Anything Goes - Young Performers Edition

Musical

Writers: Cole Porter

Overview

Show Information

Music
Lyrics
Category
Musical
Number of Acts
1
Genres
Comedy
Settings
Unit/Single Set
Time & Place
The S.S. American, early 1930’s
Cast Size
medium
Orchestra Size
Recording
Dancing
Heavy
Ideal for
Community Theatre, Ensemble Cast, Elementary School, Large Cast, Middle School, Mostly Male Cast, Theatre For Young Audiences (TYA)
Casting Notes
Mostly male cast
Includes late teen, early teen, child characters

Synopsis

The S. S. American is sailing between New York and England with a comically colorful assemblage of passengers: Reno Sweeney, a popular nightclub singer and former evangelist, her pal Billy Crocker, a lovelorn Wall Street broker who has come aboard to try to win the favor of his beloved Hope Harcourt (who is engaged to another passenger, Sir Evelyn Oakleigh), and a second-rate con man named Moonface Martin, aka “Public Enemy #13.” Song, dance, and farcical antics ensue as Reno and Moonface try to help Billy win the love of his life.

Lead Characters


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