Crazy For You

Synopsis

Act One. Bobby Child is a rich New York playboy who, dissatisfied with his party lifestyle, dreams of becoming a Broadway hoofer. But when he finally plucks up the courage to audition for the famous impresario Bela Zangler, it doesn't go well. Bobby's business-like mother wants him to forget these foolish dreams and join the family banking firm, and so sends him to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a smalltown theatre, but when he arrives Bobby promptly falls in love with the town's only woman, Polly Baker. Unfortunately the only way Bobby can win her trust and heart is to impersonate Bela Zangler and put on a show in the run-down theatre. Helped by his friends, the girls from the Zangler Follies, Bobby succeeds in making Polly fall in love, with Bela Zangler. Act Two. With only two British travel writers for an audience, Bobby's plan seems to have failed and he is crestfallen. And then the real Bela Zangler arrives in town looking for his Follies girlfriend. Bobby and Bela both drown their sorrows and when Polly sees them together the next morning, she isn't impressed. Broken hearted, Bobby tries to persuade Polly to go on with the show, but she refuses. Bobby returns to New York, while Bela decides to put on the show with Polly as the star. In an attempt to keep him happy, Bobby's mother makes him a present of the Zangler Theatre, as Bela has sunk all his money into the Deadrock show. Realising his love won't fade, Bobby rushes back to Nevada, just as Polly is preparing to follow him to New York. Luckily, their friends rally around and arrange for the two lovers to come face to face in the finale.