Crazy For You continues at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, London until 20 January 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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West End LIVE line-up unveiled
A packed line-up featuring nearly every single musical playing in the West End has been unveiled ahead of this year’s West End LIVE. This free celebration of London’s world-leading theatre scene comes to Trafalgar Square on the weekend of 17 and 18 June 2023.
Crazy For You West End transfer – full cast
Full casting has been confirmed for the West End transfer of the Chichester Festival Theatre acclaimed new production of the classic George and Ira Gershwin musical comedy Crazy For You.
WhatsOnStage Awards 2023 – the nominees
Daniel Fish’s innovative 2019 Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s much-loved Oklahoma! leads the musical theatre nominees for the 23rd WhatsOnStage Awards.
London transfer for Chichester Festival Theatre’s Crazy For You
Susan Stroman’s acclaimed new production of the classic George and Ira Gershwin musical comedy Crazy For You will follow its sold-out Chichester Festival Theatre summer season by playing a strictly limited six-week run in the West End.
UK Theatre Awards 2022 – The nominees
Leicester Curve’s Billy Elliot, Storyhouse Chester’s Now Is Good, and the Watermill Theatre’s production of Whistle Down the Wind will battle it out for the title of Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards 2022. Returning after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the three hit shows are of among the 2022 nominees […]
Crazy For You – Chichester Festival Theatre
Crazy For You continues at the Chichester Festival Theatre until 4 September 2022. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ It’s rare for a show to get a standing ovation at the interval but a full house on press night quickly fell in love with this heatwave-hot revival of the wonderfully silly Crazy For You, sensationally directed and […]
Full company for Chichester’s Crazy For You
Carly Anderson will star opposite Charlie Stemp in Susan Stroman’s new production of the classic George and Ira Gershwin musical comedy Crazy For You at Chichester Festival Theatre this summer. As previously announced, Stemp (Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre) will return to Chichester for the first time since his career-launching performance in the hit revival […]
Three musicals feature in Chichester Festival Theatre’s 2022 season – Susan Stroman makes her debut at the venue
Chichester Festival Theatre’s 60th anniversary season will feature three musicals: Susan Stroman makes her Chichester debut directing and choreographing the Gershwins’ musical comedy Crazy For You, Charlie Stemp returns to Chichester to lead the cast. Local Hero, book by David Greig and music and lyrics by Mark Knopfler, based on the Bill Forsyth film, directed […]
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance – Crazy for You
Crazy For You was performed by Trinity Laban Musical Theatre students at Stratford Circus, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Director Sarah Redmond certainly knows how to get the best out of her young cast. The 24 graduating students in this highly enjoyable production of Crazy for You are fizzing with energy and there’s plenty of talent […]
Crazy For You – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Crazy For You at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 24 March 2018, before continuing its tour until 9 June 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This musical story, full of Gershwin classics and set in the 1930s, follows the troubles of aspiring dancer Bobby Child and Polly Baker, a young ‘cowgirl’ from Nevada. The […]
Claire Sweeney cast in Crazy For You tour from January 2018
Claire Sweeney will take over the role of Irene in the national tour of the Watermill Theatre’s acclaimed production of the George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You. Sweeney joins Tom Chambers who plays Bobby and Charlotte Wakefield who plays Polly from 16 January 2018 at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. The actress has a television […]
Guildhall School of Music and Drama – Crazy For You
Crazy For You, performed by Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s final-year graduates, continues at Silk Street Theatre, London until 12 July. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Every year the same verdict on a Guildhall School musical: lift this show lock, stock and barrel a couple of miles across London to […]
Crazy For You tour – Charlotte Wakefield to play Polly
Charlotte Wakefield will play Polly in the national tour of the Watermill Theatre’s acclaimed production of classic George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You. Wakefield joins the previously announced Tom Chambers as Bobby and Caroline Flack as Irene. From the producers of Sister Act and Nativity! The Musical, the national tour of Crazy For […]
Crazy For You tour – Caroline Flack joins Tom Chambers in cast
Caroline Flack will make her stage debut as Irene in the national tour of the Watermill Theatre’s acclaimed production of classic George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You. Flack joins the previously announced Tom Chambers as Bobby. From the producers of Sister Act and Nativity! The Musical, the national tour of Crazy For You […]
Crazy For You – Watermill Theatre production goes on national tour
Following a successful season at the Watermill Theatre, there will be a national tour of Crazy For You, starring Tom Chambers as Bobby. The tour will open at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth on 17 August 2017. Crazy For You boasts a fabulous score from the Gershwin brothers’ songbook. Mistaken identities, plot twists, heartbreak, happiness and a wealth of memorable tunes all feature in this […]
Crazy For You – Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Crazy For You continues at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury until 17 September. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was in 1992 that I went to New York and got Upper Circle seats for Crazy For You from TKTS Times Square. My overriding memory from that Broadway spectacular was the glitz of the costumes […]
Crazy For You at the Watermill – Caroline Sheen takes leading role
The Watermill Theatre has revealed the full company for its summer production of the Gershwins’ Crazy For You, opening on 28 July and playing until 17 September (press night is 3 August). West End leading lady Caroline Sheen makes her Watermill debut as Polly and joins previously announced Tom Chambers, who plays Bobby. Directed by The Watermill’s artistic and executive director, Paul Hart, this brand new […]
Crazy For You at the Watermill Theatre will star Tom Chambers
A reworked version of the classic George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You will be the centrepiece of the Watermill Theatre’s summer/winter season. The distinctive Berkshire venue will be the setting for the Broadway show, reimagined for the Watermill’s intimate stage with actor-musicians and starring former Strictly Come Dancing star Tom Chambers (Top Hat). […]
ArtsEd London – Crazy For You
Crazy For You, performed by ArtsEd London final-year Musical Theatre students at the Studio Theatre, Chiswick, continues until 24 January. Star rating: 4 stars **** The year is young but it’s doubtful if anything we see in the next 11 months will approach the extraordinary energy levels of ArtsEd’s high-octane triple-threat confection that marries a shedload of […]
Tim Flavin – Reflections of a Song and Dance Man – Crazy Coqs
Tim Flavin’s cabaret Reflections of a Song and Dance Man continues at the Crazy Coqs, London until 17 January. 4 stars **** Tim Flavin returns to the Crazy Coqs with a cabaret act developed in collaboration, with his musical director and accompanist Colin Billing, at a Caribbean hotel where it played for two seasons. The programme is […]
