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candgnews.com SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 Vol. 43, No. 19
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Huge dance numbers, mistaken identity and romance abound in ‘Crazy for You’ BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
WOODS — Grosse Pointe Theatre is dusting off a beloved musical to open its 77th season. The George and Ira Gershwin romantic comedy “Crazy for You” will be staged Sept. 13 to Sept. 21 at Grosse Pointe North High School in Grosse Pointe Woods. Set circa the 1930s, it’s the story of a wealthy New York banker named Bobby Child — played by Zak Shugart — who’s sent to the old gold mining town of Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a theater that, like the town, has seen better days. Bobby is smitten by the theater owner’s spirited daughter, Polly Baker — played by Catie
CONTROVERSIAL FORMULA REMOVED AS PART OF AGREEMENT BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
GROSSE POINTES — After months of negotiation, the Grosse Pointe Board of Education reached a contract deal with the Grosse Pointe Education Association — the union that represents Grosse Pointe Public School System teachers — just before students returned to the classroom after Labor Day. After a tentative agreement was reached Aug. 21, the school board unanimously approved the tentative contract at a meeting Aug. 27 at Brownell Middle School in Grosse Pointe Farms. Taryn Loughlin, copresident of the GPEA, said they presented the details of the deal to their members Aug. 25, with members vot-
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From left, Britta Peele-Spitzer, Kyle Weatherbee, Conner Motzkus, Zak Shugart and Catie Hauff star in Grosse Pointe Theatre’s production of “Crazy for You.” Photo provided by Grosse Pointe Theatre
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