ERMA – The students of Lower Cape May Regional High School will present Cole Porter’s delightful and delectable high seas’ romp, Anything Goes, March 14 through March 16 at 7 p.m. and March 17 at 2 p.m. in The Paul W. Schmidtchen Theatre at Lower Cape May Regional in Erma.
Set against Porter’s magically romantic canvas of American standards like “You’re the Top”, “Blow, Gabriel Blow”, “It’s De-Lovely”, “I Get a Kick Out of You”, and “All Through the Night”, among others, this age-old tale of Boy-Meets-Girl and the complications which ensue have intrigued and delighted audiences for decades.
Three couples – Debutante Hope Harcourt, up and coming Wall Street broker, Billy Crocker, evangelist turned night club singer, Reno Sweeney, stuffy British entrepreneur Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, Hope’s overbearing mother, Evangeline Harcourt and Ivy League Wall Street financier Elisha J. Whitney – weave nattily through Porter’s score with a company who supports their every turn.
Complications ensue including an adventure or two with Public Enemy #13, Moonface Martin, mistaken identities, the FBI, wishful thinkings, happy coincidences and uproarious hijinks all aboard the S.S. AMERICAN as she sails the high seas.
ANYTHING GOES is just plain funny and the book by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Timothy Crouse and John Weidman doesn’t let up for a minute.
Kyra Adams and Hannah Lamey play Reno Sweeney and Hope Harcourt, Meg Beane- Fox and Jack Weber are Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt and Lord Evelyn Oakleigh and Zak LaTorre and Chandler Nicas appear as Billy Crocker and his boss, Elisha J. Whitney.
Hapless gangster Moonface Martin is Steven Church Jr., and his moll, Erma, is Jordan Watson.
Reno’s Angels, Purity, Chastity, Charity and Virtue are Andrea Bispels, Caitlin Romich, Emily Tomlin and Alyssa Fazio.
The ship’s captain is Jon Oundo and his purser is Jason Fazio.
The chanteuse is Hamilton Wilde, Alex Mitchum is the bartender, Peter Mayer is the Reverend Henry T. Dobson, Luke and John, the Chinese converts are Riley Andrews and Caitlyn Joyce, and the FBI agents are Eric Goss and Will Hubert.
Principal Dancers are Andrea Bispels, Alyssa Fazio, Lindsey Harner, Kayla Marcucci, Lauren Murphy, Sarah Portewig, Allison Sekela, Emily Tomlin and Madison Watson.
The Singing and Dancing Chorus is Riley Andrews, Pam Beane-Fox, Sam Bender, Athena Blanc, Gaby Bocanegra, Maggie Chase, Mandi Chiaro, Frannie Cooper, Catie Doonan, Eric Goss, Angela Harron, Lori Hartman, Nick Henderson, Will Hubert, Devon Jamison, Caitlyn Joyce, Samantha Lizak, Peter Mayer, Alex Mitchum, Brittany O’Connor, Autumn Marie Pilczuk, Kaitlin Poling, Cheyenne Rickabaugh, Rachel Sheets, Jocelyn Shillingford, Kurt Tomlin, Carmaris Torres, Megan Verychen, and Hamilton Wilde.
General admission tickets are $10.
Anything Goes is produced by Paul J. Mathis and Lynn Massimiano and directed by John K. Alvarez in cooperation with Tams Witmark Music Library, New York.
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