LemonMeter | Nov 29, 2012 | Comments 0 |
Erich Bergen and Rachel York in “Anything Goes” at the Ahmanson Theatre. Credit: Joan Marcus.
SWEET
After seeing opening night of “Anything Goes” at that Ahmanson, I’m still humming the tunes this morning. In these dark economic times this top notch Roundabout Theatre Company production is a great pick me up.
Jana Monji – LA Examiner
SWEET
Could tap-dancing possibly be as fun as Rachel York makes it look? She and the cast of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony-winning Broadway revival of “Anything Goes,” now stopping at the Ahmanson Theatre on its national tour, perform the show’s exuberant title number with such saucy, effortless flair and megawatt smiles that I found myself thinking, “I’m signing up for lessons” — I, who get winded riding an escalator in heels.
Margaret Gray – LA Times
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The show is certainly a classic, and one of Porter’s best-known musicals. Much credit to this production’s success must go to director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall, who brings the show to life with infectious vitality.
Katie Buenneke – Neon Tommy
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Hallelujah indeed, for the fact that there still exists an appetite for the champagne fizz of a Cole Porter rhyme and for performers like York and Erich Bergen, who know how to pop the Porterian cork. Exultations also for director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall and the team at Roundabout Theatre Company, which launched the 2011 Tony Award–winning revival on the road with its class intact.
Evan Henerson – Backstage
ANYTHING GOES
Ahmanson Theatre
Los Angeles Music Center
135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles
8 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays
Call for exceptions; ends Jan. 6, 2012
Tickets: $20 to $120; (213) 972-4400
Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes
Filed Under: Featured • LemonMeter • Top Rated
Source:
http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2012/11/29/anything-goes-ahmanson-theatre-100-sweet/