Am I The Only One Who LIKES Anything Goes?

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Am I The Only One Who LIKES Anything Goes?

Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:40pm

It's certainly not brilliant musical theater but it's certainly fun and entertaining. I mean, it's just too good-natured and light and fluffy to hate.

De-Lovely is perhaps one of the catchiest songs I've ever heard in my life, yo.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:46pm

No. I'm not sure of the opinion of other board members, but it's universally known as one of the best scores written for the Broadway stage.

Personally, I think it's a fun score with some really nice moments.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:46pm

I think Anything Goes is great, it's a classic. Strangely, though I like the 1960's version (I believe it was Off-Broadway), rather than the Patti Lupone version. It has great music and a funny story. I don't see why people wouldn't like it.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:49pm

I LOVE Anything Goes. I like the 1960's version too, OOTI2004. I love Patti but her version really never did it for me. The recording I listen to most though is the London Revival (I'm not sure of the date...) with John Barrowman and Sally Ann Triplett.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:50pm

I love ANYTHING GOES Reno Sweeney is a sad woman and I like the score very much. Patti Lupone, my dear, what is it with you and the name Sweeney?

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:50pm

People don't like it because of the fact that there is just about zero character development. That is quite true but it's just one of those Shut-Your-Brain-Off shows.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:56pm

I love it. Sometimes it's good to not take a musical so seriously. Everytime I see the show, I truly enjoy myself, rather than sit there and think about inflection, and twelve subplots.

Its good to see a musical that does what musicals SHOULD do- suspend reality. I love this show, and, actually, loved Pattie in it. But no one can touch Merman.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:56pm

I adore Anything Goes. Granted, I'm on the Kiss Me, Kate side as far as superior Broadway scores go, but Anything Goes would be towards the top of the list as well. I like the Patti LuPone recording the best. I just like that they included some more Cole Porter standards. It's a fantastic show. I think it is brilliant musical theatre. Of course, "Blow, Gabriel Blow" is my favorite song...

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 5:09pm

I love the show, I just played Billy a few months ago :P We did the 60s version, which I preferred anyway. I agree that the show is very simplistic and that is why so many people like it. It's just entertaining. Which is why I don't understand the argument against Wicked. Not attempting a thread jack, but is it really much different in genre? Just a thought...

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 5:23pm

ANYTHING GOES features one of Cole Porter's most hit-filled scores. But--as de-lightful as it is--"De-Lovely" is not really an example. It was written for Porter's RED, HOT AND BLUE! (introduced by no less than Bob Hope and Ethel Merman) and has been interpolated in productions of ANYTHING GOES.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 5:28pm

Ok, um, in that case. Let's take a poll.

Who DOESN'T like Anything Goes?

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 5:40pm

I think it's fun!

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 6:12pm

I have no problems with it, and actually think it's a fun, enjoyable piece of fluff (both to perform in and watch). I actually prefer LuPone's version- I think it's a bit funnier.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 6:18pm

The 60's version is better then the LuPone version. It feels like a 30's peice written in the 30's. The LuPone version felt like a bad 80's remix.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 6:34pm

I like it.
I was in a terrible production of it my Freshman year of high school, but I like it.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:11pm

I love this show beyond belief! I was just wondering why there were no posts about it other than this one. The songs are so catchy. Cole Porter is De-Lovely!

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:12pm

One of my favorite scores of all time, and the first show I directed. Adore it.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:15pm

I thought it was really really entertaining - I saw a production of it at a high school near by and although the lead female who's not Reno and a few other leads aside from Reno and the guy and the Gangster (sorry, I'm terrible with remembering character names) were kind of...'eh', I really liked it.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:24pm

I think Drowsy sort of touches on the "turn off your brain shows", and explains why we can still love them in the postmodern world. While I don't prefer to turn off my brain, I believe that Cole Porter was a genius.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:40pm

I've always liked "Anything Goes." I've seen both versions--the '60s Off-Broadway version and 1988 revised version, and loved both. The score is great. It's just a good time at the theatre--and we can always use that!

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:43pm

Who doesn't enjoy Anything Goes?!

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:45pm

def. not, it's one of my favorites.

easily one of the BEST scores ever written - all of Reno's songs are showstoppers, plus De-Lovely, Easy to Love, All Through The Night, Gypsy in Me - book is not the strongest, but who cares? Tons of fun, and like I said, a GREAT score.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:47pm

Such an odd post to me. I am frequently asking just the opposite, " Am I the only one who doesn't like ANYTHING GOES?"

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 8:50pm

I love it.

Everytime I see it I forget how much I like it. Very funny, and a great score.

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Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:01pm

I agree with the commit I love "Aything Goes" each
time I see it, I like it more and more there is so much
of a great score in the origanal beleve me if they put
some of the original songs in, nobody would need any
more!