Hippodrome celebrates the music of the Gershwin brothers

The music of the Great American Songbook is brought vividly to life at the Birmingham Hippodrome next week when the theatre stages a celebration of the songs of the Gershwin brothers, George and Ira.

Crazy for You, which is staged between Tuesday and Saturday is a high energy, feel-good production of the acclaimed Watermill Theatre show.

The musical stars Tom Chambers (Top Hat and Strictly Come Dancing), Caroline Flack (Strictly Come Dancing, Love Island, The X Factor) and Charlotte Wakefield (Sound Of Music, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) but the real star is the fabulous score from an enduring songbook.

Crazy For You charts the troubled love story of Bobby, son of a wealthy New York banking family and frustrated Broadway hoofer, and Polly, daughter of the proprietor of a failing theatre in Deadrock, Nevada.

Sent to close the theatre down, Bobby falls for Polly and, in the guise of a Hungarian impresario, decides to save the theatre by putting on a show.

Mistaken identities, heartbreak, happiness and a wealth of memorable tunes, including I Got Rhythm, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Nice Work If You Can Get It and Embraceable You all feature in this exhilarating celebration of the great Broadway musicals.

More details on the show are available on the Birmingham Hippodrome website.