Friday, May 29, 2015

"Anything Goes" production media call photos, Friday 29 May 2015.



Today, at 12 noon, FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015, at the Princess Theatre, 163 Spring Street Melbourne, I attended the Australian premiere of Anything Goes production media call, where 32 cast in full costume tap danced with a thunderous roar!

Ahead of the opening of Melbourne’s next blockbuster musical ANYTHING GOES, I jumped on board and experienced the first-class star cast perform the title song ANYTHING GOES! for the cameras - including my own.
 
Caroline O’Connor








A special performance of the title song ANYTHING GOES! A famous seven-minute all-singing, all-tap dancing sequence with 32 saucy and splendid first-class cast in costume and on stage! 

Winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival and Choreography during its most recent Broadway revival, ANYTHING GOES is a stunning nautical favorite. 

For decades, ANYTHING GOES has captivated millions with its delightful story of madcap antics aboard the S.S. American. This dazzling musical celebration features a hilarious tale of topsy-turvy relationships, mistaken identities and foiled plots, peppered with some of musical theatre’s most memorable standards including You’re The Top, I Get A Kick Out Of You, and of course the title song, Anything Goes.

Leading the all-star cast is Caroline O’Connor (Chicago) as evangelist turned nightclub singer Reno Sweeney.

Playing Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, the wealthy English fiancĂ© of Hope, will be audience favorite Todd McKenney (The Boy From Oz). Wayne Scott Kermond (Singin’ In The Rain) plays Moonface Martin, a second-rate gangster who is “Public Enemy Number 13”.

Billy Crocker, the young Wall Street broker in love with Hope is played by Alex Rathgeber (The Drowsy Chaperone), and Claire Lyon (Phantom of the Opera) is Hope Harcourt, an American debutante and the object of Billy’s affection.

Carmen Duncan (Another World) is Evangeline Harcourt, Hope’s haughty and overbearing mother, while Debora Krizak plays Erma, Moonface’s girlfriend.

The Captain of the S.S. American will be played by Gerry Connolly (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) in Melbourne and Brisbane. Bartholomew John, who played Captain Brackett in the OA/John Frost production of South Pacific in 2013, will play Ivy league Wall Street banker Elisha J. Whitney. 

Until next time …

Joe