Westchester Anything Goes Runs from July 7-Sept. 3
By: BWW News Desk Jul. 01, 2005
Anything Goes follow a group of lovers and liars aboard a Transatlantic ocean liner--among them, nightclub evangelist Reno Sweeney, and "Public Enemy #1" Moonface Martin. The Westchester's production will star Paige Price as Reno Sweeney, Robert Bartley as Billy Crocker, Cristin M. Boyle as Hope Hartcourt, and Bob Arnold as Moonface Martin and Scott Shafer as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh.Directed by Charles Repole and choreographed by Michael O'Steen, Anything Goes will also feature musical direction by John Bowen, set design is by George Puello, costume design by Brian Hemesath, hair/wig Design by Gerard Kelly, lighting design by Andrew Moser, and sound design by Jon Hatton. Anything Goes, which features a parade of Porter hits such as the title song, "You're the Top," and "I Get a Kick Out of You", will be performed with the Timothy Crouse/John Weidman rewrite of the original Howard Lindsay and Russell Crowse book. That book, in turn, had been revised from that of Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse after the sinking of a real-life ocean liner in the early 30's. Anything Goes, which opened in 1934 to run for 420 performances, was a star vehicle for the great Ethel Merman (who played Reno). The belting evangelist has also been portrayed by Eileen Rodgers and Patti LuPone--in the 1962 off-Broadway revival (that tampered with the original score) and the smash 1987 Lincoln Center revival, respectively.
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