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L&G Players present Anything Goes
Submitted by The L&G Players
Friday, December 05, 2008 6:00 AM
The Leland and Gray Players open 2008-2009 with a perfect musical for the year, Anything Goes, showing on November 14 at 7:30 p.m.; the 15th at 3 and 7:30 p.m. and the16th at 3 p.m.
Anything Goes features a book by P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay and some of composer Cole Porter’s most beloved tunes.
When Anything Goes opened on Broadway in November 1934, the New York Times called it “hilarious and dynamic entertainment.” The plot (if such a string of comic situations can be called a plot), brings a host of unlikely traveling companions together on the S.S. American, a ship bound for England.
Meet Reno Sweeny (Karlie Kauffeld), evangelist turned nightclub singer, and stowaway Billy Crocker (Johnny Pozzi), her fun-loving sidekick. Billy is enamored of Hope Harcourt (Claire Zukas), a debutante, engaged to a stuffy British lord, Sir Evelyn Oakleigh (Quinn Darrow). He is on board, along with Hope’s social climbing mother (Alyssa Dolan).
Enter Moonface Martin (Taylor Horn), a would-be gangster known merely as Public Enemy no.13, but hoping for an upgrade. Disguised as a man of the cloth, “Moonie” is accompanied by the charming Bonnie (Amy van Loon), his wisecracking moll. Other passengers, sailors and assorted zanies include: Aaron Meihak, Melissa Soule, Ruby Defelice, Audrey Jones, Heidi Snell, Tyler Gervais, Will Bass, John Salzman, Emmet Mahdavi, Heather Chamberlin, Michael Cohen, Maddi Etman, CJ Anderson, Patrick Hauer, Nicole Winot, Genevieve Darling, Kayla Williams, Maezie Cramp, Graham Brooks, Tessa Ann Stanley, Zoe Soule, Catie Murphy.
Together they play out their fast-paced antics against the background of farce and gags borrowed from vaudeville. This particular ship of fools called Anything Goes sailed on for a long and successful run, the fourth longest-running musical of the 1930s. Recognized by theatre historians as the quintessential ‘30s musical, critics also consider it one of Porter’s richest scores.
His first Broadway show, Anything Goes boasts tunes that earned status as standards in the canon of American popular music.: “You’re the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Blow, Gabriel, Blow and the title song.
Ann Landenberger directs; Ron Kelley is music director; Terrie Robinson is choreographer. The pit band includes Sarah Staib, Bethany Burdick, Seok Young Lee, Dylan Blake, Jackie Diezendorf, Daniel Timmermans, Dan Dewalt and Mike McKinney. Ashley Meyer and Phoebe Gunther-Mohr are stage managers; Vaughn Willis and CJ Anderson are on lights; Devan Piniewski is sound engineer assisted by Sarah Dickson and Anna Cashman. Running crew includes SeokYoung Lee, Morgan Mahdavi, Tessa Ann Stanley, Nolan Edgar, Hannah Hopkins, Cassidy Anderson, Victoria Crowther, Elly Dagg. Sophie Glickman, Maezie Cramp and Ellie Gunther-Mohr assist with set decoration. Karlie Kauffeld is assistant music director, Claire Zukas provided graphic design, and many adults have assisted including: parents Dayle Kauffeld, Vera Gervais, Kim Soule, Patti Dickson, Bonnie Cramp, Andi Anderson, Pam Horn, Rob Cramp and teacher Judy Slowik.
Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for students.
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