Anything Goes
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"Anything Goes" is a song written by Cole Porter for his 1934 musical of the same name. Many of the lyrics include humorous references to figures of scandal and gossip from the high society of the Great Depression.
- Opened
- 1934
- Performances
- 420
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions4 on Broadway
| 1934 | Alvin Theatre Original. November 21, 1934 · Howard Lindsay | 420 performances |
| 1987 | Revival Theatre unknown. October 19, 1987 | 784 performances |
| 2002 | Vivian Beaumont Theater Revival. April 1, 2002 · Robert Longbottom | 1 performances |
| 2011 | Stephen Sondheim Theatre Revival. April 7, 2011 · Kathleen Marshall | 521 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 13 albums held
Licensing 4 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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54 passages naming Anything Goes, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
It may have been created out of tragedy, but Anything Goes (the title was chosen to indicate the desperation with which the show was put together) turned out to be the fourth longest running musical of the Thirties as well as one of the decade’s most durable attractions. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p95
Alton, Robert Anything Goes By Jupiter DuBarry Was a Lady Hooray for What! Leave It to Me! Life Begins at 8:40 Me and Juliet Panama Hattie Show Is On, The Too Many Girls Ziegfeld Follies book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p387
Though still taking place on shipboard, the new story eliminated the bomb scare but retained the leading characters of the original plot: nightclub singer Reno Sweeney (Merman), her chum Billy Crocker (Gaxton) who stows away to be near Hope Harcourt (Bettina Hall), the debutante he loves, and Moon-Face Mooney (Moore). book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p112
Anything Goes (the title was chosen to indicate the desperation with which the show was put together) turned out to be the fourth longest running musical of the Thirties as well as one of the decade’s most durable attractions. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p112
Porter’s score, considered his best to date, included three Merman trademarks — “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “You’re the Top” (a duet with Gaxton), and “Blow, Gabriel, Blow.” book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p112
Ethel Merman and chorus belt out Cole Porter's rousing "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" in Anything Goes (1934). Square complemented the most insufferable crush, confusion, and amiable uproar Fifty-second Street has ever known. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p288
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