Anything Goes

1989 London Revival


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

Opened 1989 at the Prince Edward Theatre, London
Produced by Robert Fox Ltd., Ancharage Productions Ltd. & Joan Joe Cullman present The Lincoln Centre Theatre Production
Directed by Jerry Zaks
Settings and Costumes by Tony Walton
Lighting by Paul Gallo
Musical Director: John Owen Edwards
Orchestrations by Michael Gibson
Dance Arrangements by Tom Fay
Sound by Tony Meola
Choreography by Michael Smuin


Cast

Elaine Paige (Reno Sweeney), Howard McGillin (Billy Crocker), Bernard Cribbins (Moonface Martin), Kathryn Evans (Erma), Ursula Smith (Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt), Martin Turner (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh), Ashleigh Sendin (Hope Harcourt) and Harry Towb (Elisha Whitney)


Musical Numbers

  • Prelude - Cole Porter / Orchestra
  • Act One

  • "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Reno Sweeney
  • "There's No Cure Like Travel" - Sailor, Girl and Crew
  • "Bon Voyage" - Company
  • "You're the Top" - Reno and Billy Crocker
  • "Easy to Love" - Billy
  • "I Want to Row on the Crew" [from Paranoia]- Elisha Whitney
  • "Sailor's Chantey" - Chantey Quarter
  • "Friendship" [from Du Barry Was a Lady] - Reno and Moonface Martin
  • "It's De-Lovely" [from Red, Hot and Blue] - Billy and Hope Harcourt
  • "Anything Goes" - Reno and Company
  • Act Two

  • Entr'Acte - Orchestra
  • "Public Enemy Number One" - Company
  • "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" - Reno and Company
  • "Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye" [from O Mistress Mine]- Hope
  • "Be Like the Bluebird" - Moonface
  • "All Through the Night" - Billy, Hope, Crew
  • "The Gypsy in Me" - Lord Evelyn Oakleigh
  • "Buddie Beware" - Erma and Crew
  • "I Get a Kick Out of You" / "Anything Goes" (reprises) - Company


Original Cast Recording

Recording produced by Tim Rice, Elaine Paige and David Hamilton-Smith
Engineered by David Hamilton-Smith
Recorded in AIR Studios, London

  • Compact Disc, 1993 [First Night FIRCD-18]
  • Compact Disc re-release, 1995 [First Night OCR CD6038]


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