The Paper Mill Playhouse
September 6 - October 15, 2000

Chita had played Reno Sweeney before - but the first rate Paper Mill Playhouse production attracted a great deal of attention in the fall of 2000.

Angelo del Rossi, Executive Producer
Robert Johnason, Artistic Director
Roy Miller, Associate Producer

ANYTHING GOES
Music and Lyrics by
Cole Porter
Original Book by
Guy Bolton & P.G. Wodehouse and Timothy Crouse and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
New Book by John Weidman
Starring
(in alphabetical order)

As night club entertainer Reno Sweeney, Chita board the S.S. America with a mission to land a husband and match up young lovers. During the evening she gets to sing some of Cole Porter's greatest songs, including "You're the Top," "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "Anything Goes."

CAST:
CHITA RIVERA as Reno Sweeney with BRUCE ADLER as Moonface Martin; GEORGE DVORSKY as Billy;
COLLEEN HAWKS as Erma; STACEY LOGAN as Hope Harcourt; and PATRICK QUINN as Lord Evelyn; with DON STITT, DIMITRI CHRISTY, RYAN HILLIARD, and ELEANOR GLOCKNER.

Director LEE ROY REAMS
Musical Director TOM HELM
Choreographer MICHAEL LICHTEFELD
Scenic Design MICHAEL ANANIA Costume Design LIZ COVEY
Lighting Design F. MITCHELL DANA
Sound Design DAVID F. SHAPIRO Hair Design JON JORDAN Stage Manager JOHN W. CALDER, III
Casting Director ALISON FRANCK
General Manager PETER CROKEN
Production Manager MICHAEL MILLER
Orchestrations MICHAEL GIBSON

The poster for Anything Goes at the Paper Mill Playhouse reworked a photograph taken for Chita and All That Jazz

In 1972, Chita played Reno in Anything Goes opposite Michael Callan as Billy and Pat Paulsen as Moonface at South Shore Music Circus in Massachusetts

Images from Anything Goes at the Paper Mill

Images from Anything Goes at the Paper Mill