Anything Goes

Anything Goes is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a collaboration on the book by multiple authors, including P.G. Wodehouse. The story is a love triangle aboard an ocean liner bound from New York City to London, where nightclub singers, mobsters, heiresses, and Royalty intermingle in a game of mistaken identities and cat and mouse.
==Songs performed by the Muppets==
* "I Get a Kick Out of You" 
:- Wayne & Wanda, The Muppet Show, episode 110
* "You're the Top" 
:- Kermit & Ethel Merman, The Muppet Show, episode 122
* "Friendship" (from the 1962 revival of Anything Goes)
:- Ethel Merman & Fozzie Bear, The Muppet Show, episode 122
:- Kermit the Frog and Robin, The Muppet Show, episode 519 
:- Dolly Parton & Miss Piggy on Dolly
==References==
* The musical was spoofed with "Anyone's Nose," a segment of Monsterpiece Theater on Sesame Street, where a female monster sang parody lyrics to Porter's signature song from the musical Anything Goes, while Herry Monster, Elmo, and Telly danced with Groucho Glasses. 
* Telly Monster also sang a parody of the titular song, "Everything Goes", as he packs for a day in the park.
* Ethel Mermaid sang "I Get a Kick Out of U" on Sesame Street.
* A section of the title song is used during the Quiz section of "Elmo's World: Hats" (but was replaced in the home video version).
* A computer and mouse sing "I Get a Click Out of You" in the Elmo's World episode "Computers."
==Connections==
* John Barrowman played Billy Crocker in both the 1989/90 and the 2001 London revivals.
* Sutton Foster played Reno Sweeny in the 2011 Broadway revival and the 2021 West End revival.
* Louise Gold played Reno Sweeney in London in 1990, and on the JAY/TER Studio Cast album.
* Joel Grey played Moonface Martin in the 2011 Broadway revival.
* Bill McCutcheon played Moonface Martin in the 1987 Broadway revival.
* Ethel Merman played Reno Sweeney in the original Broadway production
* Jessica Stone played Erma in the 2011 Broadway revival
* Leslie Uggams took over the role of Reno Sweeney in the 1987 Broadway revival
* Jessica Walter played Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt in the 2011 Broadway revival
==External links==
* Internet Broadway Database
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