The Tony-nominated revival of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, starring Tony winners Sutton Foster and Joel Grey, will get its very own cast album, to be released by Ghostlight Records. This classic musical about love aboard an ocean liner, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, opened on April 7 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Though an exact release date has yet to be announced, the recording will be available for purchase at the show’s theater, online at Ghostlight Records website, and digitally in late summer 2011.
In addition to Foster and Grey, who lead the cast as brassy nightclub-singer-turned evangelist Reno Sweeney and low-rent criminal Moonface Martin, respectively, the Roundabout Theatre Company production features Jessica Walter, John McMartin, Colin Donnell, Adam Godley, Laura Osnes, Jessica Stone, Walter Charles, Robert Creighton, Andrew Cao and Raymond J. Lee. Additional cast members include Clyde Alves, Ward Billeisen, Joyce Chittick, Nikki Renée Daniels, Margot De La Barre, Kimberly Fauré, Josh Franklin, Justin Greer, Daniel J. Edwards, Tari Kelly, Shina Ann Morris, Linda Mugleston, Kevin Munhall, Adam Perry, William Ryall, Jennifer Savelli, Anthony Wayne, Kristen Beth Williams.
Anything Goes features some of the most memorable standards in musical theatre, including “You're the Top,” “Blow, Gabriel, Blow,” “It’s De-Lovely,” “I Get A Kick Out of You,” and “Anything Goes.” Music & lyrics are by Cole Porter, the show’s original book is by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, and a new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman.
Anything Goes has been nominated for nine Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical (Foster), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Adam Godley), Best Direction of a Musical (Kathleen Marshall), Best Choreography (Kathleen Marshall).