The Heights Players present “Crazy for You,” a Tony-Award winning musical of Gershwin hits
BY ALEXANDRA WILLIAMSON
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS– Most of what people do is in pursuit of love or money, and either one can drive a person insane. No doubt both forces are at the heart of “Crazy for You,” Ken Ludwig’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical featuring music by the Gershwin brothers, now under revival by Brooklyn Heights-based community theater group the Heights Players. The show opened May 3 at the John Bourne Theater and is the final production for the Players’ 63rd season.
Based largely on the 1930 Gershwin musical “Girl Crazy,” the show was dubbed “The New Gershwin Musical Comedy” when it debuted on Broadway to popular and critical acclaim in 1992. It’s packed from start to finish with jazz standards by George and Ira Gershwin, including “I Got Rhythm,” “Embraceable You” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It.”