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Opened: November 21, 1934

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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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Photo Flash: SummerStage at Leonia Celebrates 20th Season with Cole Porter's ANYTHING GOES
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 17, 2019


SummerStage at Leonia opens its 20th anniversary season on July 18 with Cole Porter's classic musical Anything Goes.  Performances are July 18 through August 4, 2019 at the historic Civil War Drill Hall Theatre in Leonia, NJ.

Review: Kokandy's HEAD OVER HEELS Has Got The Beat
by Misha Davenport - Jul 8, 2019


Elizabethan comedy meets modern constructs of gender fluidity in Kokandy's top-notch production of HEAD OVER HEELS.

Pulitzer Prize Winner STATE OF THE UNION Comes to Metropolitan Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 14, 2019


Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse revives Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse's witty and apposite Pulitzer Winner, STATE OF THE UNION.  The limited run from February 8 through March 10, 2019, will be at the Playhouse home at 220 E 4th Street.

BWW Review: ANYTHING GOES at Arena Stage - Get On Board For A 'De-Lovely' Voyage of Music and Dance
by Charles Shubow - Dec 14, 2018


Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith's gift to Baltimore/Washington theater patrons this season is just plain delightful.

BWW Review: ANYTHING GOES at Arena Stage
by Jenny Minich - Nov 15, 2018


Arena Stage's Anything Goes is pitch perfect for a world-weary DC audience.

BWW Interview: Theatre Life with Soara-Joye Ross and Corbin Bleu
by Elliot Lanes - Oct 29, 2018


With the holiday season fast approaching Arena Stage is readying their annual Gold Standard Musical. This year it's the classic ship shape Cole Porter musical from 1934, Anything Goes. The production begins performances on November 2nd and plays through December 23rd in the Fichandler space.

BWW Interview: Parker Esse Makes Sure Arena's ANYTHING GOES is De-Lovely!
by Benjamin Tomchik - Oct 25, 2018


Choreographer Parker Esse is responsible for not only ensuring that happens, but also for making sure that the moves of the characters onboard the S.S. American are not only de-lovely, but the tops!

Meijer Produce Buyers Offer Fruit and Veggie Ideas to Try in School Lunches
by Marina Kennedy - Sep 9, 2018


A new school year means the return to routine - and the challenge that goes along with that. Parents report that one task that tends to get long in the tooth quickly is keeping up with a menu of interesting school lunch ideas. Hectic schedules and daily chaos seem to zap creativity, leaving many to default to the same tired apple slices and celery sticks day after day.

Arkansas to Set Sail with ANYTHING GOES
by Julie Musbach - Jul 27, 2018


Beginning August 9, Central Arkansas' audiences will be treated to hilarity and hijinks aboard the SS American as Anything Goes begins its run at The Royal Theatre, and sponsored by W.W. & Anne Jones Trust. With songs and lyrics by Cole Porter, captivating choreography, and a stellar cast, Royal Players' production of Anything Goes delivers summertime fun.

BWW Review: Reagle Music Theatre's ANYTHING GOES: Seaworthy and 'See-worthy'
by Nancy Grossman - Jul 10, 2018


An energetic cast of nearly 40 performers and a 16-piece orchestra give the incomparable Cole Porter score of ANYTHING GOES its due. Leigh Barrett headlines as Reno Sweeney, and multiple IRNE Award-winners Elaine Grace and Dan Rodriguez direct/choreograph and music direct/conduct, respectively. The fabulous singing and dancing keep this ship afloat for its transatlantic journey.

Reagle's 50th Summer Continues With ANYTHING GOES
by Stephi Wild - Jun 4, 2018


Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston continues the company's spectacular 50th Anniversary Summer Season with Anything Goes from July 5-15, 2018. The multiple Tony Award-winning musical will run for 8 performances at the Robinson Theatre, 617 Lexington St., Waltham, MA. Anything Goes is a tap-happy musical comedy following the antics of a nightclub singer, a Public Enemy, a love triangle, stowaways, and more aboard a luxury ocean liner travelling from New York to London! Anything Goes will feature a roster of regional talent starring 2018 Elliot Norton Award Winner Leigh Barrett as "Reno Sweeney," IRNE Award winner Jared Troilo as "Billy Crocker," J.T. Turner as "Moonface Martin," and BroadwayWorld Award winner Mark Linehan as "Evelyn Oakleigh." The production is backed by a full, live orchestra. Produced by Robert J. Eagle; Directed and Choreographed by Eileen Grace; Music Direction by Dan Rodriguez.

Photo Flash: New Line Theatre Stages Wacky, Subversive, Satirical ANYTHING GOES
by Julie Musbach - Mar 2, 2018


It's 1934 and we're going on a wild transatlantic cruise full of sex, booze, God, and gangsters. Welcome to the S.S. American, where anything can happen, and it usually does. 

Photo Flash: New Line Theatre Sets Sail with ANYTHING GOES
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 16, 2018


It's 1934 and we're going on a wild transatlantic cruise full of sex, booze, God, and gangsters. Welcome to the S.S. American, where anything can happen, and it usually does. 

ANYTHING GOES Returns Off-Broadway Through March
by Julie Musbach - Feb 14, 2018


Back by popular demand, Musicals Tonight!'s production of Cole Porter's hit musical Anything Goes returns to The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42 Street) for a limited engagement February 27th through March 11th. Anything Goes is helmed by Casey Colgan who returns to the production as director and choreographer. Christopher Stephens is the musical director and costumes are designed by Jack Maisenbach.

Musicals Tonight! Announces Revival Of ANYTHING GOES
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 8, 2018


Back by popular demand,  Musicals Tonight!'s production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes returns to The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42 Street) for a  limited engagement February 27th through March 11th.  Anything Goes is helmed by Casey Colgan who returns to the production as director and choreographer.     Tickets are $45 and can be purchased through www.telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.

Linda and Laura Benanti, Carmen Cusack, and More Headline 54 Below in February
by Julie Musbach - Feb 2, 2018


This February, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

UW Musical Theater Program Presents ANYTHING GOES
by Julie Musbach - Jan 24, 2018


Theater Program presents its fourth annual production, Anything Goes, directed by 5th Avenue Theatre Casting Director Kelsey Thorgalsen. The show runs March 9th though 18th, with previews March 7th and 8th, at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse at 4045 University Way NE.

New Line's Season Continues With Zombies, The Smart Set, and Yeasts!
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 27, 2017


New Line Theatre, the bad boy of musical theatre, continues its 27th season of adult, alternative musical theatre, with a public reading of the new/old musical THE ZOMBIES OF PENZANCE, 'Gilbert & Sullivan's original operatic abomination,' free and open to the public, on January 8 for one night only; followed by Cole Porter's satiric masterpiece ANYTHING GOES, running March 1-24, 2018; and the St. Louis premiere of the world's first bio-historical musical comedy, YEAST NATION, written by the Urinetown team, running May 31-June 23, 2018. All shows will be in the company's home, the Marcelle Theater, in the Grand Center Arts District.

Review Roundup: Did Kenneth Branagh's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Thrill the Critics?
by Emily Bruno - Nov 9, 2017


Everyone has something to hide. Every one of them is a suspect! 20th Century FOX has shared new images from MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, hitting theaters nationwide on November 10th. The film stars Broadway's Josh Gad (BOOK OF MORMON) and Leslie Odom Jr. (HAMILTON), along with Kenneth Branagh, Pen lope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daisy Ridley .

Cast Announced for West End Transfer of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
by BWW News Desk - Nov 3, 2017


Casting is today announced for the West End transfer for Bob Dylan's and Conor McPherson's Girl From the North Country, following a sell-out, critically acclaimed run at The Old Vic.

New Line Theatre Announces Season Tickets for the First Time!
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 31, 2017


New Line Theatre, "the bad boy of musical theatre," has announced that for the first time in its history, New Line is selling season tickets, for its 27th season of adult, alternative musical theatre, including the St. Louis premiere of the four-woman rock opera LIZZIE, a very different take on the Lizzie Borden legend, running Sept. 28-Oct. 21, 2017; followed by Cole Porter's satiric masterpiece ANYTHING GOES, running March 1-24, 2018; and the St. Louis premiere of the world's first bio-historical musical comedy, YEAST NATION, written by the Urinetown team, running May 31-June 23, 2018. Tickets go on sale Aug. 1. All New Line's mainstage shows will be in the company's home, the Marcelle Theater, in Grand Center, St. Louis' arts district.

BWW Review: Anoka's Lyric Arts Presents 'it's De-lovely' Anything Goes
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - Jul 25, 2017


Anoka's Lyric Arts Main Street Stage returns this summer with the comedic and uplifting Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, PG Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse musical Anything Goes. First produced in 1934, in the beginning of the Great Depression, Porter's memorable musical questions the country's status quo and then, the course of true love. Eighty two years later, the musical resonates with Porter's evocative lyrics from the title song: Good authors, too/Who once knew better words/ writing prose/ now use four letter words/ Anything goes/ truding in nude parties studios / Anything goes/ Why nobody will oppose/ Anything goes.

In The Wings Productions to Set Sail with ANYTHING GOES
by BWW News Desk - Jul 21, 2017


In The Wings Productions, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tanya Glassman and Executive Producer Adam Glassman, sets sail with Cole Porter's musical comedy Anything Goes, with performances from July 21 - 30 at the historic Snug Harbor Music Hall.

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