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Opened: November 21, 1934

Anything Goes - 1934 - Broadway History , Info & More

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A madcap farce aboard a ship bound for England has Reno trying to help the stowaway Billy to find his true love, who is travelling aboard. Gangsters, molls, mistaken identity, and topical humor abound.

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ANYTHING GOES Comes to Pittsburgh, Now thru 4/21
by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2013


The national tour of ANYTHING GOES is coming to Heinz Hall from tonight, April 16-21, 2013.

Eileen Cunningham Releases WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2013


Toni Xavier, a professor in physics and microbiology has been kidnapped from her home in Herefordshire and suffers horrendous injuries due to the torture and beatings she receives from her kidnappers. But who kidnapped her? What could be the reason behind her kidnapping? Will she still be able to be saved from her captors? What other secrets will be revealed?

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Stages JEEVES IN BLOOM, Now thru 4/28
by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2013


P.G. Wodehouse's beloved comic characters will once again come to life on the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) stage this spring in JEEVES IN BLOOM, tonight, April 11-28, 2013.

Tickets Go On Sale for ANYTHING GOES at Princess of Wales Theatre This Monday
by Kelsey Denette - Apr 9, 2013


David Mirvish will present the national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES, the new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece. ANYTHING GOES plays a strictly limited engagement, July 17 - August 18 at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Tickets go on sale 9:00 AM on Monday April 15th.

Tickets for ANYTHING GOES at the Kennedy Center Go On Sale 4/3
by Kelsey Denette - Apr 1, 2013


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes in the Kennedy Center Opera House from June 11 to July 7, 2013. Winner of the 2011 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes sails direct from Broadway under the direction of Kathleen Marshall, who won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Choreography. The production features music and lyrics by Cole Porter; original book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse; and new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. Tickets go on public sale on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Press opening night is Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

BWW Reviews: Rachel York Shines in ANYTHING GOES Tour at Naples Philharmonic
by Chris Silk - Mar 25, 2013


The Roundabout Theatre Club production of 'Anything Goes' sailed into the Naples Philharmonic Tuesday on a tide of tapping and trilling, carried along by one of the single greatest act one curtain numbers in musical theatre history.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre to Stage JEEVES IN BLOOM, 4/11-28
by BWW News Desk - Mar 20, 2013


P.G. Wodehouse's beloved comic characters will once again come to life on the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) stage this spring in JEEVES IN BLOOM, April 11-28, 2013. This quick-witted British comedy is written by Illinois playwright Margaret Raether, who brought us our successful 2010 production of JEEVES INTERVENES. Reprising their roles from JEEVES INTERVENES are Matt Daniels as Jeeves and director Tami Workentin. JEEVES IN BLOOM performs in the Broadway Theatre Center's Cabot Theatre in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.

ANYTHING GOES Tour Comes to Pittsburgh's Heinz Hall, 4/16-21
by BWW News Desk - Mar 19, 2013


The national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES, the new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece, will make its Pittsburgh premiere April 16-21, 2013 at Heinz Hall as part of the PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh series.

BWW Reviews: All Aboard for ANYTHING GOES
by Jimmy Ferraro - Mar 15, 2013


The national touring company revival, now appearing at Carol Morsani Hall at the Straz Center, is filled with dazzling, high energy, polished, production numbers, that will have you out of your seat cheering!

Broadway's ANYTHING GOES Sails Into the Orpheum Theatre, Now thru 3/3
by BWW News Desk - Feb 26, 2013


The national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES, the new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece, will make its Memphis premiere tonight, February 26th-March 3rd at The Orpheum Theatre as part of the 2012-2013 Broadway Series.

ANYTHING GOES Comes to Chicago, Opening 4/23
by Kelsey Denette - Feb 21, 2013


Broadway In Chicago has announced that individual tickets for the Roundabout Theatre Company's national tour of ANYTHING GOES will go on-sale to the public Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 at 10 a.m. ANYTHING GOES will play the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 West Randolph) for a limited engagement April 23 - May 5, 2013.

ANYTHING GOES Comes to Pittsburgh, 4/16-21
by Kelsey Denette - Feb 21, 2013


The national tour of ANYTHING GOES is coming to Heinz Hall from April 16-21, 2013.

'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for February 20th, 2013
by Paul W. Thompson - Feb 20, 2013


The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. The next seven national tours to hit the Windy City (SEVEN!--and all before April), plus 'Fiddler On The Roof' at the Paramount, 'Barnum' at the Mercury, Ricky Ian Gordon at Northwestern and a twofer from the Mueller family!

Broadway's ANYTHING GOES to Sail Into the Orpheum Theatre, 2/26-3/3
by BWW News Desk - Feb 8, 2013


The national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES, the new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece, will make its Memphis premiere February 26th-March 3rd at The Orpheum Theatre as part of the 2012-2013 Broadway Series.

BWW Reviews: ANYTHING GOES, Frothy Fun and High Jinks on the High Seas Now Thru Feb. 3
by Linda Hodges - Jan 19, 2013


In 1934, during the height of the Great Depression, Americans were looking for escapist entertainment and they found it in Cole Porter's frothy, screw-ball comedy, 'Anything Goes.'

BWW Reviews: EPAC Sails Into Christmas With ANYTHING GOES
by Marakay Rogers - Dec 10, 2012


Director Ed Fernandez brings the Tony-nominated Cole Porter revival to Lancaster County, and revives audience spirits along with it

ANYTHING GOES Docks at EPAC, Now thru 12/22
by BWW News Desk - Dec 6, 2012


In 1934, thousands of American theatergoers found refuge from the Great Depression under the blissfully escapist spell of Cole Porter's Anything Goes. Tonight, December 6, 2012, Ephrata Performing Arts Center is uncorking that vintage elixir once more to chase away the hangover of the recent Great Recession.

TV: Opening Night Arrivals of ANYTHING GOES Tour in L.A. - Richard M. Sherman, Lara Pulver, Raza Jaffrey, Grant Gustin & More!
by Michael Sterling and Jerry Evans - Dec 3, 2012


BWW TV's own Michael Sterling and Jerry Evans of the JLE Media Group, were on hand for the official November 28, 2012 red carpet opening of the new Broadway revival of "Anything Goes," Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theatre masterpiece now on stage at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre through January 6, 2013. Check out interviews with some red carpet arrivals below!

Tickets for ANYTHING GOES and WEST SIDE STORY at the Smith Center Go on Sale, 12/7
by BWW News Desk - Nov 28, 2012


The Smith Center for the Performing Arts continues its hallmark Broadway Las Vegas series with "Anything Goes" and "West Side Story" taking the stage in Reynolds Hall in February 2013.

SVA Honors Illustrator James McMullan with Masters Series Award and Exhibition, Now thru 12/15
by BWW News Desk - Nov 26, 2012


School of Visual Arts (SVA) honors James McMullan-one of America's foremost illustrators-with the Masters Series Award and retrospective exhibition. Best known for his Lincoln Center Theater posters and his psychologically intense style of realism, he has also designed and illustrated many magazine articles, book and album covers, and advertisements. "The Masters Series: James McMullan" is on view from today, November 26 through December 15 at SVA Gallery, 209 East 23 Street, New York City.

ANYTHING GOES Docks at EPAC, 12/6-22
by BWW News Desk - Nov 24, 2012


In 1934, thousands of American theatergoers found refuge from the Great Depression under the blissfully escapist spell of Cole Porter's Anything Goes. On December 6, 2012, Ephrata Performing Arts Center is uncorking that vintage elixir once more to chase away the hangover of the recent Great Recession.

BWW Reviews: Timeless ANYTHING GOES Is 'Musical Theater for the Ages'
by Jeffrey Ellis - Oct 24, 2012


If I were to die very soon, there's no doubt that I would go to heaven, because Rachel York and the all-singing/all-dancing company of Anything Goes took me and a couple of thousand other people up to the heavenly gates with their spectacular opening night performance of "Blow, Gabriel, Blow."

BWW Interviews: On Tour With Anything Goes' Time-Traveling RACHEL YORK
by Jeffrey Ellis - Oct 16, 2012


Much like Dixie Wilson-the character she played in Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice's Turn of the Century at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in 2008-actress Rachel York, the clarion-voiced leading lady whose timeless appeal has made her one of Broadway's most beloved stars, might be a time traveler. For certain, the woman who now plays Reno Sweeney in the national tour of Roundabout Theatre's acclaimed revival of Anything Goes, readily admits she could very possibly have been born in the wrong era, any and all science fiction possibilities notwithstanding.

SVA Honors Illustrator James McMullan with Masters Series Award and Exhibition, 11/26-12/15
by BWW News Desk - Oct 8, 2012


School of Visual Arts (SVA) will honor James McMullan-one of America's foremost illustrators-with the Masters Series Award and retrospective exhibition. Best known for his Lincoln Center theater posters and his psychologically intense style of realism, he has also designed and illustrated many magazine articles, book and album covers, and advertisements. "The Masters Series: James McMullan" is on view from November 26 through December 15 at SVA Gallery, 209 East 23 Street, New York City.

Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES National Tour Opens Tomorrow in Cleveland, Oct 5
by BWW News Desk - Oct 4, 2012


Roundabout Theatre Company's national tour of the 2011 Tony Award winning Anything Goes, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall and starring critically acclaimed Broadway actress Rachel York as "Reno Sweeney," will open on Friday, October 5th at Cleveland's PlayhouseSquare as part of the KeyBank Broadway Series. Anything Goes is the winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival.

Anything Goes FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Anything Goes have there been?
Anything Goes has had 20 productions including Broadway which opened in 1934, Broadway which opened in 1934, West End which opened in 1935, Off-Broadway which opened in 1962, Off-Broadway which opened in 1962, West End which opened in 1969, Regional (US) which opened in 1974, Broadway which opened in 1987, Broadway which opened in 1987, US Tour which opened in 1988, West End which opened in 1989, Milburn, NJ (Regional) which opened in 2000, Broadway which opened in 2002, Broadway which opened in 2002, West End which opened in 2002, Williamstown, MA (Regional) which opened in 2006, Broadway which opened in 2011, US Tour which opened in 2012, West End which opened in 2021 and West End which opened in 2022.

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