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“My bonds and shares may fall downstairs,

Who cares, who cares?

I’m dancing and I can’t be bothered now …”

— “I Can’t Be Bothered Now” by George and Ira Gershwin, 1937

What made the Gershwins, Ira and George, probably the greatest songwriting team in American history? What makes them great enough for current playwrights, such as Ken “Lend Me A Tenor” Ludwig, to be willing to pay to use their songs and write an almost entirely new show to fit them? (Just such a show, the 1992 Tony winner for Best Musical, “Crazy for You,” is now playing to enthusiastic audiences at Little Theatre of Virginia Beach.)

Well, the Gershwins wrote both hilarious and achingly poignant songs — often for the same show or film. The brothers were sharp-witted, ambitio

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