Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The "book" was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It introduced such songs as "You're the Top", "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "Anything Goes". In addition to a successful 1934 Broadway production, the musical spawned two film versions and a number of American and British revivals. With the exception of Porgy and Bess, Anything Goes is the only 1930s musical that is still regularly revived. The story concerns the shenanigans below decks on an ocean liner bound for London from New York.^[1] Anything Goes may refer to: Anything Goes, a musical written by Cole Porter. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. ... Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. ... Guy Bolton (November 23, 1884 - September 6, 1979) was a writer of Broadway musical comedies who frequently collaborated with P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern among others. ... Called English literatures performing flea, P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... Also see: 2002 (number). ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Tony Award for Best Revival (Musical) has been awarded since 1994. ... Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. ... Guy Bolton (November 23, 1884 - September 6, 1979) was a writer of Broadway musical comedies who frequently collaborated with P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern among others. ... Called English literatures performing flea, P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output. ... Howard Lindsay (March 29, 1888 - February 11, 1968) was a Broadway producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor, best known for his writing work as part of the collaboration of Lindsay and Crouse, and for his performance, with his wife Dorothy Stickney, in the long-running play Life with Father. ... Russel Crouse (1893 - 1966) was a U.S. dramatist and journalist. ... Youre the Top is a Cole Porter song from the 1934 musical Anything Goes. ... I Get a Kick Out of You is a song by Cole Porter, originally featured in Anything Goes (1934). ... Anything Goes is a song by American hard rock band Guns N Roses. ... The cast of Porgy and Bess during the Boston try-out prior to the Broadway opening. ...

History

Anything Goes was based on an idea by a producer, Vinton Freedley, who was living on a boat, having left the USA to avoid his debts. ^[2]He selected the writing team, and the star, Ethel Merman. As the show was in preparation, a passenger ship, the SS Morro Castle, burned and over 125 passengers perished. The original plot, which concerned a mad bomber running loose on an ocean liner, was deemed insensitive, and the Bolton-Wodehouse book was almost entirely recreated by Lindsay and Crouse, who became lifelong writing partners.^[3] Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a Tony Award winning star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice and vocal range. ... SS Morro Castle The SS Morro Castle was a luxury cruise ship of the 1930s that was built for the Ward Line for runs between New York City and Havana, Cuba. ... Lindsay and Crouse was the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, who collaborated famously from 1935 to 1962 on a succession of Broadway comedies and musicals. ...

According to theatre legend, the show's new title, along with the title number, was born from the haste with which the show was revamped: at a late night production meeting, an exasperated and over-worked member of the production team cried out "And just how in the hell are we going to end the first act?!" "At this point," responded one of the producers, being more helpful than he realized, "anything goes!!"

Productions

The musical opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on November 21, 1934 and became the fourth longest-running musical of the 1930s, running for 420 performances. The show was one of the most successful during the Great Depression, when Broadway suffered from patrons' lack of disposable income. Directed by Howard Lindsay with choreography by Robert Alton, it starred Ethel Merman as Reno Sweeney, William Gaxton as Billy Crocker and Victor Moore as Moonface Martin. A 1935 London production ran for 261 performances. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... The Neil Simon Theater, formerly known as the Alvin Theater, is a Broadway theatre located at 250 West 52nd Street in Manhattan, New York City which has produced many notable musicals and plays. ... is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known as the World Depression. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Howard Lindsay (March 29, 1888 - February 11, 1968) was a Broadway producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor, best known for his writing work as part of the collaboration of Lindsay and Crouse, and for his performance, with his wife Dorothy Stickney, in the long-running play Life with Father. ... William Gaxton William Gaxton (born Arturo Antonio Gaxiola on December 2, 1893, in San Francisco, California; died February 2, 1963, in New York, New York) was a star of vaudeville, film, and theatre. ... Victor Moore Victor Moore (born February 24, 1876, in Hammonton, NJ; died July 23, 1962, in East Islip, NY) was a star of stage and screen. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...

The production was revived in an Off-Broadway production in 1962, opening on May 15, 1962 at the Orpheum Theatre. It was directed by Lawrence Kasha and the cast included Hal Linden as Billy Crocker and Eileen Rodgers as Reno Sweeney. For this revival, the script was revised to incorporate several of the changes from the movie versions. Most changes revolved around the previously minor character Erma, whose name was changed to Bonnie. This revision was also the first stage version of Anything Goes to incorporate several songs from other Porter shows: "Take Me Back to Manhattan" from The New Yorkers, 1930, "It's De-Lovely" from Red Hot and Blue, 1934, "Friendship" from DuBarry Was a Lady, 1939, and "Let's Misbehave" from Paris, 1928. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hal Linden (born Harold Lipshitz March 20, 1931) is an American actor and television director, best known for his portrayal of the title character in the television series Barney Miller (1975-1982). ... Its De-Lovely is one of Cole Porters hit songs. ... Red, Hot and Blue is a 1936 musical by Cole Porter originally starring Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope. ... MGM Musical version of DuBarry was a Lady DuBarry Was a Lady was a 1939 musical with songs by Cole Porter. ... Lets Misbehave is a famous song written by Cole Porter. ... Paris is a 1928 Cole Porter musical, his first Broadway hit, which introduced the song Lets Do It. Lets Misbehave was written for Paris, but was not used in the production. ...

For the 1987 Broadway revival, John Weidman and Timothy Crouse (Russel's son) updated the book and re-ordered the musical numbers, borrowing Cole Porter pieces from other Porter shows, a practice which the composer often engaged in. ("Easy To Love" was from the 1936 movie Born to Dance.) The music was rescored for a 16-piece swing band, in the style of early Benny Goodman, instead of the earlier 28-piece orchestrations. ^[4] This production opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre on October 19, 1987, and ran for 784 performances. With direction by Jerry Zaks and choreography by Michael Smuin, it starred Patti Lupone as Reno Sweeney and Howard McGillin as Billy. It was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, and won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Revival and Best Choreography. Leslie Uggams and Linda Hart were replacement Renos. Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... John Weidman is an American librettist. ... Son of Russel Crouse and brother of Lindsay Crouse, Timothy Crouse is the author of The Boys on the Bus, a largely critical look at the journalists who covered the 1972 US presidential campaign. ... Eleanor Powell, dances in the Swingin the Jinx finale of Born to Dance. ... The Vivian Beaumont Theater is a Broadway theatre at the Lincoln Center. ... Jerry Zaks is a director and actor born in Stuttgart, Germany on 7 September, 1946. ... Michael Smuin (October 13, 1938 – April 23, 2007) was a ballet dancer, choreographer, and theatre director. ... Patti LuPone in her Tony Award winning role as Eva Perón in the Broadway musical Evita. ... Howard McGillin (born November 5, 1953, in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an accomplished stage, screen and television actor. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... Leslie Uggams (born May 25, 1943 in New York City) is American actress and singer, best known for her Tony Award-winning work in Hallelujah, Baby! Uggams first started in show business as a child in 1950, playing the niece of Ethel Waters on the television series Beulah. ... Linda Hart is an American singer, musician, and musical theatre actress best known for originating the role of Velma Von Tussel in the Broadway adaptation of Hairspray. ...

This version was also produced in London in 1989, at the Prince Edward Theatre with Elaine Paige in the role of Reno Sweeney (she was replaced for the last month or so of the run by Louise Gold). The Prince Edward Theatre is a theatre situated on Old Compton Street, just north of Leicester Square in the West End of London. ... On the cover of Elaine Paige Tour Programme 2004 Elaine Paige OBE (born Elaine Bickerstaff on 5 March 1948 in Barnet, Hertfordshire) is a world-renowned English singer and actor, primarily in musicals. ... Louise Gold is a British singer-actress and Spitting Image puppeteer, formerly a The Muppet Show puppeteer. ...

The National Theatre revived the musical, which opened at the Olivier Theatre on December 18, 2002 and then transferred (2003) to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, in the West End. Directed by Trevor Nunn, it starred Sally Ann Triplett and John Barrowman. The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre is a building complex and theatre company located on the South Bank in London, England immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ... The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre is a theatre company which operates from a building of the same name on the South Bank in London, England immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ... The present-day Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, sketched when it was new, in 1813. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... Sir Trevor King (born 14 January 1940) is a loser and film director. ... Sally Ann Triplett (born 15 April 1962, London United Kingdom) is a British singer and actress most famous for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and many West End productions. ... John Barrowman (born 11 March 1967 in Mount Vernon, Glasgow) is a Scottish-American actor, musical performer, dancer, singer, and TV presenter who has lived and worked both in the United Kingdom and the United States. ...

Movie versions

For more information about these film versions, see Anything Goes (film)

In 1936, Paramount Pictures turned Anything Goes into a movie musical. It starred Ethel Merman (again as Reno), with Bing Crosby in the (newly renamed) role of Billy Crocker. This article is about the 1936 and 1956 films. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ...

The book was drastically rewritten for a second film version, also by Paramount, released in 1956. This movie again starred Bing Crosby (whose character was once more renamed) and Donald O'Connor. Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Donald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer, and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. ...

Television version

In 1954, Ethel Merman, at the age of fifty, reprised her role as Reno in a specially adapted television version of the musical, co-starring Frank Sinatra as the hero, now renamed Harry Dane, and Merman's good friend Bert Lahr (who had co-starred with her on Broadway in DuBarry Was a Lady) as Moonface Martin. This version was shown as an episode of the Colgate Comedy Hour, and has been preserved on kinescope. This version used five of the original songs plus several other Porter numbers, retained the shipboard setting, but had a somewhat different plot.^[5] It has been reported that Merman and Sinatra did not get along well; this was the only time they worked together.^{[citation needed]} “Sinatra” redirects here. ... Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion. ... MGM Musical version of DuBarry was a Lady DuBarry Was a Lady was a 1939 musical with songs by Cole Porter. ... The Colgate Comedy Hour was an American musical variety television show that ran on the NBC network from November 1950 to December 1955. ... Kinescope (IPA: [], []) originally referred to the cathode ray tube used in television monitors. ...

Synopsis

Billy Crocker, a young love-sick Wall Street broker, stows away on the S.S. American, in hopes of winning the heart of his beloved Hope Harcourt. His boss, Yale graduate Elisha J. Whitney, is also on board. He plans to relax before the tremendous sale of his own company's stock (or, in the 1962 version, to make an important business deal in England). Hope is on her way to England to be married to Sir Evelyn Oakleigh (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in the 1987 version), a stuffy, hapless British nobleman. Also on the boat are "Moonface" Martin, a second-rate gangster on the lam labeled "Public Enemy 13," and his friend Bonnie (originally named Erma); the two have disguised themselves as a minister and a missionary, respectively, after stranding the ship's real chaplain back at the port. They also, mistakenly, left behind their leader, "Snake Eyes" Johnson, Public Enemy 1. “Yale” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Gangster (disambiguation). ...

On board, Crocker runs into his friend, Reno Sweeney, an evangelizing nightclub singer, who resolves to help Billy win over Hope, to the dismay of Hope's mother, Mrs. Harcourt (though she doesn't know about the original plan), who insists she marry Evelyn. Billy simultaneously learns the true identities of Moonface and Bonnie, and in exchange for his silence, they join the plot to break up Hope and Evelyn. However, as Billy doesn't have a ticket or passport, Bonnie and Moonface let him have Snake Eyes Johnson's, without telling him to whom it belongs. But the ships crew figure out that Public Enemy number 1 is on board, and Billy has to take on a number of hilarious disguises to hide from them--which at first makes Hope angry with him. As the show progresses, Hope, Evelyn, Billy, Reno, Elisha, Mrs. Harcourt, Bonnie, and Moonface all end up in a variety of compromising positions with members of the opposite sex, with Reno seducing Evelyn Oakleigh, originally just to get seen by Hope or Mrs. Harcourt so they would reject him, but eventually she wins him over for real and they even get married. Hope and Billy also get married, Mrs. Harcourt (divorced) and Mr. Whitney get married, and Moonface Martin is demoted even further from Public Enemy number 13.

Characters

• Reno Sweeney -- a nightclub singer turned Evangelist
• Billy Crocker -- assistant to Elisha, love-struck would-be suitor to Hope
• Moonface Martin -- a second-rate gangster, "Public Enemy Number 13",
• Louie
• Elisha Whitney -- Ivy league Wall Street banker, Billy's boss
• Fred
• Reno’s Angels: Purity, Chastity, Charity, and Virtue
• Luke and John -- Two mischievous Chinese heathens who are exceptional card players
• Ling and Ching -- Chinese converts and reformed gamblers, with Reverend Dobson
• Hope Harcourt -- American debutante and the object of Billy's affection
• Mrs Evangeline Harcourt -- Hope's mother
• Lord Evelyn Oakleigh -- Hope's wealthy English fiancee
• Erma (called Bonnie Letour in original and 1962 revival) -- friend of Moonface
• Mrs Wentworth Frick
• Bishop Dobson -- A Minister
• Shanty Quartet
• Captain
• Purser
• Ships crew, Young girl, Passengers, Reporters, Photographers, and, G-Men

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Musical numbers

• Take Me Back To Manhattan (only in 1962 revival) -- Reno Sweeney

(The listing shows all songs that were performed; placement of the songs varied. Source: ^[6])

{| class="wikitable" ! Song ! 1934 Musical ! 1962 Revival ! 1987 Revival |---- |I Get a Kick Out of You ||Reno expresses her love to Billy in the bar at the beginning of Scene 1, reprised later near the show’s end ||The song is sung later, when Reno realizes she is in love with Evelyn ||Same as 1934 |---- |There’s No Cure Like Travel/Bon Voyage ||The Sailors and guests board the ship, ready to depart, singing the “Bon Voyage” section of the song, but with no “No Cure Like Travel” portion ||Same as 1934 ||The complete song is finally sung! (“No Cure Like Travel” was written for 1934, but later cut) |---- |Easy to Love ||Absent ||Absent ||Written for 1934, but cut. Here, Billy makes an advance on Hope. Although she turns him away, she secretly agrees with him. |---- |The Crew Song ||Absent ||Absent ||Originally written for “Paranoia”. Whitney prepares for a date with Mrs. Hardcourt and sings about his Yale days |---- |Sailor’s Shanty (There Will Always be a Lady Fair) ||Sung by sailors during a scene change, and later reprised ||Absent ||Same as 1934, with less verses and no reprise |---- |Heaven Hop ||Absent ||Originally written for “Paris,” Bonnie shares a dance with Reno’s Angels ||Absent |---- |Where Are the Men? ||The demanding women of the ship bother an officer, demanding men, of course! ||Absent ||Absent |---- |You’re the Top ||Reno gives Billy a pep talk to raise his confidence (where “Friendship” would go in the revivals). There is also an encore of the song, totaling the two to be about six minutes! ||Sung in place of “I Get a Kick Out of You” in the bar scene with less verses ||Similar to 1934, but sung before “Easy to Love,” also with less verses |---- |Friendship ||Absent ||Originally written for “DuBarry Was a Lady”; Reno, Billy, and Moonface sing about their strong bond ||Similar to 1962, but only Reno and Moonface sing, and some alternate lyrics |---- |DeLovely ||Absent ||Originally written for “Red Hot and Blue”; Billy and Hope have a romantic moment where “All Through the Night” was in 1934 and “Easy to Love” was in 1987. They are joined in by the sailors and women of the ship ||Sung later in the musical, near the Act I Finale. The sailors and women do not join in, and there is an extended dance sequence in the middle |---- |Anything Goes ||Sung by Reno before the Act I Finale when she considers marrying Evelyn ||Now ends Act I and sung about Billy as Snake Eyes, rather than Evelyn. Some alternate lyrics ||Similar to 1962, with more alternate lyrics |---- |Act I Finale ||Whereas the revivals ended the act with “Anything Goes,” the 1934 original had a scene where Hope rejects Billy, who is posing as Snake Eyes. Reno and Moonface try to cheer him up with a reprise of “You’re the Top,” to no avail. Billy is the hero of the ship to everyone but the girl he really wants. ||Replaced by “Anything Goes” ||Replaced by “Anything Goes” |---- |Public Enemy Number One ||After a marching-style intro by the sailor quartet, the song turns into a mock-hymn to Billy ||The opening verse is cut, leaving only the hymn, sung A’Cappella-style with no instrumentals, unlike the other versions ||The introduction is back, sung by the Captain and Purser instead of the sailors, and also shortened a bit |---- |Let’s Step Out ||Absent ||Bonnie rouses the passengers after the quiet “Public Enemy Number One” with a dance number ||Absent |---- |What a Joy to be Young ||A heartbroken Hope sings about how she preferred herself back when she was ignorant, but blissful ||Absent ||Absent |---- |Let’s Misbehave ||Absent ||Originally written for “Paris”; Reno entertains the crowd and is joined by Evelyn ||Absent |---- |Blow, Gabriel, Blow ||Sung by Reno to cheer everyone up after Billy is arrested as an imposter ||Same as 1934 ||Same as 1934, but sung before Billy is arrested, in the manner (plotwise) of “Let’s Misbehave” |---- |Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye ||Absent ||Absent ||Sung by Hope after Billy is arrested...she realizes she’s in love too late |---- |Be Like the Bluebird ||Sung by Moonface to cheer Billy up in the brig ||Same as 1934, but sung after “All Through the Night” ||Same as 1934 |---- |All Through the Night ||Sung by Billy and Hope on deck early in the show, where “DeLovely” and “Easy to Love” went in revivals, with a chorus. Reprised in the brig ||Same as the 1934 reprise, with no chorus and a cut verse ||Same as 1934 reprise, complete with chorus, but more cut verses |---- |Gypsy in Me ||Sung by Hope, letting her wild side out after Reno tells her that Billy loves her back ||Absent ||Now sung by Evelyn, turning into a comic number, and adding to the plot about his family’s disturbing secret |---- |Take Me Back to Manhattan ||Absent ||Originally written for “The New Yorkers,” sung by a homesick Reno and her Angels ||Absent |---- |Buddie Beware ||Sung by Reno about her problems with men, replaced in later runs with a reprise of “I Get a Kick Out of You” ||Absent ||Sung by Erma to the sailors who are in love with her. Less verses |---- |Finale ||Reprises of “You’re the Top” and “Anything Goes ||Appears not to have a song ||Reprises of “I Get a Kick Out of You” and “Anything Goes|}

Awards and nominations

• 1962 Revival

Outer Critics Circle Awards-Best Revival

• 1987 Revival

Outer Critics Circle Awards-Best Revival

Tony Awards

Reproduction (Play or Musical) WINNER

Best Choreography WINNER

Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Bill McCutcheon) WINNER

Best Actor in a Musical (nominee)

Best Actress in a Musical (nominee)

Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Anthony Heald) (nominee)

Best Scenic Design (nominee)

Best Costume Design (nominee)

Best Lighting Design (nominee)

Best Direction of a Musical (nominee)

Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Revival WINNER

Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Patti LuPone) WINNER

Outstanding Choreography WINNER

Outstanding Actor in a Musical (nominee)

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (McCutcheon, Heald) (nominees)

Outstanding Director of a Musical (nominee)

Outstanding Orchestration (nominee)

Outstanding Costume Design (nominee)

Outstanding Lighting Design (nominee)

Outstanding Set Design (nominee)

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In popular culture

• The song "Anything Goes" achieved a minor revival when it was used in the famous Monty Python's Flying Circus "Courtroom sketch". The Pythons also introduced a completely different song called "Anything Goes" by "the other Cole Porter". ("Anything goes in, anything goes out, fish, bananas, old pyjamas, mutton, beef and trout...")
• One of the most widely-seen versions of the song Anything Goes is the opening scene of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, where Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) sings the title song in Mandarin at a Shanghai club Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is visiting. The first part of the Mandarin lyrics is: ^[7]

Yi wang si-i wa ye kan dao

Xin li bian yao la jing bao jin tian zhi Dao

Anything goes.

• In the play Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, the song "Anything Goes" plays on the radio in Act 2 and is then sung by Gerry Evans while dancing about in the back yard and lane. "In old times a glimpse of stocking, was looked on as something shocking...Now, Anything goes..." The song summarizes the whole play-of times changing and the new world having an influence.
• In the 1974 movie Blazing Saddles, "I Get a Kick Out of You" is performed comedically by Cleavon Little and the other actors portraying black railroad workers, complete with a full harmony arrangement.
• In the Family Guy episode Saving Private Brian, the Sergeant trainer claims Anything Goes to be one of his most favorite shows. Also, in the episode Brian: Portrait of a Dog, Lois sings the first lines of the song "Anything Goes."
• Lucy and Ethel sing "Friendship" in an episode of I Love Lucy.
• Felix and Oscar from The Odd Couple sang "Friendship" on their 1973 record called The Odd Couple Sings.
• The song "Anything Goes" is used prominently in the 1972 film Sleuth, with main character Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier), complaining that they "don't write songs like that anymore".
• in an episode of Summer Heights High Mr. G cancels a production of "Anything Goes" one week before opening.

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References

1. ^ Information from Broadway.com
2. ^ Cole Porter: A Biography, Charles Schwartz, page 132, 1979, Da Capo Press, ISBN 0306800977
3. ^ P. G. Wodehouse:Portrait of a Master, David A. Jasen, page 143, 1974, paperback published by Schirmer Trade Books, 2002, ISBN 0.8256.7275.9
4. ^ New York Times, October 18, 1987, Stephen Holden, p. 90
5. ^ The Insider, Ken Mandelbaum, October 5, 2005
6. ^ http://www.ibdb.com/Show.asp?id=1640 Internet Broadway Database for "Anything Goes"
7. ^ Kahn, James (1984). Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-31457-3 ( Mandarin lyrics excerpt from book)

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External links

• Internet Broadway Database listing for premier production
• Lortel listing for 1962 off-Broadway revival
• Internet Broadway Database listing for 1987 revival
• Internet Broadway Database listing for 2002 concert
• Tams-Witmark listing for 1987 production
• Tams-Witmark listing for 1962 production
• Notes on history of Anything Goes