Today, at 12 noon, FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015, at the Princess Theatre,
163 Spring Street Melbourne, I attended the Australian premiere of Anything Goes production media
call, where 32 cast in full costume tap danced with a thunderous roar!
Ahead
of the opening of Melbourne’s next blockbuster musical ANYTHING GOES, I jumped
on board and experienced the first-class star cast perform the title song ANYTHING
GOES! for the cameras - including my own.
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| Caroline O’Connor |
A special performance of the title song ANYTHING
GOES! A famous seven-minute all-singing, all-tap dancing sequence with 32
saucy and splendid first-class cast in costume and on stage!
Winner
of three Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival and Choreography
during its most recent Broadway revival, ANYTHING GOES is a stunning
nautical favorite.
For
decades, ANYTHING GOES has captivated millions with its delightful story
of madcap antics aboard the S.S. American. This dazzling musical celebration
features a hilarious tale of topsy-turvy relationships, mistaken identities and
foiled plots, peppered with some of musical theatre’s most memorable standards
including You’re The Top, I Get A Kick Out Of You, and of course
the title song, Anything Goes.
Leading
the all-star cast is Caroline O’Connor (Chicago) as evangelist
turned nightclub singer Reno Sweeney.
Playing
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, the wealthy English fiancé of Hope, will be audience favorite
Todd McKenney (The Boy From Oz). Wayne Scott Kermond (Singin’
In The Rain) plays Moonface Martin, a second-rate gangster who is “Public
Enemy Number 13”.
Billy
Crocker, the young Wall Street broker in love with Hope is played by Alex
Rathgeber (The Drowsy Chaperone), and Claire Lyon (Phantom
of the Opera) is Hope Harcourt, an American debutante and the object of
Billy’s affection.
Carmen
Duncan (Another
World) is Evangeline Harcourt, Hope’s haughty and overbearing mother, while
Debora Krizak plays Erma, Moonface’s girlfriend.
The
Captain of the S.S. American will be played by Gerry Connolly (A
Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) in Melbourne and Brisbane. Bartholomew
John, who played Captain Brackett in the OA/John Frost production of South
Pacific in 2013, will play Ivy league Wall Street banker Elisha J.
Whitney.
Until
next time …
Joe
