Anything Goes
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About the show
- Written by: Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay, P.G. Wodehouse, Russel Crouse
- Premiered: 1934
- Categories: 1930s, Comedy, Farce, Romance, Two Act
- Setting: 1930s
Anything Goes is a classic musical comedy set aboard the ocean liner S.S. American.
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Synopsis
The story involves madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London.
Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.
Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy #13 Moonface Martin aid Billy in his quest to win Hope.
The musical is packed with memorable Cole Porter songs and spectacular dance numbers, and it is celebrated for its lighthearted take on love and relationships, set against the backdrop of the 1930s.
Songs from Anything Goes
- I Get a Kick Out of You
- There’s No Cure Like Travel / Bon Voyage
- You’re the Top
- Easy to Love
- The Crew Song
- There’ll Always Be a Lady Fair
- Friendship
- It’s De-Lovely
- Anything Goes
- Public Enemy Number One
- Blow, Gabriel, Blow
- Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye
- Be Like the Bluebird
- All Through the Night
- The Gypsy in Me
- Buddie, Beware
- I Get a Kick Out of You (Reprise)
- Anything Goes (Reprise)