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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)]
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posted on February 28, 2009

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