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Fred Applegate, Erich Bergen, Rachel York to Lead Cast of Anything Goes National Tour

Erich Bergen
Erich Bergen

Additional casting has been announced for the national tour of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony Award-winning revival of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, which will begin its national tour at Cleveland’s PlayhouseSquare on October 2, 2012, and will then play more than 25 other cities during the 2012-2013 season.


As previously reported, Rachel York will star as Reno Sweeney. She will be joined by Fred Applegate as Moonface Martin, Erich Bergen as Billy Crocker, Jeff Brooks as Purser, Joyce Chittick as Erma, Alex Finke as Hope Harcourt, Dennis Kelly as Elisha Whitney, Vincent Rodriguez III as Luke, Marcus Shane as John, Sandra Shipley as Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt, Edward Staudenmayer as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, and Chuck Wagner as Captain.

The ensemble includes Jeremy Benton, Jacqueline Burtney, Jan Leigh Herndon, Kristie Kerwin, Gary Lindemann, Dionna Thomas Littleton, Michael Milton, Ashley Peacock, Bobby Pestka, Courtney Rottenberger, Vanessa Sonon, Kristopher Thompson-Bolden, Aaron Umsted, Mackenzie Warren, Sean Watkins, Audrey Cardwell, Alexandra Matteo, Sean McKnight, and Tony Neidenbach. Additional casting will be announced soon.

Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall, the show features a score by Cole Porter, original book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, and a new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman.


The creative team includes Bill Elliott (additional orchestrations), Rob Fisher (musical director) and David Chase (dance arranger). The design team includes Derek McLane (sets), Martin Pakledinaz (costumes), Peter Kaczorowski (lights), and Brian Ronan (sound).

The Roundabout has dedicated the national tour of Anything Goes to the memory of Martin Pakledinaz, who passed away earlier this summer.

Anything Goes is a musical romp across the Atlantic. When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love… proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, an exotic disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail.

For more information, including a full tour schedule, visit www.anythinggoesthemusical.com.