"Crazy for You" runs April 4-April14 in the MainStage Theatre of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on Western Connecticut State University's Westside campus in Danbury.
The Western Connecticut State University Department of Theatre Arts will stage "Crazy for You," a tribute to the optimistic musicals popular in the 1930s that features the music and lyrics of Ira and George Gershwin.
The production runs from Thursday, April 4-Sunday, April14, in the MainStage Theatre of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university's Westside campus in Danbury.
"Crazy for You" opened at New York's Shubert Theatre in February 1992 and received the Tony Award for Best Musical that year, and the Olivier Award (London) for Best Musical the following year.
WCSU's production is directed and choreographed by Scott Wise and Elizabeth Parkinson. Wise and Parkinson are veterans of the Broadway community, with some highlights including Wise's Tony Award for "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" and his two nominations for "Fosse" and "State Fair" and Parkinson's Tony nomination and Astaire Award win for "Movin' Out." Parkinson also has worked extensively with dance companies across the globe, particularly The Joffrey Ballet.
The cast includes student actors Alex Colavecchio, of Cromwell, as Polly Baker; Alexis Reda, of Trumbull, as Tessie; Michael Katz, of Monroe, as Bobby Child; Colin Gallaher, of Wappinger Falls, N.Y., as Eugene Fodor; Alaina Mueller, of Windsor, as Irene Roth; Dominick Ventrella, or Ridgefield, as Lank Hawkins; Derek Alexander, of Swansea, Mass., as Everett Baker; Tyler Gallaher, of Wappinger Falls, N.Y., as Bela Zangler; Abigail Swartout, of Horseheads, N.Y., as Patricia Fodor; and Aurora Schloat, of Avon, as Patsy.
WCSU theatre department faculty involved with the production are producer Pam McDaniel, co-directors/choreographers Scott Wise and Elizabeth Parkinson, music director David Baronowski, production manager Tom Swetz, technical eirector Frank Herbert, scenic designer Elizabeth Popiel, lighting designer Scott Cally and costume sesigner Sharon Sobel.
Western Connecticut State University's Visual and Performing Arts Center , 43 Lake Ave. Ext., Danbury. Thursday, April 4-Sunday, April 14. April 4 (High School Night), 5, 6, 12 and 13 at 8 p.m.. April 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 2 p.m. 203-837-8732.