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Pacific Coast Repertory Company kicks off 2017 Saturday with the high-energy, high-seas musical theater romp “Anything Goes” at the Firehouse Arts Center.
The song-and-dance-filled Cole Porter classic includes the songs “It’s De-Lovely,” “Friendship,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “All Through the Night,” “You’re the Top,” “Anything Goes,” and more.
The story proceeds aboard the SS American, which is sailing between New York and England with a comically colorful assemblage of passengers: Reno Sweeney, a popular nightclub singer and former evangelist; her pal Billy Crocker, a lovelorn Wall Street broker who has come aboard to try to win the favor of his beloved Hope Harcourt (who is engaged to another passenger, Sir Evelyn Oakleigh); and a second-rate conman named Moonface Martin, aka Public Enemy #13. Crazy antics ensue as Reno and Moonface try to help Billy win the love of his life.
The four leads — Joy Sherratt as Reno Sweeney, Christopher Vettel as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, Amy Franklin Leonards as Hope Harcourt and Michael Patrick Gaffney as Elisha Whitney — are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.
“I am absolutely thrilled to work with this big, professional cast,” director David Judson said. “This show features Broadway National Touring actors and amazing professional dancers — and lots of great tap. And our pro orchestra will be playing their hearts out.”
The shows opens at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28, and runs through Feb. 12, with performances on Friday and Saturday nights, and matinees Saturdays and Sundays, at the Firehouse. Tickets are $19-$40. Go to www.firehousearts.org, call 931-4848 or purchase at the theater box office, 4444 Railroad Ave.
An “Inside the Show” discussion with the director and principal actors will take place after the Sunday matinee performance Jan. 29.
