In “Girl
Crazy,” the setting was Custerville,
Arizona, and the playboy was Danny
Churchill, who is banished from New
York by his father to a family-owned
ranch, where -- it is hoped -- Danny
will mend his ways and become a more
responsible person. Danny becomes
Bobby Child in “Crazy for You,” a
banker who goes West to Deadrock,
Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown
theatre.
Bobby, who is stage-struck, falls in love
with Polly Baker. But if he forecloses
he will lose Polly, so he convinces her
to put on a show that will pay off the
debt her father owes on the theatre. To
keep the plot going there are mixups
and misunderstandings, disguises and
improbable appearances, but eventually
everything is happily resolved, and
Polly and Bobby are united, just like
Danny and Molly in the original story.
The show attracted rave reviews and ran
on Broadway for 1,662 performances.
It opened in London’s West End in
March 1993 and ran for nearly three
years, winning the Olivier Award for
Best New Musical along the way.
We’ve wanted to do this show for the
last 4 years, but have never had enough
men. Well now we have – and here it is!
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Act I
Scene 1The stage of Zangler’s Theatre, Broadway
‘K-RA-ZY FOR YOU’ - Bobby
Scene 2
treet in front of The Zangler Theatre
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‘I CAN’T BE BOTHERED NOW’ - Bobby and The Follies
Scene 3Main Street, Deadrock, Nevada
‘BIDIN’ MY TIME’ - The Cowboys
Scene 4
Inside Lank’s saloon
Scene 5
Stage of The Gaiety Theatre
Scene 6
Main Street, Deadrock
Scene 7
Lobby of The Gaiety Theatre
Scene 8
Stage of The Gaiety Theatre
Scene 9
Backstage of The Gaiety Theatre
Scene 10
Main Street, Deadrock
‘I GOT RHYTHM’ – Polly and The Company
‘COULD YOU USE ME?’ - Bobby and Polly
‘SHALL WE DANCE?’ - Bobby and Polly
‘GIRLS ENTER NEVADA’ – The Follies and The Cowboys
‘SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME’ – Polly
‘SLAP THAT BASS’ – Bobby and The Company
‘EMBRACEABLE YOU’ – Polly and Bobby
‘TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT’ – The Company
Act II
Scene 1
Inside Lank’s saloon
‘THE REAL AMERICAN FOLK SONG’ – The Cowboys
and The Company
‘WHAT CAUSES THAT’ – Bobby and Zangler
Scene 2
Lank’s saloon – The next morning
‘NAUGHTY BABY’ – Irene and Lank
Scene 3Stage of The Gaiety Theatre
‘STIFF UPPER LIP’ – Bobby, Polly, Eugene, Patricia
and The Company
THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME’ – Polly
‘BUT NOT FOR ME’ – Polly
Scene 4
Street in front of The Zangler Theatre
Scene 5
Main Street, Deadrock
FINALE - The Company
‘NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT’ – Bobby and The Follies
Principal Cast
John Robinson as Bobby
John only moved to Oban at Christmas 2007 and has wasted no
time in getting involved with Spotlight. He was born and raised
in Somerset, and has been in shows since his early teenage years
when he made his musical debut as ‘Customer Number 1’
in a school production of ‘Annie’. When he was starring in a
junior version of ‘Les Miserables’, among the audience was
the Assistant Director of the West End production. He was
so impressed with John that he invited him to join the West
End chorus for a couple of weeks. We welcome him on
board and wish him all the best in this demanding role.
Linsey McGlone as Polly
Linsey attended Dance Classes in Arrochar from the age of 4,
later travelling to Helensburgh to take more advanced tuition
and to take part in numerous dance productions. She
moved to Oban 4 years ago and in 2007 took on the part
of Ado Annie in ‘Oklahoma’. A great success. That year
she was also accepted to study at The American Academy
of Dramatic Art in Hollywood, but sadly could not secure
the funding to take up the opportunity. She says that Polly
has been the role she always wanted to play, and she has
grasped the chance with both hands – and feet.
Roddy MacEachen as Lank
Roddy joined the Company in 1991, appearing as Rolf in
‘The Sound of Music’. Since then he has taken on many lead roles,
and feels his favourite was probably Higgins in ‘My Fair Lady’.
He is involved whole heartedly in the group and is currently
the chair of the Spotlight Committee. He says, “it’s great to be
involved with a group of like minded people doing something
you love” In this show he brings his considerable comedic
talents to the role of Lank.
Kathleen Bate as Irene
Kate is Oban born and bred and since joining us for ‘Sweet Charity’
in 1993, has been involved ever since. It’s a tribute to her versatility
that she says her two favourite parts were The Wicked Witch in the
pantomime ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and Laurie in ‘Oklahoma’
You can’t get two more diverse roles than that.
Frances Melville as Tess
Frances saw an advert in the paper and turned up for an open
workshop before the 2003 pantomime ‘Goldilocks and the Three
Bears’. She found the group to be very welcoming and decided to
join. She’d managed to keep a fairly low profile up until now – but
talent will out, and we’re delighted we’ve persuaded her to take
on her first main role.
Kevin Baker as Zangler
Kevin’s been with Spotlight since 1992 when he played Fagin
in ‘Oliver’. He considers himself to have been lucky to have had
some great parts including Barnum, and Bill in ‘Me and my Girl’.
He says he’s not as young as he used to be and now divides his
time between character parts and directing. This year though,
he’s doing both!
Cecil the Stunt Cuckoo
This is Cecil’s first show with Spotlight Musical Theatre Group. He
has previously worked in film & television as a stunt Cuckoo in many
productions including Springwatch with Bill Oddie and many of the
Bond Movies where he has played a variety of wildlife and been shot
at, driven over, cooked and eaten and generally suffered for his art. We
wish him luck in this - his most tricky & dangerous role to date.
Pictured here with his handler, Geoff Miller
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Principals
Bobby Child
Polly Baker
Lank Hawkins
Irene
Zangler
Tess
Mother
Everett
Eugene Fodor
Patricia Fodor
Patsy
The Cowboys
Greg Angus
Tony Cave
Eric Dickison
Peter MacArthur
Bill Matthews
Stuart Smith
Vernon Swain-Nisbet
Michael Wall
Backstage
Follies
John Robinson
Linsey McGlone
Roddy MacEachen
Kathleen Bate
Kevin Baker
Frances Melville
Mairi Keenen
Fraser McDonald
Ben Redfearn
Iona Robertson
Morven Wright
The Follies
Sue Baker
Eileen Barr
Fiona Brydon
Lesley Duncan
Allison Elliot
Louisa Hyde
Kathleen MacGregor
Caroline MacInnes
Sheena McLennan
Fiona O’Brien
Pippa Drysdale
Gemma Durley
Marian Eydmann
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Acknowledgments
and Thank Yous!
We originally chose this show 4 or 5 years ago, but it never happened because we couldn’t
cast it. Well now we can! Thankfully, we have willing men to play the cowboys, a team of
stunning Follies Girls who have worked unstintingly to gain dancing skills they didn’t know
they were capable of and we are lucky enough to have two stunning young talents who can
do justice to the very demanding lead parts. Our set designs, costumes and publicity also
continue to get better and better.
Thank you to the following people for their generous support:
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We would also like to thank the Front of House team, Backstage Crew and everyone
involved in this production for all their help, work, patience and advice.
There are many other people who, in so many ways, come to help us in the final stages of our
production, although too numerous to mention by name, we thank you ALL!
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members to learn about musical theatre and all the skills
that go into putting together a show. It takes many many
people to put on a show and Spotlight is lucky to have
the team that it has, but, we could really do with more
members, so if you can play an instrument, direct, sew,
dance, sing, build, organise, or just make a very good
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1962 The Gondoliers
1963The Yeoman of the Guard
1964 The Mikado
1965 Iolanthe
1966 The Pirates of Penzance
1967 Ruddigore
1968 Patience
1969 The Gondoliers
1975 The Pirates of Penzance
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1977 Die Fledermaus
1978 The Mikado
1979 La Perichole
1980 Iolanthe
1981 The Gipsy Baron
1982 The Merry Widow
1983 Patience
1984 La Vie Parisienne
1986 Concert Selections
1987 Countess Maritza
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1988 Free as Air
1989 Nostalgia
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2003 Spotlight on Rogers
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2005High Society
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2007 Oklahoma!
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