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Girl Crazy

Opened 1930

272 performances

Musical, Early

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RKO

Girl Crazy is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Co-leads Ginger Rogers and Ethel Merman made their stage debuts in the first production and Rogers became an overnight star.

Music
George Gershwin
Lyrics
Ira Gershwin
Book
Guy Bolton & John McGowan
RomanceFish Out Of WaterThe West

Productions1 on Broadway

1930
Alvin TheatreBroadway Original, opened October 14, 1930, directed by Alexander Leftwich
272 performances

Songs7 songs

I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You, But Not for Me, Bidin' My Time, Could You Use Me?, Sam and Delilah, Treat Me Rough

Recordings 5 recordings

1990
Girl Crazy (1990 studio cast)
Girl Crazy (1990 studio cast) Nonesuch 79250, released November 13, 1990
United States
1991
Girl Crazy (1990 studio cast) Nonesuch 79250, released January 1, 1991
United Kingdom
1996
Girl Crazy
Girl Crazy Sony Classical 88697638562, released 1996
1996
Girl Crazy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Rhino Movie Music R2 72590; Turner Classic Movies Music R2 72590, released 1996
United States
1998
Girl Crazy (1951 studio cast) Columbia Broadway Masterworks SK 60704, released November 10, 1998
United States

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available

Ginger Rogers’s first Broadway musical since GIRL CRAZY [Gershwin: October 14, 1930] was not to be; it closed under a pink cloud of unpaid bills.

Show Tunes the Songs Shows and Careers of Broadway S Suskin Steven Suskin Steven, p. 196

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