St. Luke's Presents the musical Anything Goes

St. Luke's production of Anything Goes is based on the 1962 Off-Broadway revival libretto written by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russell Crouse, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Porter was known for his sophisticated, bawdy lyrics, clever rhymes and complex forms but Vinton Freedly had the original idea for the play. After the play was written, Freedly wanted to alter the script before it was to go on Broadway.  As none of the original writers were available, he turned to the director to get new writers and Russell Crouse was hired to change the script. This hilarious farce has had three revisions over the past seventy-seven years. Besides the multiple broadways revivals there was many television and movie versions. The play title was revised twice, originally titled Crazy Week then Hard to Get.  According to theatre legend, the show's new title, along with the title number, was born from the haste with which the show was revamped: at a late-night production meeting, an exasperated and over-worked member of the production team cried out "And just how are we going to end the first act?" "At this point," responded one of the producers, being more helpful than he realized, "anything goes!"