ANYTHING GOES
Rumour has it that Anything Goes may be headed back to Broadway starring Reba McEntire as Reno Sweeney under the direction of Kathleen Marshall for the Roundabout Theatre Company. Marshall tends to hit or miss, so I guess it’ll be interesting to see what she comes up with for Anything Goes, a return to the Porter oeuvre after her production of Kiss Me, Kate. I wonder which book and score elements with be used. The 1987 update (for the Patti LuPone / Elaine Paige revivals) seems to be the most popular today and I suppose the production will be based on that. Any thoughts? Head on to the comment box!
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Reba? As Reno? Really?! I do not think that would work. Reno is supposed to be younger and Reba is 53! And she’s supposed to be sexy. I just don’t think Reba has the right look, let alone the acting skills to pull it off. She may surprise us all and do it great, but I still can think of plenty of other actresses that would suit the role much more and there would be plenty of wonderful unknowns. Oh well.
I agree that it’s too soon for another Anything Goes. The girls I hang with were talking about it earlier this week and were thrilled, but I told them that there was one only 20 years ago. I pointed out that although I adore Anything Goes, Sweeney Todd and Gypsy, they are revived a bit too often. Just a bit. Plus McEntire would suck as Reno.