Anything Goes
Original Broadway Production [1934]
Production Info
OPENING
:
November 21, 1934
CLOSING: November 16, 1935
Alvin Theatre [New York, NY]
420 perf.
Opening Night Cast
- George E. Mack [Bartender]
- Paul Everton [Elisha J. Whitney]
- William Gaxton [Billy Crocker]
- Irvin Pincus [Bell Boy]
- Ethel Merman [Reno Sweeney]
- Edwin Delbridge [Reporter]
- Chet Bree [First Cameraman]
- Neal Evans [Second Cameraman]
- Leslie Barrie [Sir Evelyn Oakleigh]
- Bettina Hall [Hope Harcourt]
- Helen Raymond [Mrs. Wadsworth T. Harcourt]
- Pacie Ripple [Bishop Dodson]
- Richard Wang [Ching]
- Charlie Fang [Ling]
- Drucilla Strain [Snooks]
- William Stamm [Steward]
- Val Vestoff [Assistant Purser]
- Harry Wilson [First Federal Man]
- Arthur Imperato [Second Federal Man]
- May Abbey [Mrs. Wentworth]
- Florence Earle [Mrs. Frick]
- Victor Moore [Reverend Dr. Moon]
- Vera Dunn [Bonnie Letour]
- Houston Richards [Chief Officer]
- William Barry [Ship's Drunk]
- Maurice Elliott [Mr. Swift]
- Billy Curtis [Little Boy]
- John C. King [Captain]
- Vivian Vance [Babe]
- Marshall Smith [The Foursome]
- Ray Johnson [The Foursome]
- Dwight Snyder [The Foursome]
- Del Porter [The Foursome]
- Chet Bree [The Ritz Quartet]
- Bill Stamm [The Ritz Quartet]
- Neal Evans [The Ritz Quartet]
- Edwin Delbridge [The Ritz Quartet]
- Arthur Imperato [The Alvin Quartette]
- David Glidden [The Alvin Quartette]
- Richard Nealy [The Alvin Quartette]
- Stuart Eraser [The Alvin Quartette]
- The Stylists [Ship's Orchestra]
- Ruth Bond [Reno's Angel]
- Norma Butler [Reno's Angel]
- Enes Early [Reno's Angel]
- Marjorie Fisher [Reno's Angel]
- Ruth Gomley [Reno's Angel]
- Irene Hamlin [Reno's Angel]
- Renee Johnson [Reno's Angel]
- Irene Kelly [Reno's Angel]
- Leoda Knapp [Reno's Angel]
- Doris Maye [Reno's Angel]
- Lillian Ostrom [Reno's Angel]
- Jackie Paige [Reno's Angel]
- Mary Philips [Reno's Angel]
- Cornelia Rogers [Reno's Angel]
- Frances Stewart [Reno's Angel]
- Ruth Shaw [Reno's Angel]
- Eleanore Sheridan [Reno's Angel]
- Kay Adams [Passenger]
- Lola Dexter [Passenger]
- Maurine Holmes [Passenger]
- Helen Folsom [Passenger]
- Marquita Nicholai [Passenger]
- Ethel Sommerville [Passenger]
- Finette Walker [Passenger]
- Evelyn Kelly [Passenger]
Staff/Creatives
- Vinton Freedley, Inc. [Producer]
- Howard Lindsay [Director]
- Robert Alton (i) [Choreographer]
- Donald Oenslager [Settings]
- Jenkins [Costumes]
- Earl Busby [Musical Director]
- Russell Bennett [Orchestrations]
- Hans Spialek [Orchestrations]
- Ray Johnson [Vocal Arrangements]
Authors
- Guy Bolton [Book]
- P. G. Wodehouse [Book]
- Russel Crouse [Book (additional)]
- Howard Lindsay [Book (additional)]
- Cole Porter (i) [Music & Lyrics]
- Timothy Crouse [Book (revisions)]
- John Weidman [Book (revisions)]
- Guy Bolton [Book (revisions)]
Video [add]
Ethel Merman recreates the title song on the television show Musical Comedy Tonight.
Ethel Merman talks with Sylvia Fine about Anything Goes on Musical Comedy Tonight.
Ethel Merman performs "I Get a Kick Out of You" on Musical Comedy Tonight.
Ethel Merman sings "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" on The Colgate Comedy Hour.
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