Stage Write

Take one irresponsible city boy who just wants to dance, add a strong-willed no nonsense country girl, toss in a few money troubles and mistaken identities and you have a formulaic but fun show. Beef & Boards’ current musical “Crazy for You” is a romance wrapped in nostalgia.   The show premiered in 1992, but it’s actually a reworked version of the 1930s’ “Girl Crazy.” It certainly feels more in step with musicals like “Annie Get Your Gun” than anything created in recent years. The Gershwin score includes songs like, “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” “I’ve Got Rhythm,” and “Someone to Watch Over Me.” It revolves around the Zangler’s Follies, a thinly veiled version of the real Ziegfeld Follies. Bobby Child, played by Blake Spellacy, is our city boy. He heads to a dusty town in Nevada to foreclose on a theater for his domineering mother’s bank. Once in Deadrock he immediately falls for a local girl named Polly and decides the only way to win her is to pretend ...