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Anything Goes

Music and lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse,
Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
First New York Performance at the Alvin Theatre,
November 21, 1934
Off-Broadway Revival 1962
The Articles
  Production History
The American Musical
Society in the 20s and 30s
Some Songs
Teachers' Resources

The Cast
In order of appearance
Note: Those marked with * sing only in ensembles.
Elisha J. Whitney*, a wealthy tycoon
Reporter*, Cameraman*
Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, nerdy British aristocrat
Mrs. Harcourt, wealthy and socially conscious matron
Hope Harcourt, her daughter
Bishop*, Steward*
Reno Sweeney, night club singer and former evangelist
Angels, Reno's entourage: Virtue, Piety, Chastity and Charity*
Billy Crocker, Elisha's general manager
Moonface Martin, a petty gangster
Purser*
Bonnie Latour, Moonface's girlfriend
Two Sailors*, Captain*, Drunk*
Ching* and Ling*, Chinese converts and former gamblers
Passengers, celebrities, crewmen, sightseers, etc.

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Revised August 2009
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