PHS stages musical comedy ‘Crazy for You’

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PERRYSBURG — Perrysburg High School Theatre and Vocal Music Departments present George and Ira Gershwin
musical comedy “Crazy for You.”
Stage-struck Bobby Child (Jack Xiao) works as a banker for his overbearing mother, Lottie (Alaina
Reimer), but spends his off hours practicing dance routines and sneaking in to audition for Zangler’s
Follies, the most popular show in New York City, helmed by Bela Zangler (Andrew Hogle), a temperamental
Hungarian producer.
Unfortunately, Bobby’s showbiz career is going nowhere, and his strident fiance Irene (Chloe Carter) is
insisting that he name the date, so when Lottie demands that he investigate a far-away customer who has
defaulted on a mortgage, Bobby jumps at the chance to get out of town.
Arriving in hot, quiet Deadrock, Nevada, Bobby falls for Polly Baker (Madelyn Dirrim), the sweet and
sturdy postmistress, whose father Everett (Reid Frankevic) happens to own the beautiful, but decaying,
Gaiety Theater, which he has been sent to seize.
Now lovestruck, Bobby comes up with a plan: call in his friends, the Follies Girls, all the way from New
York City, cast the locals — a bunch of rundown cowboys with latent musical talent played by Jordan
Hood, Nathan Miller and Patrick Marquette — and put on a show to save the old building. Polly falls in
turn for the enthusiastic young man, but feels angry and betrayed when she discovers that he comes from
the bank.
In order to spend time with the furious Polly, Bobby disguises himself as Bela Zangler of Zangler’s
Follies, all the better to produce and direct. But while “Zangler” is talking up Bobby to the
unsuspecting Polly, Polly is falling for the impersonation of dashing, European Zangler. And when the
real Zangler arrives in town, chasing Tess, his beloved dance captain (Katie Sanderson), things really
get “Crazy!”
Also in the cast are Grace Davis as Patsy; Ben Johnson as Perkins; Boniface Romp as Lank Hawkins; Bennett
Bernhoft as Eugene Fodor; and Deena Atassi as Patricia Fodor.
Performance dates are April 27, 28, 29 at 7:30 p.m. and April 30 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are reserved and
are $13 for all seats. They can be purchased online at www.TinyUrl.com/PerrysburgTheatre and at the box
office one hour prior to curtain on performance days.
Rob Gentry is directing the performance with assistance from students Grant Hayward and Hailey Woods.
Nicole Spadafore is musical director with the assistance of student Julia Printy.

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