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''Girl Crazy'' is a 1930 musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Ethel Merman made her stage debut in this musical production and it also turned Ginger Rogers into an overnight star. It has been adapted three times for film, most notably in 1943 with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. In that version, the roles played by Ginger Rogers and Ethel Merman were combined into one, played by Garland. The 1930 stage version follows the story of Danny Churchill, who has been sent to Custerville, Arizona, to manage his family's ranch. His father has sent him there to focus on more serious matters than alcohol and women, but Danny turns his family's place into a dude ranch, importing showgirls from Broadway and hiring Kate Forthergill (played by Merman) as an entertainer. Eventually, visitors come from both coasts to the ranch and Danny falls in love with the local postmistress, Molly Gray (originally played by Ginger Rogers). The subsequent films followed different plots. ==Productions== The musical opened at the Alvin Theatre on October 14, 1930 and closed on June 6, 1931 after 272 performances. It was directed by Alexander Leftwich, with choreography by George Hale and sets by Donald Oenslager. This musical made a star of Ginger Rogers, who, with Allen Kearns, sang "Could You Use Me?" and "Embraceable You" and, with Willie Howard, "But Not for Me". Ethel Merman, in her Broadway debut sang "I Got Rhythm", "Sam and Delilah", and "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!" and "became an overnight sensation...that launched her fifty year career."〔Vlastnik, Frank; Bloom, Ken. ("Girl Crazy" ) ''Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time'', Black Dog Publishing, 2010, ISBN 1-57912-849-1, p. 132〕 Also of note is the opening night pit orchestra, which was composed of many well-known jazz musicians, including Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey.〔Wilson, Jeremy. () "Origin and Chart Information: I Got Rhythm." JazzStandards.com, 2005.〕 "The score was one of the Gershwins' best" according to theatre writer Ken Bloom.〔Bloom, Ken. ( "Chapter:Aarons and Freedley" ) ''Broadway: Its History, People, and Places: An Encyclopedia'', Taylor & Francis, 2004, ISBN 0-415-93704-3, p. 2〕 In 1992 the show appeared on Broadway in heavily revised version. It was given a new title ''Crazy for You'', a completely new plot, and interpolated with material from other Gershwin stage shows and films, specifically songs written for the Fred Astaire movies of the 1930s such as "Nice Work If You Can Get It" from A Damsel in Distress and "They Can't Take That Away From Me" from Shall We Dance. "Musicals Tonight!", New York City, presented a staged concert in September 2001.〔("'Girl Crazy' listing and reviews" ), musicalstonight.org, accessed February 16, 2010〕 An abridged version of ''Girl Crazy'' was presented at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC October 2–5, 2008 as part of their ''Broadway: Three Generations'' production. Max von Essen played Danny, Jenn Colella played Molly, and Randy Graff played Kate, directed by Lonny Price.〔Gans, Andrew.("Graff, Ashmanskas, Brescia, Osnes, von Essen Explore Broadway: Three Generations Oct. 2-5" ) playbill.com, October 2, 2008〕 The New York City Center Encores! staged concert was held in November 2009. Directed by Jerry Zaks, it starred Ana Gasteyer, Marc Kudisch, Becki Newton, and Wayne Knight.〔Isherwood, Charles.("Home on the Range and on the Stage", )''The New York Times'', November 21, 2009〕 Two Time Olympic Champion and Emmy Award winning Television commentator, Dick Button starred as Danny in a 1958 production, which also co-starred Jane Connell, as Kate and Gordon Connell, as Pete; which interpolated Gershwin's "They All Laughed" and "Nice Work If You can Get It" into the score. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Girl Crazy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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