1934 Broadway musical Anything Goes

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The 1934 Broadway musical "Anything Goes" is a classic Cole Porter show set aboard an ocean liner, celebrated for its witty dialogue, farcical plot, and enduring songs that helped define the Golden Age of American musical theatre.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
adaptedInto 1936 film Anything Goes
1956 film Anything Goes
bookBy Guy Bolton
Howard Lindsay
P. G. Wodehouse
Russel Crouse
cityOfPremiere New York City
composer Cole Porter
countryOfOrigin United States
genre farce
musical theatre
hasRevival 1962 Off-Broadway revival
1987 Broadway revival
2011 Broadway revival
hasTheme mistaken identity
romantic entanglements
social satire
hasWestEndProduction 1935 London production
hasWestEndRevival 1989 London revival
influenced later revivals of Anything Goes
language English
lyricist Cole Porter
lyricsBy Cole Porter
musicBy Cole Porter
notableSong All Through the Night
Anything Goes
Blow, Gabriel, Blow
I Get a Kick Out of You
You’re the Top
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1934-11-21
originalBroadwayRunLength 420 performances
originalBroadwayStar Ethel Merman
originalChoreographer Robert Alton
originalDirector Howard Lindsay
originalLeadCharacter Billy Crocker
Hope Harcourt
Moonface Martin
Reno Sweeney
originalTheatre Alvin Theatre
partOf Golden Age of American musical theatre
premiereYear 1934
producedBy Vinton Freedley
roleWrittenFor Ethel Merman
setInLocation ocean liner
transatlantic voyage
style farcical plot
witty dialogue

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I Get a Kick Out of You firstAppearedIn 1934 Broadway musical Anything Goes
Anything Goes adaptation 1936 film "Anything Goes"
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Blow, Gabriel, Blow firstAppearanceIn 1934 musical Anything Goes
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Reno Sweeney firstAppearance Anything Goes (1934 musical)
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Reno Sweeney firstAppearanceIn Anything Goes (1934 musical)
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Billy Crocker firstAppearance Anything Goes (1934 stage musical)
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Hope Harcourt firstAppearance Anything Goes (1934 stage musical)
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Hope Harcourt notablePortrayalMedium Broadway productions of Anything Goes
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Moonface Martin firstAppearance Anything Goes (1934 stage musical)
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