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Anything Goes - Show Information
A delightful tale of mistaken identity and high farce with many unforgettable toe-tapping songs.The musical is set aboard the cruise liner SS America. Among the passengers heading for England are Reno Sweeney, a sometime celebrity evangelist turned night-club entertainer and Lord Oakleigh, a wealthy English aristocrat, accompanied by his debutante fiancée, Hope, her protective mother and Will Street Millionaire, Eli Whitney. Also on board are the stowaway Billy Crocker, desperately pursuing Hope, and Moonface Martin, Public Enemy Number Thirteen, desperately seeking the kind of notoriety enjoyed by Snake Eyes Johnson, whom the FBI believe to be making the trip in disguise.
Although the plot sets up many moments of high farce, it is for its musical score that Anything Goes stands out. The show is peppered with classic tracks such as: I Get A Kick Out Of You, It's De-Lovely, All Through The Night and the title number Anything Goes.
| Author(s) | original book by PG Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse - new book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman |
| Music | Cole Porter |
| Duration | 2 hours 50 minutes |
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| Awards | Winner of the 2002 Critics' Circle Award for 'Best Musical' and the 2003 Laurence Olivier Award for 'Outstanding Musical Production'. |
| Reviews | "It's the tops" The Mail on Sunday "Showbiz Heaven" The Daily Telegraph "A headily enjoyable show. Cole Porter's 1934 classic takes us back to the happy days of musical comedy" The Guardian "To adapt one of the lyrics, Nunn's production is de-licious, de-lightful, de-lovely - and de-finitive" The Independent "A witty champagne-drenched revival" The London Evening Standard |