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'Crazy for You' playwright's show hits Northport

It's a good thing the producer wouldn't take no for an answer.

When Ken Ludwig was invited to write a new book for an old Gershwin musical, he turned it down. If that had been the end of it, "Crazy for You," opening tonight at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport, might never have made it to Broadway.

Texas catalog magnate Roger Horchow, a lifelong fan of George and Ira Gershwin,...

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