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Anything Goes
by Hamilton Academy of Music
Music and Lyrics by
Cole Porter, Book by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russel
Crouse. Broadway debut in 1934. When it comes to love, Anything
Goes in Cole Porter’s classic slapstick musical. This quest for love takes
place on the high seas as Billy Crocker stows himself away on a cruise ship to
try to stop debutante Hope Harcourt from marrying quirky Englishman, Sir Evelyn
Oakleigh. Meanwhile, hot-to-trot celebrity Reno Sweeney would be willing to take
Billy if Hope doesn’t want him, but Reno is a good enough friend to help Billy
make his dreams come true with Hope. Throw in machine gun-toting Public Enemy
#13 Moonface Martin, and maybe Billy’s got a shot. Along the Transatlantic
crossing are sung such hits as You’re the Top, It’s
Delovely, Friendship, I Get a Kick Out of You, and the title tune. THE PRODUCTION:
The role of Reno is double-cast between Emma Griffone and Gabi Nail.
On this night it was Gabi as a cool, laidback Reno Sweeney, leading her band of
angels with easy confidence, happily misbehaving with an amusing Jordan
Segell as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, and crooning out standards like I
Get a Kick Out of You with excellent period vocals. Noah Mayer is Billy Crocker, charismatic and self-assured and
mischievous as he tries to woo and charm the sweet debutante Hope Harcourt (Charlotte
Robinson). Coincidentally, Gabi Nail’s “Billy” from a
third-grade production of Anything Goes
is her Moonface Martin here, with Evan
Dye as Public Enemy #13. The cast as a whole shines in many big numbers
choreographed by Chelsea Field with
tap choreography by Cheryl Baxter.
These include those led by the fun, sailor-loving Bonnie (Selena Donayre) such as the Heaven
Hop and Let’s Step Out. While
Reno and her angels lead the ship’s dynamic cast and crew in to Blow,
Gabriel, Blow, Take Me Back to Manhattan, and a stellar rendition of Anything
Goes. Performed February 6 - 22, 2014 Rob Hopper ~ Cast ~
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THE
SHOW:
Chelsea
Field directs and choreographs Hamilton Academy of Music’s big production
of Anything Goes. The show sails along
with strong and fun song-and-dance numbers featuring an impressive bunch of
hoofers, all accompanied by the school’s tip-top student orchestra conducted
by Jim Foschia. And they do it all
aboard a gorgeous ship deck designed by John
Paul Luckenbach.
Evan is an entertaining Moonface, always ready for
action (except when he has to exchange the real violin in his violin case for
the machine gun from the orchestra pit), no reservations about trying to Be
Like the Bluebird, and joining with friends Reno and Billy for a fantastic
performance about Friendship.
Elisha J. Whitney: Elisha J. Nealy
Virtue: Madison Nelson