Anything Goes—the final production of the Muny's 2024 summer
season—continues through August 25 on the James S. McDonnell Stage in
Forest Park, Missouri. Watch highlights from the limited engagement, which began August 19, in the video above.
Directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge with choreography by Jared Grimes, the cast is led by Jeanna de Waal as Reno Sweeney (check out rehearsal video of de Waal by clicking here), Jay Armstrong Johnson as Billy Crocker, Kevin Chamberlin as Moonface Martin, George Abud as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, Kimberly Immanuel as Hope Harcourt, Adrianna Hicks as Erma, Ann Harada as Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt, Lara Teeter as Elisha J. Whitney, Eric Jordan Young as Captain, Danny Gardner as Ship's Purser, Spencer Jones as Spit, and Joe Capstick as Dippy.
The company also includes Colin Bradbury, Kristen Grace Brown, Lamont Brown,
Alaman Diadhiou, C.K. Edwards, Marjorie Failoni, Kaitlyn Frank, Michael
Harp, Candice Hatakeyama, Danielle Jackman, Madison Hilligoss, Ryan
Lambert, Carina-Kay Louchiey, Nathaniel Mahone, John Manzari, Lauralyn
McClelland, Alex Hayden Miller, Cole Newburg, and Bethany Ann Tesarck.
The cast is joined by the Muny Teen Youth Ensemble.
The 1934 musical—previously seen at the Muny in 1999, 1982, 1972,
1960, and 1940—has songs by Cole Porter and originally starred Ethel
Merman as Reno Sweeney. Subsequent Broadway Renos include Tony winners
Patti LuPone and Sutton Foster. For the Broadway revivals, Timothy
Crouse and John Weidman drew on the original Depression-era script by
P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
Set aboard a transatlantic ocean liner, Anything Goes
features "You're the Top," "Blow, Gabriel, Blow," "It's De-Lovely," "I
Get a Kick Out of You," and the toe-tapping title song, among others.
The production also has music direction by conductor
Ben Whiteley, associate choreography by Madison Hilligoss, assistant
choreography by Ian Klein, scenic design by Edward E. Haynes Jr.,
costume design by Tristan Raines, lighting design by Rob Denton, sound
design by John Shivers and David Patridge, video design by Kylee Loera,
wig design by Kelley Jordan, and production stage management by Kelsey
Tippins.
The Telsey Office is the casting partner of The Muny.
The Muny artistic staff includes Artistic Director and Executive
Producer Mike Isaacson and Associate Artistic Director Michael Baxter.
The production manager is Tracy Utzmyers, and the music supervisor is
Michael Horsley.
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