Girl Crazy (Original 1930)

Girl Crazy (Original 1930)

Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Book by Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan

Girl Crazy (Original 1930)

Girl Crazy (Original 1930)

Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Book by Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan

Overview

Wealthy playboy Danny Churchill has been sent by his parents to Custerville, Arizona, to manage his family’s ranch and to focus on more serious matters than alcohol and women. But Danny turns the place into a dude ranch, imports Broadway showgirls, and hires Kate Forthergill as an entertainer. Eventually, visitors come from both coasts to the ranch and Danny falls in love with the local postmistress, Molly Gray.

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Details

  • Genre: Romantic Comedy
  • Time Period: 1930s
  • Cast Attributes: Expandable Casting, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for All Audiences

Authors

George Gershwin

George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn on September 26, 1898, and began his musical training when he was 13. At 16, he quit high school to work as a "song plugger" for a music publisher, and soon he was writing songs himself. "Swanee," as introduced by Al Jolson, brought George ...

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Ira Gershwin

Ira Gershwin, the first songwriter to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize, was born in New York City on December 6, 1896. In 1917 The Evening Sun published his first song (“You May Throw All The Rice You Desire But Please, Friends, Throw No Shoes”). Four years later, Ira enjoyed hi ...

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Guy Bolton

Guy Bolton (1884-1979) was born in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, on November 23, 1884. Bolton famously collaborated with Jerome Kern and P.G. Wodehouse on a series of buoyant musicals for the 299-seat Princess Theatre, including Have A Heart; Oh, Boy!; Leave It To Jane; ...

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John McGowan

John "Jack" McGowan (1894–1977) was an American librettist, director and producer. His writing credits included: Say When; Pardon My English; Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1932; Heigh-ho, Everybody; Singin' the Blues; Girl Crazy; Flying High; Murray Anderson's Almanac; Hold Ever ...

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