Encores! Series Presents “Girl Crazy,” Feel-Good Show with Some Surprise Thorns

November 23, 2009 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, Q on Stage · Comment 

(L– R) Mylinda Hull, Wayne Knight, Chris Diamantopoulos, Marc Kudisch, Becki Newton, Ana Gasteyer - photo by Carol Rosegg

(L– R) Mylinda Hull, Wayne Knight, Chris Diamantopoulos, Marc Kudisch, Becki Newton, Ana Gasteyer - photo by Carol Rosegg

Source: www.qonstage.com
By Bruce-Michael Gelbert

City Center’s Encores! series’ season opened with George and Ira Gershwin’s “Girl Crazy” (1930), a (mostly) feel-good Depression era musical, with book by Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan, which introduced Ethel Merman to Broadway and brought her overnight stardom.  Read more