For a show that is 90 years old, Anything Goes is a lively option for a fun night out with friends and workmates in the lead up to Christmas.
It is the joyous choice for Theatre Hawke's Bay's end of year production at the Playhouse in Hastings, running from November 30 until December 16.
With music and lyrics written by Cole Porter for the original production of Anything Goes in 1934, the show was a box office success from the start and became one of the longest-running musicals of its era.
Its popularity has continued with many revivals over the decades, with many memorable songs woven through the P.G. Wodehouse libretto, including It's De-Lovely, I Get A Kick Out Of You, All Through The Night, You're the Top, Blow Gabriel Blow, and the great title song Anything Goes.
Set aboard the S.S. American, a luxury cruise liner bound from New York to London, the singing-dancing ocean liner overflows with wealth, sailors, a stowaway, gangsters, an evangelist, Wall Street brokers, and the most irresistible of showgirls, Reno Sweeney.
Tap dancing routines and a lot of charming Wodehouse nonsense accompany the familiar Cole Porter numbers.