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| | Kirstie R. Bingham - Reviews: Girl Crazy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | revivals because Girl Crazy is hardly the lost treasure that, say, Watch Your Step or even King of Hearts is: those three songs I mentioned are bona fide standards, after all, and Crazy For You, derived from much of the same material, lingers in recent memory. |
 | | Girl Crazy tells the story of Danny, a young Manhattan playboy who has been sent to the remote town of Custerville, Arizona to keep an eye on his wealthy father's ranch (as well as to keep him away from the temptations of the Big City). |
 | | She has three songs altogether: "Sam and Delilah," "Boy What Love Has Done to Me," and "I Got Rhythm." Back in 1930, when Girl Crazy premiered, Kate was played by Ethel Merman, who made her career--and theatrical history--in this, her first role. |
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