Productions1 on Broadway
| 1930 | Alvin Theatre Original. October 14, 1930 · Alexander Leftwich | 272 performances |
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Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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In the literature40 passages
“I Got Rhythm” (1930 musical Girl Crazy ; music by George Gershwin) book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p705
After the stock market crash, Broadway business went south, but still the team struck gold with Girl Crazy in 1930. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p126
At least the 1943 Girl Crazy, also starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, had the sense to retain six of the 1930 original’s fourteen songs, plus the Gershwin hit originally composed in 1924 for Fred Astaire in Lady, Be Good!, “Fascinating Rhythm.” book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p239
In my second year at The Thacher School I anticipated Crazy for You, the 1992 musical based on Girl Crazy, with my own assemblage of freely interpolated Gershwin songs mixed with songs from the “dated” 1930 show—a triumph of accessibility ov book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-uni#p5
14 October: Girl Crazy, featuring the debut of Ethel Merman and a score by George and Ira Gershwin (including “I Got Rhythm” and “Embraceable You”), premieres at the Alvin Theater. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p20
Of the 18 songs in Crazy for You, five were in Girl Crazy, including, among others, “I Got Rhythm” and “Embraceable You.” The other 13 consist of some of the Gershwin brothers’ greatest hits: “Stairway to Paradise,” “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” “Slap That Bass,” and “Someone to Watch over Me,” in addition to material… book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p118
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