By Matthew Blank
19 Nov 2009

The Gershwin musical Girl Crazy receives a concert staging at City Center Encores! Nov. 19-22. Jerry Zaks directs the 1930 classic.

Ana Gasteyer portrays Frisco Kate Fothergill – the role originated by Ethel Merman. Wayne Knight (Chicago) is cast as cab driver Gieber Goldfarb, with Marc Kudisch as Slick Fothergill, Chris Diamantopoulos (Les Miserables, The Full Monty) as Danny Churchill, Becki Newton ("Ugly Betty") as Molly Gray, Mylinda Hull (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) as Patsy West, Richard Poe (Cry-Baby) as Jake Howell, Daniel Stewart Sherman (Desire Under the Elms) as Lank Sanders and Gregory Wooddell (Some Men) as Tom Mason.

According to Encores! notes, "The Gershwins' fanciful Depression-era musical of 1930 is the tale of a sophisticated New Yorker (Diamantopoulos) marooned in a dusty Western cow town with no one who understands him but the Yiddish-speaking cabbie (Knight) who brought him there and no one to love but the only woman (Newton) within 50 miles."

Here is a look at the production:

View the Entire Photo Gallery Becki Newton and Chris Diamantopoulos Photo by Joan Marcus

Tickets are available by visiting the New York City Center box office (West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues), through CityTix at (212) 581-1212, or online at NYCityCenter.