Anything Goes (2022)

Matt Roush says...

Forget the silly farcical plot. This giddy stage production of Cole Porter’s frothy 1930s musical, presented by Great Performances from last year’s London production, preserves Sutton Foster’s Tony-winning triumph as brassy Reno Sweeney, the wisecracking entertainer aboard an ocean liner full of dancing fools. Belting classic tunes (“You’re the Top,” “Blow, Gabriel, Blow,” the indelible title song) while tapping her way into musical-comedy heaven, Foster (currently packing Broadway houses opposite Hugh Jackman in The Music Man) is a joy to behold, and Anything Goes is a guaranteed two-and-a-half-hour grin.

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