Anything Goes Revival — Page 2

ah!DickonDefysGravity!Patti Lupone as Mrs. Harcourt are u mad are u insane!? how could u ever demote someone of such talent? She was Reno in the revival its an insult putting her in a none main singing roll such as Hopes mother! Its blasfumuss! okay im good i needed to rant

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i saw carolee carmello do it in pittsburgh 5 years ago. She was amazing

I love the song "Anything Goes". I sing it at voice lessons.

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I TOTALLY enjoyed the current NT production of AG in the Theatre Royal here in London. I think they should bring it to Broadway! I totally agree with previous comments about Rachel York or Carolee as Reno, I think Ruthie could be Reno too?! And I think it's DEFINITELY John Barrowman as Billy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And plz don't bring on Maria Friedman to this show.... just don't ruin it....

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Also before i forget .....How cute would Jane Krakowski be as Bonnie.... i would die to see her in the role..... i think Ruthie could pull off Hope but i can't see her as Bonnie......maybe KAte Reidners as Hope (in a red wig)

The parts are wrong. If they revive it then they will do the 1986 script which replaced some songs and replaced Bonnie with Erma and I doubt they would get some of those people in there.

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Reno is a great party. Ultimates for the part right now, I think would be Lupone again or Liza if she were up to it.......also it would be great if it were Ellen Greene(sp?) or Idina Menzel or Sutton Foster or Stephanie Block or Bette Middler or .....its a wonderful role, and lots of wonderful folks out there to play it.
Hannah, I agree with you. I adore HEAVEN HOP and that entire revival that starred Hal Linden and Eileen Rodgers. A great recording too. I think some poor choices were made for the Lupone/Lincoln Center revival re altering some Cole Porter songs which has been done with this show now for decades. But we all coulda lived without the lame..."toot toot" song or whatever it is and Buddy Beware is not in the league of HEAVEN HOP, etc, not for me anyway. I love all the songs in the aforementioned Hal Linden/Eileen Rodgers revival with the exception of Bon Voyage and Public Enemy Number One. But then again, I suspect Mr. Porter didn't care much for those songs either and were probably originally used while the set was being changed or something. :)
ANYTHING GOES still remains the most often performed musical of the 1930s decade, by far, I believe, doesn't it?

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Has anybody mentioned Marin Mazzie for Reno?

Last year I went to Scotland for a month and made a special trip by bus to London (yes - 9 hours each way) just to see John Barrowman in Anything Goes.
The night I had booked for, John injured his leg at the matinee and didnt appear in the show that night. I really could have slashed my wrists, I was so disappointed. I loved the show and the music though.
As luck would have it - I had booked an extra days accommodation and an extra ticket on the bus for the Tuesday as well as the Monday and was able to stay for an extra day to see the show again. (I must have a guardian angel...) I spent an anxious couple of days hoping that John would appear on the Monday night and he did. The show was 100 times better with him singing the songs.
SO - John Barrowman has my vote for Billy - no question

I don't know about Babes In Arms being revived a lot, but I'd rather see that than Anything Goes. Goes is always showing up somewhere and God knows it's been recorded to death. It has a great score--without any interpolations--but let's give it a rest.

Theatreboy49 i saw the 1986 version done after my school did the original adn i must say its really eh i didnt like it as much as the original so if they ever did revive it i hope they will stay true to the original version

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