Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
$38%/,&$7,212)7+(('8&$7,21'(3$570(17$7ROUNDABOUTTHEATRECOMPANY635,1*
6145"(&$"--#0"3%
:+$7$OODERDUGIRUWKLVVDXF\DQGVSOHQGLGQHZSURGXFWLRQRI&ROH3RUWHUV
PXVLFDOURPSDFURVVWKH$WODQWLFVWDUULQJ7RQ\$ZDUGZLQQHU6XWWRQ)RVWHU
DQG7RQ\ $FDGHP\$ZDUGZLQQHU-RHO*UH\:KHQ7KH66$PHULFDQ
KHDGVRXWWRVHDHWLTXHWWHDQGFRQYHQWLRQKHDGRXWWKHSRUWKROHVDVWZR
XQOLNHO\SDLUVVHWRIIRQWKHFRXUVHWRWUXHORYH3HSSHULQJWKLVKLODULRXVO\
EXPS\ULGHDUHVRPHRIPXVLFDOWKHDWHUVPRVWPHPRUDEOHVWDQGDUGVLQFOXG
LQJ,*HWD.LFNRXWRI<RX<RXUHWKH7RS,WV'HORYHO\DQGRIFRXUVH
$Q\WKLQJ*RHV
:+20XVLF /\ULFVE\&ROH3RUWHU2ULJLQDO%RRNE\*X\%ROWRQ3*:RGH
KRXVH+RZDUG/LQGVD\DQG5XVVHO&URXVH1HZ%RRNE\7LPRWK\&URXVHDQG
-RKQ:HLGPDQ
:+(1
:+(5(1HZ<RUN&LW\ 7KH66$PHULFDQ
OCKER:ey
BILLY CERlis
ha W hitn
Assistant to
RE
Evange NO SWEE
list turn
ed nighNE Y:
tclub sin
ger
Elisha Whitney:
A tycoon
HOPE HARCOURT:
Beautiful debutante
*DQJ(50$
VWHUV
PROO
EVANGELIN
HARCOURT:E
Hopes mot
her
2&($175$9(/6KLSSLQJFRPSDQLHVGHOLYHULQJOHWWHUVDQGVPDOOSDFNDJHV
DFURVVWKHRFHDQLQEHJDQWDNLQJSDVVHQJHUVDVDPHDQVRIVXSSOHPHQWDU\
LQFRPH(QJLQHVDQGSURSHOOHUVDOORZHGVDLOERDWVWRJURZLQWRRFHDQOLQHUV
DQGFDUU\PRUHSDVVHQJHUVDFURVVZDWHUVIRUEXVLQHVVWULSVDQGVLJKWVHHLQJ
6RRQ SDVVHQJHU WUDQVSRUW EHFDPH PRUH SURWDEOH WKDQ PDLO WUDQVSRUW DQG
DQLQGXVWU\IRURFHDQWUDYHOZDVERUQ7KH66$PHULFDQLQ$Q\WKLQJ*RHVLV
EDVHGRIIWKLVLGHD
Table of Contents
Who is Cole Porter? ..............................................................................................................................Page 4
The American Musical .......................................................................................................................Page 5
Interview with Kathleen Marshall ..............................................................................................Page 6
Interview with John Weidman .....................................................................................................Page 8
The Dirty 30s ..........................................................................................................................................Page 10
Hollywood and Public Enemies ..................................................................................................Page 11
What a Doll! ............................................................................................................................................Page 12
Blow Gabriel Blow! .............................................................................................................................Page 13
Interview with Sutton Foster ........................................................................................................Page 14
Activities ...................................................................................................................................................Page 16
Glossary ....................................................................................................................................................Page 18
Resources .................................................................................................................................................Page 19
8367$*( Contributors
Greg McCaslin ...................................................................................................................... Education Director
Jennifer DiBella ................................................................................................... Associate Education Director
Sarah Malone ........................................................................................................ Education Program Associate
Aliza Greenberg .................................................................................................. Education Program Associate
Ted Sod ................................................................................................................................. Education Dramaturg
Holly Sansom ...................................................................................................................... Education Assistant
Erin Monahan .................................................................................................................. Education Apprentice
Jason Jacobs ................................................................................................................................. Teaching Artist
Karla Hendrick .......................................................................................................................... Teaching Artist
Mike DiBella ............................................................................................................................Graphic Designer
&RS\ULJKW5RXQGDERXW7KHDWUH&RPSDQ\,QF$OOULJKWVUHVHUYHG
ROUNDABOUTTHEATRECOMPANY:HVWWK6WUHHW6XLWH1HZ<RUN1<
7HOHSKRQH)D[ZZZURXQGDERXWWKHDWUHRUJ
"--"#0"3%$0-&1035&3
"--"#0"3%.64*$"-4
"--"#0"3%%*3&$5*/(
7('62'('8&$7,21'5$0$785*
6$7'2:1:,7+',5(&725$1'
&+25(2*5$3+(5.$7+/((1
0$56+$//72',6&8667+,6
352'8&7,212)$1<7+,1**2(6
How did this production of Anything Goes come about? Todd
first mentioned Anything Goes to me back when we were doing
The Pajama Game. He said that Roundabout had the rights to
do a Broadway revival of Anything Goes and that he would love
for me to do it. I told him, Absolutely. Yes. It took us awhile
to figure out when, where and who. Also, we had to figure out
my schedule and Roundabouts schedule. I thought ideally that
I would love to see Anything Goes in the new Stephen Sondheim
theatre. We needed time to find our leading lady and once we
found out we had Sutton Foster on board, we were good to go.
This is not the first time youve worked with Sutton Foster,
correct? Ive done a couple of readings with her but never a
full production. Im really excited about having the chance
to choreograph for her because I love her. I have seen her in
everything starting with Thoroughly Modern Millie. I think
everyone who saw Millie thought, Who is that gal? Who is that
fantastic new Broadway star? Ive seen her in everything shes
done on Broadway since then. The exciting thing is that we have
a Reno Sweeney who doesnt have to leave stage during the dance
breaks. Not only does she not have to leave stage but we can
build the number around her and create it for her.
What were you looking for in casting Reno Sweeney? Reno
is the center of the little universe on the S.S. American. She
is the only character who connects with everybody else in the
play. Billy is her friend, she has her Angels with her, shes a star
who everybody knows, she knows the Harcourts and she is the
proprietress of a nightclub in New York City. Because she works
at the nightclub, Reno knows politicians, celebrities, gangsters
and society people as well as people who just hang out there
like Billy. She knows everybody. She is the pied piper in that
way. She says anything goes in that title number and everybody catches onto that spirit. Its wonderful that Sutton Foster
can not only lead the numbers musically but also lead them
physically.
Talk to me about casting the other characters. Was it a difficult? The wonderful thing is that we got all these incredible
people and all the people we asked said yes. We cant believe we
got Jessica Walter, John McMartin, Adam Godley to do his first
musical in the U.S. and Colin Donnell. When Joel Grey said yes,
a whole. They care about every aspect of the show and not just
what their nominal title is. Rob Fisher is the music director who
has been my creative collaborator for many years and he cares
just as much about the motivation and reason behind the song
as he does about the musicality of it. Hes an expert in breathing
new life into vintage shows. Our design team of Derek McLane,
Martin Pakledinaz and Peter Kaczorowski work beautifully as
a team and compliment each other in terms of color and style.
I started meeting with Derek last summer just talking about
how the show would look and move. I also started talking with
Marty last summer going bit by bit talking about each character
and each number in each scene. Marty does a beautiful chart
that maps each character in each scene with a color swatch so
you can see the progression of how they change throughout the
evening.
it, come back to it, think about design, think about what it is
about and it may take up to a fifth pass at investigating something before the light begins to dawn. Then you think, I know
what this is about, how to approach this and what our take
will be. When you are doing a show that is a classic show that
already exists, you still have to do that same process. You cant
just jump ahead. You still have to read through the scene and
think, Whats going on in this scene? What time of day is it?
What just happened to the characters before they come onstage
for the scene? Its the same process every time. Even though
that is daunting sometimes, you have to take a breath and know
that you will get there. You have to let it evolve in that way.
"--"#0"3%-*#3&55083*5*/(
7('62'('8&$7,21'5$0$785*
,17(59,(:('-2+1:(,'0$1$%287
+,6&$5((5,1086,&$/7+($75(
$1'+,6,192/9(0(17:,7+7+,6
352'8&7,212)$1<7+,1**2(6
How did you and Timothy Crouse come together to write a
new book for Anything Goes and what was your process in collaborating on it? The real impulse behind the creation of the
new book was Tims mother and Russel Crouses widow, Anna.
Anything Goes was first done in 1934 and it was her feeling that
the reason there had never been a First Class revival of the
showand there hadnt been one in over fifty yearswas that
the book simply needed to be revamped. It had been written by
four of the most eminent librettists in the history of the musical theater: P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay
& Russel Crouse, but under less than ideal circumstances. As
Tim explained it to me, Wodehouse and Bolton had departed
for England after handing in a book which the producer, Vinton
Freedley, felt needed work. To make things worse, a key feature
of the plota shipboard firebecame unusable when the Morro
Castle burned off the New Jersey coast. Freedley asked Howard
Lindsay, the shows director, to do a rewrite. Lindsay insisted
on a collaborator, and thus was born the team of Lindsay &
Crouse. Out of town tryouts were scheduled to begin in just two
weeks and, working feverishly, they finished the last scene on
the train to Boston. That was 1934. In 1984, Anna approached
Tim, who was a major feature writer for Rolling Stone, and asked
doesnt have that luxury. As a wise man (who just had a theater
named after him) once said to me when I first started doing this
work: make your point and move onbut again, without sacrificing dialogue that sounds like real exchanges between real
people. Reading musicals allows you to linger over exactly how
this is accomplished when its done well, and when it isnt. (And
if you want to start with an example of when its done brilliantly,
read the opening scene in South Pacific.)
period when the countrys certainly had its ups and downs.
Will you be involved in rehearsals? Absolutely. You always
hear certain lines differently with new actors in a new production and Im sure there will be things Tim and I will want to
tweak. Just as Kathleen, coming to the material fresh, will hear
things that we dont. When she turns to the authors to discuss
something, the authors need to be there.
What do you look for in a director? Someone smart, talented,
inventive, imaginative, collaborative, and a pleasure to be
around. Someone like, say, Kathleen Marshall.
Who or what inspires you to write? What are you working on
now? Most of the musicals Ive written have been grounded
in history, American history. Ever since my first show, Pacific
Overtures, Ive been intrigued by who we are as a nation, who
we tell ourselves we are, and the disparity between those selfdescriptions and how we actually behave. Certainly Assassins
and Road Show continued that exploration. But of course Ive
been drawn to other, non-historical subjects as well, usually
by the opportunity to work with an extraordinary collaborator. Contact, an enormously satisfying partnership with Susan
Stroman, is a good example. As to what Im working on now, we
go into rehearsals with Road Show at the Chocolate Factory in
London at the end of May. Beyond that, Ive got a couple of irons
in the fire, but nothing I think I ought to talk about yet.
Do you have any advice for young people who may want to
write librettos for the musical theatre? See all the musicals you
can. But just as importantly, read all the musicals you can. At
the risk of stating the obvious, writing a libretto is very different
from writing a play. In plays people dont burst into song. In
musicals they do. And one of the tricks in writing a successful
libretto is creating a style of speech that makes that transition
seem natural. The way the characters talk has to be heightened
in some way to make this possiblebut in between the songs,
the characters still have to sound like real people speaking realistically. Another key point: brevity. A scene in a play can build
gradually. Its pace can be almost leisurely. A scene in a musical
UPSTAGE SPRING 2011: ANYTHING GOES
"--"#0"3%".&3*$"
-Richard Waskin
"--"#0"3%)0--:800%
PUBLIC ENEMIES
&KHFNRXWWKHVHPRYLHV
*ROG'LJJHUVRI
3XEOLF(QHP\
0DU[%URWKHUV$1LJKW$WWKH2SHUD
,W+DSSHQHG2QH1LJKW
"--"#0"3%(-".063 (*3-4
WHAT A DOLL!
"--"#0"3%(-".063(*3-4
"--"#0"3%"$5*/(
7('62'('8&$7,21
'5$0$785*,17(59,(:('
687721)267(5$%287+(5
&$5((5,1086,&$/7+($75(
$1'+(5,192/9(0(17:,7+
7+,6352'8&7,21
2)$1<7+,1**2(6
When did you decide to be a Woman of the Theatre? A
Woman of the Theatre, oh my goodness. Well, I grew up doing
plays and musicals and dancing my whole life. I started dancing
when I was four. My mom really loved entertainment, really
loved music and loved the movies. My mom was a stay-at-home
mom and my dad worked for General Motors and so theatre was
never really a part of our lives other than my mom really loving
entertainment. I have an older brother, Hunter, who is six years
older, and I just got involved in our local community theatres
because it was fun and it was just available. Then we both fell in
love with it. And it became this place where we felt like we really
belonged, where we really fit in. It was like a community, family,
and it just attracted me. That just kept me going. The idea that
I can make a living doing this is still shocking to me. Im thirtyfive; Ive been working professionally for almost eighteen years,
which is crazy. I started working professionally when I was
seventeen. So I dont think there was ever really a moment when
I decided, Im going to be a woman of the theatre, but I cant
imagine doing anything else. I love what I get to do.
Do you feel like you had important teachers along the way? I
definitely had important teachers. My high school is in Troy,
Michigan which is outside of Detroit. My high school drama
teacher, hes still the drama teacher there now, Mr.Bodick, wants
me to call him Rick but hes always Mr.Bodick to me. About
three or four years ago they did a production of Thoroughly
Modern Millie and they invited me to go back to see the production. So I flew back to Michigan and saw it and it was amazing.
I remember watching the video of your visit and thought it
was very generous of you. It was a thrill to be able to be there.
Millie was like nine years ago and it was such a turning point in
my life and in my career. And now to see young people playing
that part and going on that journey and falling in love with the
show, its unbelievable. Ive met a lot of Millies. Girls at the
"--"#0"3%"$5*7*5*&4
Pre-show Activity #1:
In Anything Goes, dance and song communicate when words arent enough. In this activity, let movement express character,
thought, and feeling:
1.
Divide the class into four groups of approximate equal size; one group will be the Sailors, one the Ship Performers, one the Gangsters
and the fourth group, the Stockbrokers.
2.
Each group collaborates to create three simple and distinct movements or gestures, each one communicating something about the character.
3.
Create a brief movement piece, with a beginning, a middle, and an end, that tells a story about your character. Movements and gestures can be
performed in any order, collaboratively or individually, repeated or not. Experiment with rhythm, tempo, pausing.
4.
Pair two groups together and create a dialogue with your partner group, using only the movements or gestures belonging to your group
Ref lection:
How did you find ways to use movement/gesture to dialogue with the other group?
Did you plan every move or did you react instinctively?
Did movements evolve or stay the same?
When were the movements of your group used most effectively to communicate a powerful idea?
Pre-show Activity #2:HOW DOES A LYRICIST WRITE LYRICS FOR A LIST SONG?
Anything Goes made popular the list song; a form introduced by Cole Porter and still used today. Think of who is Tops in
your life. Using figurative language, how many ways can you tell him/her: Youre the Top?
Youre the top!
Youre the
. (a building)
Youre the top!
Youre the
. (another building)
Youre a soaring note from my favorite song by
.
Youre a
(something expensive),
A
(something emotional to read or look at),
Youre
(something silly and surprising).
Youre the
(a body of water).
Youre the
(a place).
Youre the smile
On a
(whatever has a smile you love).
Im a worthless
(when you feel bad), a total wreck, a flop;
But if, baby, Im the bottom
Youre the top!
Ref lection:
Look at the language you chose for your lyrics. What does your person and this specific language have in common?
If youre feeling ambitious, do some revisions and try to rhyme the lines as follows in both 8-line stanzas: Lines 2 & 4; lines 5 & 8;
lines 6 & 7.
Post-show Activity #1: HOW DOES A LIBRETTIST INCORPORATE A SONG INTO THE LIBRETTO
OF A MUSICAL?
Youve seen how the authors of Anything Goes created scenes in which the characters shifted from speaking to singing. What
kinds of situations motivate a character to shift from speaking into singing?
Choose your favorite song (anything goes!) and think about how you would include it in a musical. Think of the character(s) who
would sing it, and what situation would they be in that makes them NEED to sing the song.
NAME OF SONG:
WHO will sing it: (who are your characters?)
WHAT is happening before the song that makes it necessary?
WHY does your character need to SING instead of speak?
Now, write the dialogue that builds up to the song to show you move from the scene to the song.
You can perform these scenes and even the songs for each other in your classrooms.
Post-show Activity #2: HOW DOES A PLAYWRIGHT USE IMAGINATION TO CREATE STORIES?
During your visit aboard the S.S. American, you followed a group of comedic characters through some unusual adventures. Think
about how the show ends. Choose your favorite character, and create a monologue for him or her (a speech for one speaker). He or
she can talk about what happened to her/him during the voyage, and what he/she is doing one year after!
Who am I? (choose one: RENO, BILLY, MOONFACE, HOPE, MRS. HARCOURT or ERMA)
How did the voyage change me?
What did I learn about myself during this voyage?
What did I do when I left the S.S. American?
What am I doing a year later?
How do I like my life one year later?
Which of the other characters am I still in touch with? What do I think of them?
You can perform your monologues for each other in your classroom!
(-044"3:
Sailor Vocabulary
Finance Vocabulary
STOCKS Pieces of ownership in a particular company or corporation
which are sold to customers, or shareholders.
STOCK EXCHANGE A place where stocks, bonds, and other securities
are bought and sold.
WALL STREET A street in New York City where the NY Stock
Exchange and several banks that are the major financial centers of the
U.S. are located; also symbolic of the U.S. financial system.
STOCKBROKER One employed by a member firm of a stock exchange
who buys and sells stocks for customers.
3&4063$&4
Bandits and Gangsters. American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 4: 1930-1939. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Gale U.S. History
In Context. Web. 30 Dec. 2010.
Bowen, Ezra, ed. 1930-1940. U.S.A.: Time-Life Books, Inc., 1969. This Fabulous Century. Print.
Cole Porter - About the Musician and Composer. American Masters. PBS, 16 Sept. 2005. Web. 11 Jan. 2011.
Cole Porter Biography by JX Bell. The Cole Porter Resource Site. Cole Wide Web, www.coleporter.org.
David Ewen. All the Years of American Popular Music. 1977, Prentice-Hall International.
Everett, William A. and Paul R. Laird (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to the Musical, 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, UK, 2008.
Grafton, David. Red, Hot & Rich! An Oral History of Cole Porter. Stein and Day, New York, 1987.
Horowitz, Irving L. A Childs View of the Great Depression. Antioch Review 67.4 (2009): 678-81. EBSCOhost. Web. 14 Dec. 2010.
Inaugural Address of the President: Washington, D.C., March 4, 1933.
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2010.
John Kenrick. History of Musicals. Musicals 101 website. http://www.musicals101.com/history1.htm
McBrien, Willliam. Cole Porter, A Biography. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1998.
Miller, Scott. Strike Up the Band: A New History of Musical Theatre. Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, 2007.
Mintz, S. (2007). Hollywood and the Great Depression. Digital History. Retrieved January 21, 2011 from
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/hollywood_great_depression.cfm
Moran, Edward. Evangelism. Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America. Ed. Sara Pendergast and
Tom Pendergast. Vol. 1: 1900s-1910s. Detroit: UXL, 2002. 127-128. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 7 Jan. 2011.
Piouffre, Gerard. First Class: Legendary Ocean Liner Voyages Around the World. New York: The Vendome Press, 2009.
Spear, Lois. Hard Times: Memories of the Great Depression. America Magazine 8 June 2009: 24-25. Web. 14 Dec. 2011.
Szostak, Rick. Great Depression. Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd
ed. Vol. 4. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 2003. 44-49. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 30 Dec. 2010.
Teaching with Documents: Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment. The U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2010.
The 1930s Flashback. Progressive. 73.12 (2009): 46-53. EBSCOhost. Web. 13 Dec. 2010.
Williams, Armstrong. Values from the Great Depression. The New York Amsterdam News 1 Oct. 2009. Web. 14 Dec. 2011.
8)&/:06(&5505)&5)&"53&
Below are some helpful tips for making your theatre-going experience more enjoyable.
TICKET POLICY
PROGRAMS
AUDIENCE ETIQUETTE
3HUIRUPDQFH
GDWHDQGWLPH
6KRZ
7LWOH
6HFWLRQ
6HDW
3ULFH
5RZ
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE
FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM:
$QRQ\PRXV
7KH$HURH[)RXQGDWLRQ
$[H+RXJKWRQ)RXQGDWLRQ
5RVH0%DGJHOH\5HVLGXDU\&KDULWDEOH7UXVW
%DQNRI$PHULFD
7KHRGRUH+%DUWK)RXQGDWLRQ
%RRNVRI:RQGHU
&HQWHUIRU$UWV(GXFDWLRQ
&,7
&LWL)RXQGDWLRQ
&RQ(GLVRQ
'\VRQ)RXQGDWLRQ
*ROGPDQ6DFKV*LYHV
7KH50DUWLQ&KDYH])DPLO\)RXQGDWLRQ
7KH+HFNVFKHU)RXQGDWLRQIRU&KLOGUHQ
/HRQD0DQG+DUU\%+HOPVOH\&KDULWDEOH7UXVW
0XQDDQG%DVHP+LVKPHK
$ODQ.RUHVW
/DXULH07LVFK,OOXPLQDWLRQ)XQG
7KH0F*UDZ+LOO&RPSDQLHV
0HOODP)DPLO\)RXQGDWLRQ
7KH1HZ<RUN&LW\'HSDUWPHQWRI&XOWXUDO$IIDLUV
1HZ<RUN6WDWH&RXQFLORQWKH$UWV
&KDUOHV520DOOH\&KDULWDEOH
/HDG7UXVW
7KH5XGLQ)RXQGDWLRQ
7KH:DOW'LVQH\&RPSDQ\
$GROSKDQG5XWK6FKQXUPDFKHU)RXQGDWLRQ
7ULEHFD)LOP,QVWLWXWH
0LFKDHO7XFK)RXQGDWLRQ
%HWK8IIQHU
(GZDUG:DQG6WHOOD&9DQ+RXWHQ
0HPRULDO)XQG
+HDUVW)RXQGDWLRQ
7KLVSURJUDPLVVXSSRUWHGLQSDUWE\SXEOLFIXQGVIURPWKH1HZ<RUN&LW\'HSDUWPHQWRI&XOWXUDO$IIDLUVLQSDUWQHUVKLSZLWKWKH&LW\&RXQFLODQGIURPWKH1HZ<RUN6WDWH
&RXQFLORQWKH$UWVFHOHEUDWLQJ\HDUVRIEXLOGLQJVWURQJFUHDWLYHFRPPXQLWLHVLQ1HZ<RUN6WDWHVFRXQWLHV