2008 Woodie Awards
You will go 'Crazy' for MCCTA's fall musical
Alexandria Brim
Issue date: 11/2/06 Section: Entertainment
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The Marist College Council on Theatre Arts (MCCTA) will stage its fall musical "Crazy for You" from Nov. 3-5. All performances will be held in the Nelly Goletti theatre.
Junior Risa Pedzewick is the assistant director for the show. "It's good. It's better as a lot of high schools produce this show," she said. "We're doing it pretty professionally."
Matthew Wolfe, a sophomore, plays lead character Bobby Child. "He's from a rich family, a banker," Wolfe says of his character. "His mother has been grooming him to take over the family business but all he wants to do is dance. She sends him out to Nevada to foreclose on a piece of property, which happens to be a theatre owned by a beautiful girl."
This action sets the play into motion as he arrives in Deadrock, Nevada. Bobby decides to help resurrect the theatre by impersonating a famous producer. "It all blows up in his face," Wolfe says. Bobby falls in love with Polly, who doesn't return it when she finds out Bobby is the banker who will close the theatre. Bobby tries to win her heart as the town puts on the show to save the theatre. Will Bobby succeed in winning Polly and will the show change Deadrock's luck?
"Crazy for You" features songs from Ira and George Gershwin as well as a book by Ken Ludwig. The show was inspired by an earlier one by Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan called "Girl Crazy," which opened in 1930. The revised show by Ludwig opened in 1992 and won the Tony Award for Best New Musical that year. The musical contains on of the Gershwins' best known songs, "I Got Rhythm."
The show is directed by Tom Berger with George Croom as musical director. The same pair also worked on last year's production of "The Rocky Horror Show," which had a sold-out performance. Junior Mark Heftler is producing the musical.
Matt Angrisani, a junior, is part of the ensemble for this show. "I've been in MCCTA every year since I came here," he said. "The musical is always the big production and it is great to be a part of one of the more special moments at Marist."
Junior Risa Pedzewick is the assistant director for the show. "It's good. It's better as a lot of high schools produce this show," she said. "We're doing it pretty professionally."
Matthew Wolfe, a sophomore, plays lead character Bobby Child. "He's from a rich family, a banker," Wolfe says of his character. "His mother has been grooming him to take over the family business but all he wants to do is dance. She sends him out to Nevada to foreclose on a piece of property, which happens to be a theatre owned by a beautiful girl."
This action sets the play into motion as he arrives in Deadrock, Nevada. Bobby decides to help resurrect the theatre by impersonating a famous producer. "It all blows up in his face," Wolfe says. Bobby falls in love with Polly, who doesn't return it when she finds out Bobby is the banker who will close the theatre. Bobby tries to win her heart as the town puts on the show to save the theatre. Will Bobby succeed in winning Polly and will the show change Deadrock's luck?
"Crazy for You" features songs from Ira and George Gershwin as well as a book by Ken Ludwig. The show was inspired by an earlier one by Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan called "Girl Crazy," which opened in 1930. The revised show by Ludwig opened in 1992 and won the Tony Award for Best New Musical that year. The musical contains on of the Gershwins' best known songs, "I Got Rhythm."
The show is directed by Tom Berger with George Croom as musical director. The same pair also worked on last year's production of "The Rocky Horror Show," which had a sold-out performance. Junior Mark Heftler is producing the musical.
Matt Angrisani, a junior, is part of the ensemble for this show. "I've been in MCCTA every year since I came here," he said. "The musical is always the big production and it is great to be a part of one of the more special moments at Marist."
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