Anything Goes

ANYTHING GOES
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton
and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Synopsis:The story unfolds on the S.S. American, sailing from New York to London in the early 1930s. Billy Crocker, a Wall Street broker, is hopelessly in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to the stuffy British nobleman Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Determined to win her heart, Billy stows away on the ship, setting the stage for a series of farcical events and mistaken identities. Reno Sweeney, a glamorous nightclub singer and former evangelist, becomes Billys ally, along with the hapless gangster Moonface Martin, also known as Public Enemy #13. Together, they navigate a whirlwind of disguises, misunderstandings, and comic situations to help Billy pursue Hope, with memorable tunes such as I get a kick out of you, Youre the Top and Blow, Gabriel Blow.This amateur production of
ANYTHING GOES is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of
Tams-Witmark LLC.
www.concordtheatricals.co.uk