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Anything Goes (1962)

A hilarious shipboard romp wrapped in one of Cole Porter's most magical scores. It's Delightful, Delicious, and De-Lovely!

PLEASE BE ADVISED: There are multiple versions of this title. Before you proceed, please double-check to ensure that you are applying for the version you want. Both ANYTHING GOES (2022 REVISION) and ANYTHING GOES (1962) have multiple orchestra package options. These orchestrations are significantly different, so please choose carefully. If you’re not sure which version best suits your needs, you may purchase a perusal for each available version.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1930s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes
  • Orchestra Size: X-Large

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! New York Outer Critics Award for Best Revival
Music, dance, laughs, and the age-old tale of Boy Meets Girl... Anything Goes is Delightful, Delicious, and De-Lovely!

Two versions of Anything Goes are available for presentation: this 1962 version and the 2022 Revision, each based on the same story. Both may be accompanied by a piano, a small instrumental combo or a full orchestra. The Beaumont 2022 Revision has twice as much dance music as this 1962 version, and the orchestration features a shipboard sound derived from the utility band and on-deck acoustics.

Both versions include "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "You're The Top," "Bon Voyage," "Friendship," "It's De-Lovely," "Anything Goes," "Blow, Gabriel, Blow," "Be Like The Bluebird" and "All Through The Night." This 1962 version also includes "Heaven Hop," "Let's Step Out," "Let's Misbehave" and "Take Me Back To Manhattan." (The 2018 Revision also includes "Easy To Love," “Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye,” "The Gypsy in Me" and "Buddie Beware.")
REVIEWS:

"If you’re looking for sheer escape, this is your ticket!"

Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post

"Reno Sweeney may get no kick from champagne, but the audience can't be blamed for drinking it all up."

Frank Rich, The New York Times

"The score to the shenanigans-at-high-seas story includes a bevy of old-school delights, including the messianic barn-burner 'Blow, Gabriel, Blow,' the whimsically romantic 'It's De-lovely' and the unstoppable title tune.""

Catey Sullivan

"Cole Porter songs and tap-dancing sailors? What’s not to love? ...The show is so packed with daffy physical shtick, comical dialogue and those still dazzlingly clever Cole Porter lyrics that it’s impossible not to surrender."

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

"Anything Goes is Cole Porter at his best."

Susan Brall, DC Metro Arts

Premiere Production: Anything Goes premiered on Broadway on November 21, 1934 at the Alvin Theatre, where it ran for 420 performances, becoming the fourth longest-running musical of the 1930s. A revised version of the show opened Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre on May 15, 1962, starring Eileen Rodgers as Reno Sweeney and Hal Linden as Billy Crocker.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Expandable casting
  • Chorus Size: Large

  • Principals
    SIR EVELYN OAKLEIGH - English gentleman
    MRS. WADSWORTH T. HARCOURT - mother of Hope; society matron
    HOPE HARCOURT - engaged to Sir Evelyn
    RENO SWEENEY - nightclub singer, former evangelist
    BILLY CROCKER - Whitney's "general manager", in love with Hope
    MOONFACE MARTIN - Public Enemy No. 13
    BONNIE - moll, traveling with Moon
    (all are principal singers)

  • Supporting
    ELISHA J. WHITNEY - Wall Street executive; lush
    STEWARD - of the liner "American"
    REPORTER (CHARLIE) - for the Globe American
    CAMERAMAN - for the Globe American
    BISHOP (HENRY T. DOBSON) - missionary
    FIRST CHINESE (CHING) - Christian convert and gambler
    SECOND CHINESE (LING) - Christian convert and gambler
    PURSER - of the liner "American"
    CAPTAIN - skipper of the liner "American"
    CHASTITY (ANGEL) - a girl in the backup vocal quartet for Reno's Act
    PURITY (ANGEL) - a girl in the backup vocal quartet for Reno's Act
    VIRTUE (ANGEL) - a girl in the backup vocal quartet for Reno's Act
    CHARITY (ANGEL) - a girl in the backup vocal quartet for Reno's Act
    SAILORS - ship's crew
    GIRL 1 - passenger
    GIRL 2 - passenger
    GIRL 3 - passenger

  • Ensemble
    SAILORS & PASSENGERS
    Doubling roles with single lines of dialogue:
    DRUNK - (Act I, Scene 8), (Act II, Scene 1)
    OFF-STAGE VOICE - (Act I, Scene 8)
    CHORUS (response shouts) - (Act II, Scene 1)
    Doubling roles with no dialogue:
    SEVERAL GIRLS - (Act I, Scene 1) to model for the photographer; (Act I, Scene 8) to accommodate entrances for Whitney and Moon.

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Prompt Book / Vocal Parts

    		$24.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    20 x Libretto/Vocal-Chorus Books
    2 x Piano-Conductor's Score

    		$550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    Full Orchestration
    2 Violin I
    1 Violin II
    1 Viola
    1 Cello
    1 Bass

    1 Reed I: Flute, Clarinet & Alto Saxophone
    1 Reed II: Flute, Clarinet & Alto Saxophone
    1 Reed III: Oboe, Clarinet & Tenor Saxophone
    1 Reed IV: Bass Clarinet & Baritone Saxophone (optional Bassoon)

    1 Trumpets I& II
    1 Trumpet III
    1 Trombone

    1 Percussion:
    Timpani (3 Drums)
    Snare Drum (brushes & sticks)
    Bass Drum
    Tom-Toms (2 pitches)
    Bongo Drums
    Suspended Cymbal
    Hi-Hat
    Tam Tam
    Glockenspiel
    Xylophone
    Ship's Bell
    Triangle
    Temple Blocks
    Wood Block
    Cowbell

    1 Guitar & Banjo
    1 Cued Piano-Conductor's Score with orchestra cues for Conductor and Piano-Celeste

    Combo Instrumentation
    1 Bass
    1 Reed I: Flute, Clarinet & Alto Saxophone
    1 Reed II: Oboe, Tenor Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone
    1 Trumpet
    1 Trombone

    1 Percussion: 
    Timpani (3 Drums)
    Snare Drum (brushes & sticks)
    Bass Drum
    Tom-Toms (2 pitches)
    Bongo Drums
    Suspended Cymbal
    Hi Hat
    Tam Tam
    Glockenspiel
    Xylophone
    Ship's Bell
    Triangle
    Temple Blocks
    Wood Block
    Cowbell

    1 Guitar-Banjo
    Piano (Piano-Conductor's Score sent with rehearsal material)

    		$350.00 +$135.00/pm

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