Anything Goes

1987 Broadway Revival

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by Guy Bolton & P. G. Wodehouse and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
New Book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman

Previews began September 11, 1987 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, NYC
Opened October 19, 1987; Closed September 3, 1989
Ran for 4 previews and 784 performances
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater
[Gregory Mosher, Director; Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer]
Directed by Jerry Zaks
Choreography by Michael Smuin
Settings and Costumes by Tony Walton
Lighting by Paul Gallo
Musical Director: Edward Strauss
Orchestrations by Michael Gibson
Dance Arrangements by Tom Fay
Sound by Tony Meola

Cast

Patti LuPone (Reno Sweeney), Howard McGillin (Billy Crocker), Bill McCutcheon (Moonface Martin), Rex Everhart (Elisha Whitney), Anne Francine (Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt), Linda Hart (Erma), Anthony Heald (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh), Kathleen Mahony-Bennett (Hope Harcourt), David Pursley (Captain), Gerry Vichi (Purser), Pat Gorman (Countess), Richard Korthaze (Minister), Stanford Egi (Luke), Toshi Toda (John), Robert Kellett (Reporter #1), Larry Cahn (Reporter #2), Dale Hensley (G-Man #1), Leslie Feagan (G-Man #2), Steve Stiner (Fred), Eric Y. L. Chan (Louie), Gerry McIntyre (Photographer), Jane Seaman (Woman in Bathchair), Alice Ann Oakes (Woman in Bathchair's Niece), Chantey Quartet: Larry Cahn, Leslie Feagan, Dale Hensley, Steve Stiner; Thuggish Sailors: Mark Chmiel, Dan Fletcher, Lacy Darryl Phillips; Dancing Ensemble: Eric Y. L. Chan, Mark Chmiel, Dan Fletcher, Robert Kellett, Jane Lanier, Gerry McIntyre, Alice Ann Oakes, Lacy Darryl Phillips, Michele Pigliavento, Daryl Richardson, Maryellen Scilla, Alec Timerman, Barbara Yeager

The following cast changes occurred during the run of the show:
Walter Bobbie (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh), Gregg Edelman (Billy Crocker), Linda Hart (Reno Sweeney), Leslie Uggams (Reno Sweeney), Nancy Opel (Hope Harcourt), Maryellen Scilla (Erma), Susan Terry (Erma), Gerry Vichi (Moonface Martin), Dancing Ensemble: Robert Ashford, Joe Deer

Musical Numbers and Scenes

Act One

• Prelude - Cole Porter / Orchestra
Scene 1: A smokey Manhattan bar
• "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Reno Sweeney
Scene 2: The afterdeck of an ocean liner shortly before sailing
• "There's No Cure Like Travel" - Sailor, Girl and Crew
• "Bon Voyage" - Company
Scene 3: On Deck, that evening
• "You're the Top" - Reno and Billy Crocker
• "Easy to Love" - Billy
Scene 4: Lights up on Whitney's Stateroom
• "I Want to Row on the Crew" [from Paranoia]- Elisha Whitney
Scene 5: On Deck, mid-morning
• "Sailor's Chantey (There'll Always Be a Lady Fair)" - Chantey Quartet
• "Friendship" [from Du Barry Was a Lady] - Reno and Moonface Martin
Scene 6: Evelyn's Stateroom
Scene 7: On Deck
• "It's De-Lovely" [from Red, Hot and Blue] - Billy and Hope Harcourt
Scene 8: The same, early the following morning
• "Anything Goes" - Reno and Company

Act Two

• Entr'acte - Orchestra
Scene 1: The Ship's Nightclub
• "Public Enemy Number One" - Company
• "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" - Reno and Company
• "Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye" [from O Mistress Mine] - Hope
Scene 2: The Brig
• "Be Like the Bluebird" - Moonface
• "All Through the Night" - Billy, Hope, Crew
Scene 3: On Deck
• "The Gypsy in Me" - Lord Evelyn Oakleigh
Scene 4: The Brig
Scene 5: On Deck
• "Buddie, Beware" - Erma and Crew
• Finale: "I Get a Kick Out of You" / "Anything Goes" (reprises) - Company

Cast Recording

Produced for Records by Jay David Saks
Engineered by Paul Goodman and Anthony Salvatore
Recorded in RCA's Studio A on December 7, 1987

• Compact Disc, 1988 [RCA 7769-2 RC]
• Cassette, 1988 [RCA 7769-4-RC]