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Girl Crazy (1990 Studio Cast)
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075597925029
Format: Cast Recording
Label: Nonesuch
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Nonesuch
Release Date: November 13, 1990
Studio: Nonesuch
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Editorial Review:
Widely known for its (very loose) 1943 Hollywood adaptation with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, this musical is among the Gershwins' very best. Originally a star vehicle for Bert Lahr, the original 1930 production also featured Ginger Rogers and Ethel Merman. This new complete recording includes pros like Lorna Luft, Judy Blazer, Vicki Lewis, and David Carroll, and all of them do a bang-up job. The book is a mere pretext: most of the songs are self-contained and could be used in just about any story, and many quickly became classics ("Embraceable You," "But Not for Me," "I Got Rhythm," "Bidin' My Time.") The upbeat score--the original pit orchestra included Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, and Benny Goodman--sees George Gershwin in complete sync with his jazz-crazed times. There's barely a wrinkle on this 70-year-old show. -- Elisabeth Vincentelli
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Crazy for girl crazy
The recording is terrific (how can you miss with such material)and the booklet gives good background information.
Rating: - Embraceable!
Some people value the "integrated" musical, like "Oklahoma," in which the songs emerge from character and advance the plot. But the disintegrated kind can be a lot more fun. "Girl Crazy" is a wonderfully nonserious musical -- the "plot" is just an excuse for the numbers, a setting for some priceless Gershwin jewels. Unlike today's hit musicals, which yield at most a single semi-memorable tune, "Girl Crazy" is packed with brilliant songs that became ... Read More
Rating:  - For those of us who were born too late...
I suppose when I get a few more listenings in to this fabulously reconditioned bit of Americana, I'll think the rating to be 5 stars instead of 4, as was the case with my ultimate love of the Gershwins' "Oh, Kay" under these same auspices involving the Library of Congress. The tracks did not all sink in as they're starting to now, the first night I listened to this version of "Girl Crazy", but then I'm of the generation with short attention spans, raised on a diet of TV and action movies. I was first ... Read More
Rating: - A Musical Not To Miss
As with so many Broadway shows, the story behind Girl Crazy is concerned with the quest for love and romance built into a thin story. The setting of Girl Crazy in Arizona provided a more exotic locale for 1930's America. What makes Girl Crazy so memorable are the songs: "Embraceable You," "Sam and Delilah," "Could You Use Me?," "Barbary Coast," " But Not For Me" and "I Got Rhytm." This is a well-cast recording of Girl Crazy with Lorna Luft (a daughter of Judy Garland) as Kate, Judy Blazer as Molly and ... Read More
Rating: - LORNA LUFT...AWSOME
This is the best cast album of "Girl Crazy" to buy...you will not be dissapointed! Sound quality is superb with lush orchastrations....everyone in the cast is GREAT! but the real star here is singer/actress/author....LORNA LUFT (daughter of american icon Judy Garland, and sister of legend Liza Minnelli)But Lorna has made it on her own...yes she has! she has been a star on and off broadway...produced and stared in several films..she is a best selling author...and is currently touring around the world ... Read More
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