Anything Goes

1969 London Revival

Anything Goes [1969 London Revival poster]

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse

Opened November 18, 1969 at the Saville Theatre, London
Ran for 15 performances
Produced by Cameron Mackintosh
(in association with David Dien) and the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Directed and Choreographed by Michael Clare
Lighting by Michael Saddington
Costumes supervised by Helen Coles
Scenery by John Stoddart
Assistant Choreographer: Janet Hall
Musical Direction and Orchestrations by Alfred Ralston
Music Arranged by Julian Stein

Cast

Marian Montgomery (Reno Sweeney), James Kenney (Billy Crocker), Michael Segal (Moonface Martin), Michael Malnick (Sir Evelyn Oakleigh), Valerie Verdon (Hope Harcourt), Janet Mahoney (Bonnie), Linda Gray (Mrs. Wadsworth T. Harcourt), Stanley Beard (Bishop, Captain), Bernard Sharpe (Reporter, Horatio), Peter Honri (Elisha J. Whitney), Michael Rowlett (Purser), Olwen Hughes (Mary Anne), Anne Sparrow (Melanie), Alan Stone (Steward), David Wheldon Williams (Ching), Ross Huntly (Ling), with Chris Melville, Georgina Pearce, Douglas Nottage, Vivian Stokes, April Ashton, Jan Cave, Jacquie Toye, Peter Loury, David Thornton, Michael Bevan, and Allard Tobin.

Musical Numbers

  • Overture - Orchestra

    • Act One

  • "You're the Top" - Billy Crocker and Reno Sweeney
  • "Bon Voyage" - Company
  • "It's De-Lovely" [from Red, Hot and Blue] - Billy, Hope Harcourt, and Ensemble
  • "Heaven Hop" [from Paris] - Bonnie and Ensemble
  • "Friendship" [from Du Barry Was a Lady] - Moonface Martin, Billy, and Reno
  • "Let's Do It" [from Paris] - Bonnie and Horatio
  • "Anything Goes" - Reno, Billy, and Ensemble

    • Act Two

  • "Public Enemy Number One" - Ensemble
  • "Let's Step Out" [from Fifty Million Frenchmen] - Bonnie, Elisha J. Whitney, and Ensemble
  • "Let's Misbehave" [written for Paris] - Reno and Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
  • "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" - Reno and Company
  • "All Through the Night" - Hope and Billy
  • "Be Like the Bluebird" - Moonface
  • "Take Me Back to Manhattan" [from The New Yorkers] - Renoand the Angels
  • "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Reno
  • "Reprise: "You're the Top" / "Anything Goes" - Company

Anything Goes [1969 London Revival Cast Recording]

Original Cast Recording

Produced for Records by Ray Horricks
Recording Engineer: Derek Varnals
 

  • LP, 1969 [Decca (UK)]
  • LP, 1984 [That's Entertainment Records TER 1080]
  • Cassette, 1984 [That's Entertainment Records ZC TER 1080]

     

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