Crazy For You to Kick Off West End Run on October 8

The previously announced West End production of Crazy For You has set an October 8 start date at London's Novello Theatre. Led by Sean Palmer as Bobby Child and Clare Foster as Polly Baker, the production features the entire company from the summer 2011 run at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Timothy Sheader will direct.

Featuring classics songs by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by Ken Ludwig, Crazy For You follows an aspiring young actor whose family works in the banking world who is sent to a small town in Nevada to foreclose on a rundown theater.

The company will also include Kim Medcalf as Irene Roth, Michael McKell as Lank, Harriet Thorpe and David Burt.

Crazy For You first opened on Broadway on February 19, 1992 at the Shubert Theatre. The production earned three Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and ran for 1,622 performances. The show previously played the West End's Prince Edward Theatre in 1993.