This season, we also pause to look back and draw from the riches of our theatrical memory through a series of wonderful revivals.
A musical which was first seen on Broadway 50 years ago
was remembered this season in a dazzling new production which has received a total of 10 Tony nominations.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Lincoln Center Theatre cast of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes."
[music]
Times have changed,
And we've often rewound the clock,
since the Puritans got a shock
when they landed on Plymouth Rock.
If today, any shock they should try to stem,
'stead of landing on Plymouth Rock,
Plymouth Rock would land on them.
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
was looked on as something shocking,
But now, God knows,
anything goes.
Good authors too who once knew better words,
Now only use four letter words writing prose...
Anything goes.
The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today,
And black's white today,
And day's night today,
When most guys today
that women prize today
are just silly gigolos.
And, though I'm not a great romancer,
I know that I'm bound to answer
when you propose.
Anything goes
[taps]
When grandmama, whose age is eighty,
in night clubs is getting matey with gigolos,
anything goes.
When mothers pack and leave poor father
because they decide they'd rather be tennis pros,
anything goes.
If driving fast cars you like,
If low bars you like,
If old hymns you like,
If bare limbs you like,
If Mae West you like
Or me undressed you like,
why, nobody will oppose!
When, every night the set that's smart
Is intruding in nudist parties in studios,
anything goes.
[applause]
The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today,
And black's white today,
And day's night today,
When most guys today
That women prize today
are just silly gigolos
And, though I'm not a great romancer,
I know that I'm bound to answer when you propose.
Anything goes.
If saying your prayers you like,
If green pears you like,
If old chairs you like,
If back stairs you like,
If love affairs you like
With young bears you like,
why, nobody will oppose!
And, though I'm not a great romancer,
I know that I'm bound to answer when you propose.
Anything goes!