Girl Crazy is a musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. It is remembered as the show that made stars of both Ginger Rogers (who, with Allen Kearns, sang "Could You Use Me?" and "Embraceable You" and, with Willie Howard, "But Not for Me") and Ethel Merman, in her Broadway debut (who sang "I Got Rhythm", "Sam and Delilah", and "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!"). It features the most hit ...
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Girl Crazy is a musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. It is remembered as the show that made stars of both Ginger Rogers (who, with Allen Kearns, sang "Could You Use Me?" and "Embraceable You" and, with Willie Howard, "But Not for Me") and Ethel Merman, in her Broadway debut (who sang "I Got Rhythm", "Sam and Delilah", and "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!"). It features the most hit songs by the Gershwins in one Broadway show, and (as of 2009) is the only Gershwin musical to be filmed more than once.
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.
In 1992 it was revived with a new title as the stage musical Crazy for You. The show was heavily revised, with a completely new plot, and songs from other Gershwin shows added. An abridged version of Girl Crazy was...
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