Welcome aboard! Your fabulous trans-Atlantic cruise includes all the usual amenities: a dancing crew of sailors, a cabaret act, celebrity-hunting vacationers, traveling businessmen, young couples in love, and the occasional gangster thrown in for good measure, on the ocean liner S.S. American, "Anything Goes!" The ship and its zany passenger list form the backdrop for this bubbly musical, by Cole Porter.
The musical begins when seconds before stepping off a boat set for England with his boss on board, Billy sees a woman who he immediately falls in love with, Hope, only to learn that she is to be married once the boat reaches England. He decides to abandon his work and follow his heart on board the cruise ship. Thus, the action is set in motion; throw in some gangsters, an overbearing mother, and a few nightclub singers, and you have got Anything Goes.
Cast & Crew
Director: Peter Kennedy
Assistant Director: Mary Butler
Musical Director: MaryRose McNally
Choreographers: Peter Kennedy
Stage Manager: Tommy Sweeney
Stage Director: Rita Callanan
Characters:
Billy Crocker....................................... Jonathon Gleeson
Hope Harcourt.....................................Joan Farrell
Reno Sweeney.......................................Lisa O'Sullivan
Bonnie Latour...................................... Michelle O'Connell
Elisha Witney.......................................Gerard O'Hagan
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh............................Jack Hickey
Moonface Martin....................................Donal Taylor
Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt.....................Nina Scott
Captain................................................. Gary Dempsey
Ching and Ling ..................................... John Hayes & John Butler/Noel Dundon
Reno's Angles......................................... Niamh Ryan, Carol Ronayne, Trisha McElgun, Fiona McCullagh
Purser ................................................... Michael Molumby
Cameraman.......................................... John Butler
Reporter................................................ Mary Callanan
Steward.................................................Philip Egan
Bishop................................................... Mick O'Brien
Chorus Members:
Mary Callanan, Josephine Doyle, Ann Heffernan, Phil Munroe, Fiona McCullagh, Mary O'Flynn, Annette O'Gorman, Carol Ryan, Niamh Ryan, Michelle Sweeney, Nora Tuohy, Mary Long, Michelle Skehan, Marianne Kennedy, Nina Scott, Ann Conroy, Veronica Dunne, Joan Farrell, Ciara Lanigan, Deirdre Lanigan, Maria McElgun, Trisha McElgunn, Caitriona O'Dwyer, Carol Ronayne, Ber Ryan, Laura Ryan, Michelle O Connell, Caitriona Tynan
Jack Hickey, Gerard OHagan, Mick O'Brien, Finbarr Shelley, Philip Egan, Jonathan Gleeson, John Hayes, P.J. Maher, Michael Molumby, Jim Kennedy, Gary Dempsey, Dermot Murphy, Mick O'Mahoney, Michael O'Brien, Donal Taylor, Darren Kennedy, Michael Coppinger.