"Night"" which also starred Joan Fontaine and John Carradine in 1954, his fourth Bob Hope movie. Next, he got to play cards again, as he did in ""Casablanca"", in ""Deep in My Heart"" starring José Ferrer and Merle Oberon. Meyer was out catching butterflies in the Michael Curtiz comedy ""We're No Angels"" starring Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray and Peter Ustinov. He played a scribe in the John Wayne film ""The Conqueror"" in 1956, and later he played a French waiter in the musical ""Anything Goes"" starring Bing Crosby and Donald O'Connor. Meyer portrayed Gaston, the night watchman who discovers a"
"Anything Goes Anything Goes is a 1934 musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy #13, “Moonface” Martin, aid Billy in his quest to win Hope. The musical introduced such songs as ""Anything Goes"", ""You're"
"Anything Goes (Cole Porter song) ""Anything Goes"" is a song written by Cole Porter for his musical ""Anything Goes"" (1934). Many of the lyrics include humorous references to figures of scandal and gossip from Depression-era high society. One couplet refers to Samuel Goldwyn's box-office failure ""Nana"" starring Anna Sten, whose English was said to be incomprehensible to all except Goldwyn (Goldwyn was from Poland and Sten Ukraine). Frank Sinatra recorded the song for Capitol from October 17, 1955, to January 16, 1956. His version was included on ""Songs for Swingin' Lovers!"" in March 1956. Almost simultaneously, Chris Connor recorded the"
"chart the next week but moved back to number two the week after. Anything Goes (Cole Porter song) ""Anything Goes"" is a song written by Cole Porter for his musical ""Anything Goes"" (1934). Many of the lyrics include humorous references to figures of scandal and gossip from Depression-era high society. One couplet refers to Samuel Goldwyn's box-office failure ""Nana"" starring Anna Sten, whose English was said to be incomprehensible to all except Goldwyn (Goldwyn was from Poland and Sten Ukraine). Frank Sinatra recorded the song for Capitol from October 17, 1955, to January 16, 1956. His version was included on"
"2011. There are many popular cast recordings of the show including: Anything Goes Anything Goes is a 1934 musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy #13, “Moonface” Martin, aid Billy in his quest to"
"starred. In addition to the title song, the score included ""I Get a Kick Out of You"", ""You're the Top"", and ""Blow Gabriel Blow"". It opened on November 21, 1934, at the Alvin Theatre, and the ""New York Post"" called Merman ""vivacious and ingratiating in her comedy moments, and the embodiment of poise and technical adroitness"" when singing ""as only she knows how to do."" Although Merman always had remained with a show until the end of its run, she left ""Anything Goes"" after eight months to appear with Eddie Cantor in the film ""Strike Me Pink"". She was replaced"
"with a cast including Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, and Burns and Allen, under the direction of Academy Award–winning director Norman Taurog, Merman was unhappy with the experience, and she was dismayed to discover one of her musical numbers had been cut when she attended the New York opening with her family and friends. She also appeared on screen with Eddie Cantor in ""Kid Millions"" (also 1934), but her return to Broadway established her as a major star and cemented her image as a tough girl. ""Anything Goes"" proved to be the first of five Cole Porter musicals in which Merman"
"stuffed with cash and strewed it over the bed..."" It was in these years that Gordon gradually became playwright Kaufman's producer of choice - 10 shows in 25 years- starting in 1931 with the Astaires' final musical, The Bandwagon. Gordon had even greater luck with the married playwrights Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. For Kanin's Born Yesterday - it ran 1,642 performances- producer Gordon even had a hand in discovering its star, Judy Holliday (""The minute she walked in, I knew she was it.""). His reputation during this era was immortalized in Cole Porter's song ""Anything Goes"" from the musical"
"Lindsay and Crouse 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. Their first collaboration was the rewriting of the book of ""Anything Goes"" (1934), which became a major hit and has been frequently revived. In 1946, they were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for their 1945 play, ""State of the Union"". Crouse named his daughter, Lindsay Ann Crouse, in honor of his longstanding partnership with Lindsay. They wrote the play ""Life with Father"", which opened in 1939 and starred"
"Yorker"" and ""The Village Voice"". In 1982 Crouse conceived the idea of reviving ""Anything Goes"". He co-authored a new libretto for the musical with John Weidman that opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on October 19, 1987, and ran for 784 performances. They 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"".) In 2002 the musical was produced at the Royal National Theatre in London. In 2000 Alfred A. Knopf published Crouse and Luc Brébion's translation of Nobel-prize"
"role, a bibulous millionaire in the musical ""Anything Goes"". Quilley was born in Islington, North London, the son of Clifford Charles Quilley, a Post Office telegraphist, and his wife Ada Winifred, ""née"" Stanley. He won a scholarship to Bancroft's School in Woodford Green, London, and was expected to go from there to a university, but he was determined to become an actor as soon as possible. He made his stage debut with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company, during the 1945 season, in a company that, he recalled, included Paul Scofield, Stanley Baker, Paul Eddington, Alun Owen and ""a 20-year-old ""wunderkind"""
"improve the script. Lindsay and Crouse 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. Their first collaboration was the rewriting of the book of ""Anything Goes"" (1934), which became a major hit and has been frequently revived. In 1946, they were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for their 1945 play, ""State of the Union"". Crouse named his daughter, Lindsay Ann Crouse, in honor of his longstanding partnership with Lindsay. They wrote the play ""Life with Father"", which opened in"
"his performance was released on ""Anything Goes (2003 National Theatre's London Cast Recording)"". Sutton Foster, with Company, also performed the song in the 2011 Broadway revival; the performance is included ""Anything Goes Sondheim Theatre Broadway Cast Recording"". This cast recording, from the 2011 revival, debuted at number 1 on ""Billboard's"" Cast Album Chart. As a recurring cast member of the Fox television series ""Glee"", Lindsay Pearce performed the song in a mashup with the show tune ""Anything You Can Do"" written by Irving Berlin for the Broadway musical ""Annie Get Your Gun"". She performed the mashup during the season three"
"in the early 1930s and was a chorus member in the original 1934 Broadway production of ""Anything Goes"" with Ethel Merman. They had three sons, including actor Alan Reed, Jr. (born May 10, 1936). Once his son started acting, Reed took the professional name Alan Reed, Sr. Reed, who was a heavy smoker, was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 1967. He underwent an operation to have the organ removed, which successfully eradicated the cancer, but he later developed emphysema and died of a heart attack on June 14, 1977, two months before his 70th birthday. His body was donated to"
"the number 1 position in the British singles charts for four weeks, and still remains the biggest-selling record by a female duo, according to the ""Guinness Book of Records"". From 1986 to 1987, Paige appeared as Florence in the stage production of ""Chess"", a role that earned her a second Olivier Award nomination, this time in the category, Best Actress in a Musical. She next sang at the White House in 1988. Paige then took on the part of Reno Sweeney in the musical production of ""Anything Goes"", which she co-produced and starred in from 1989 to 1990. Patti LuPone"
"two sequels, also titled ""Garrick Gaieties"". They were produced on Broadway by the Theatre Guild with direction by Philip Loeb at the Guild Theatre, and opened, respectively, on May 10, 1926, June 4, 1930, and, in a return engagement for 10 performances, October 16, 1930. Sterling Holloway appeared in all of the sequels, and Edith Meiser appeared in all but the final one. Notable performers included Imogene Coca and Rosalind Russell. Ruth Tester sang, ""Sing Something Simple"". The music and lyrics for the 1926 Gaieties was written by Rodgers and Hart and introduced their famous song ""Mountain Greenery"". The music"
"II. His first work with his long-time partner Howard Lindsay came in 1934, when the two men revised the P. G. Wodehouse/Guy Bolton book for the Cole Porter musical ""Anything Goes."" They then went on to adapt Clarence Day's ""Life with Father"", which became one of the longest running Broadway plays. Lindsay and Crouse later became Broadway producers, often acting in that capacity for their own work. They also owned and operated the Hudson Theatre on 44th Street in New York City. Perhaps their best-known collaboration was on the book for the 1960 Tony Award-winning musical ""The Sound of Music,"""
"movie role was in ""Repeat Performance"".) Venuta made her Broadway debut when she replaced Ethel Merman in the lead role of Reno Sweeney in Cole Porter's ""Anything Goes"" in 1935. The two remained close friends and co-starred in a revival of ""Annie Get Your Gun"" in 1966. Additional Broadway credits included ""By Jupiter"" (1942), ""Hazel Flagg"" (1953), and ""Romantic Comedy"" (1979). Venuta's summer stock and regional theatre credits included ""A Little Night Music"", ""Bus Stop"", """", ""Come Blow Your Horn"", ""Auntie Mame"", ""The Prisoner of Second Avenue"", ""Little Me"", and ""Pal Joey"". In 1958, Venuta was cast as private eye"
"Everything Goes (Canadian TV series) Everything Goes is a Canadian variety television series broadcast by Global Television Network in 1974. The series was hosted by American Norm Crosby and Canadians Mike Darow and Catherine McKinnon. Moe Koffman led a studio orchestra. Guest entertainers during the series run included Canadian and international entertainers such as Tony Bennett, Burns and Schreiber, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, Rich Little, Oscar Peterson, Martin Short and Grant Smith. John Aylesworth and Frank Peppiatt (""Hee Haw"") produced ""Everything Goes"". Series writers included Dan Aykroyd, Don Cullen, Ken Finkleman, Earl Pomerantz and Martin Short. The series was initially"
"make his acting debut in a 1907 short, ""Pony Express"", and would continue to make shorts throughout the 1910s and 1920s. In addition, he would appear in numerous plays during this period, including more than a dozen Broadway productions. He would make his feature film debut with a small role in 1930's ""Leathernecking"", a musical comedy starring Irene Dunne. He would appear in over 90 more feature films during his almost 25-year career. Some of the more notable films he appeared in were: ""Anything Goes"" (1936), starring Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman; the 1937 Tyrone Power vehicle, ""Alexander's Ragtime Band"";"
"the weak score and lyrics fatally damaged the show, despite the efforts of Stanley Holloway and other cast members; ""The Times"" observed, ""Miss Adele Dixon unfailingly provides what the play chiefly wants – swiftness, economy and glamour. In 1935 Dixon starred as Hope Harcourt in the London production of Cole Porter's ""Anything Goes"". The following year she was the first woman to perform on British television, singing a specially-commissioned song ""Television"" (or ""Bringing Television to You"") at the official launch of BBC television from Alexandra Palace on 2 November 1936. Although, dance band singer Helen McKay was the first singer"
"changing in musical theater in New York. Leonard Bernstein's ""Candide"" opened on Broadway in December 1956, and featured a variety of meters that Billy Rose's musicians would have found as impossible as Stravinsky's. In act 1, the quartet ""Universal Good"" is a chorale in time, and the main verses of ""Ballad of Eldorado"" in act 2 are in , with turnarounds in or + . Later examples in musical theater include the song ""Everything's Alright"", from ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" (1971), by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which is mainly in , and ""Ladies in Their Sensitivities"" from Stephen Sondheim's """" (1979), which"
"Ever Green Ever Green is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and a book by Benn Levy. This was the last of three musicals written by Rodgers and Hart in London. The musical premiered on 3 December 1930 at the newly renovated Adelphi Theatre, London. It was produced by Charles B. Cochran and directed by Frank Collins with choreography by Buddy Bradley and Billy Pierce. It starred dancer Jessie Matthews (who played both the mother and the daughter) and comedian Sonnie Hale, who married her the following year. It also featured Joyce Barbour, Jean Cadell"
"of ""Anything Goes"" with Sutton Foster and Joel Grey.He most recently starred in the 2014 Broadway revival of ""On The Town"". He is married to Robyn Hurder. Clyde Alves Clyde Alves is a Canadian dancer, actor and singer. Alves appeared on Broadway in ""The Music Man"" in the Susan Stroman revival (2000) as Tommy Djilas, winning the Fred Astaire Award for Best Male Dancer. He repeated his role in the ABC television special of ""The Music Man"" which aired in 2003. He has also appeared on Broadway in ""Wicked"", ""Hairspray"", ""Oklahoma!"" as Jess (2002) and as Mike in the 2008-09"
"a South Pacific island during World War II. This nine-week run of ""South Pacific"" had an alternating cast and Nellie was also portrayed by Susan Bigelow. Later that year in July during the New York City Opera's regular season, she appeared in the opera company's """" as Mrs. Lovett, who makes and sells meat pies made from the victims of serial killer Sweeney Todd. In Pioneer Theatre Company's fall 1988 production of ""Anything Goes"", Gaven played the lead role of nightclub singer Reno Sweeney. It is set on an ocean liner on which Reno helps the character Billy Crocker win"
"where presenter Mary FitzGerald demonstrated simple cooking and crafts. The interviewees who appeared on the show included Roald Dahl, David Attenborough, Bono, Adam Ant and Toyah Wilcox. The bands that appeared on ""Anything Goes"" included: In Tua Nua, The Atrix, The Babysnakes, The Crack, Cruella De Ville, The End, Soon, G Squad, Tokyo Olympics, Driveshaft, Porcelyn Tears, The Sussed, The Stars Of Heaven, and Montage. Anything Goes (Irish TV series) Anything Goes was a ""youth oriented"" television series of Ireland's public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. It first aired on 4 October 1980 and was on the RTÉ1 channel. The presenters"
"(Percy), Beauty and the Beast (The Beast), Evita (Che), Kiss Me, Kate (Fed/Petruchio), South Pacific (Lt. Cable), and The Who's Tommy (Capt. Walker), among others. Little was married to actress Barbara McCulloh but has since divorced. Brad Little (actor) Brad Little (born in 1964) is an American musical theatre actor who has appeared in a number of Broadway and touring productions. After several regional productions (one of which won him a Barrymore Award for Best Actor in a Musical), he made his national debut in 1988 in the United States national tour of ""Anything Goes"" as Billy Crocker. The next"
"who could ask audiences to pay higher amounts for less impressive live talent?"" The Great Depression affected theatre audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, as people had little money to spend on entertainment. Only a few stage shows exceeded a run on Broadway or in London of 500 performances during the decade. Many shows continued the lighthearted song-and-dance style of their 1920s predecessors. The revue ""The Band Wagon"" (1931) starred dancing partners Fred Astaire and his sister Adele, while Cole Porter's ""Anything Goes"" (1934) confirmed Ethel Merman's position as the First Lady of musical theatre, a title she maintained"
"revival of Cole Porter’s ""Anything Goes"". She starred opposite Howard McGillin, and they both received Tony nominations for their performances. The Lincoln Center cast reassembled for a one-night-only concert performance of ""Anything Goes"" in New York in 2002. In 1993, LuPone returned to London to create the role of Norma Desmond in the original production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ""Sunset Boulevard"" at the Adelphi Theater. There was much anticipation of LuPone appearing in another Lloyd Webber musical, the first since her performance in ""Evita"". Her time in the show was difficult, and she was abruptly fired by Lloyd Webber and"
"as Alexander Throttlebottom and George Murphy as Sam Jenkins. It was produced by Sam H. Harris. Sets were designed by Jo Mielziner, costumes by Carles LeMaire, and dances staged by Georgie Hale. It was Gaxton and Moore's first comedic pairing; they would collaborate on six more Broadway musicals, including ""Anything Goes"". The orchestrations were by Robert Russell Bennett, William Daly (including the ""Overture""), and Gershwin (""Hello, Good Morning""). ""Of Thee I Sing"" was the longest-running Gershwin show during George Gershwin's lifetime. There were Broadway revivals in 1933 at the Imperial Theatre and in 1952 at the Ziegfeld Theatre, both directed"
"fall in love. Ever Green Ever Green is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and a book by Benn Levy. This was the last of three musicals written by Rodgers and Hart in London. The musical premiered on 3 December 1930 at the newly renovated Adelphi Theatre, London. It was produced by Charles B. Cochran and directed by Frank Collins with choreography by Buddy Bradley and Billy Pierce. It starred dancer Jessie Matthews (who played both the mother and the daughter) and comedian Sonnie Hale, who married her the following year. It also featured Joyce"
"ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children. Many songs from the musical have become standards, such as ""Edelweiss"", ""My Favorite Things"", ""Climb Ev'ry Mountain"", ""Do-Re-Mi"", and the title song ""The Sound of Music"". The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, opened in 1959 and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, out of nine nominations. The first London production opened at the Palace Theatre in 1961. The show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then. It"
"Every Sunday Every Sunday (sometimes incorrectly listed as Every Sunday Afternoon or Opera vs. Jazz) is a 1936 American short musical film. It tells the story of two adolescent girls and their efforts to save a public concert series, which was being threatened by poor attendance. Directed by Felix E. Feist, the film served as a screen test for, and is the first significant screen appearance of, two young actresses who later became major stars, Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin. Although only lightly reviewed at the time of its release, the film has garnered a generally positive reputation among Garland"