Anything Goes!

I saw today’s matinee show of “Anything Goes” at UCI’s Barclay Theater. It was hilarious, and so much fun I wanted to see it again tonight (but it’s too late now). The singing, the dancing, the jokes, the set and costumes, the music — I couldn’t stop smiling for most of the numbers. My only complaint was that the matinee audience didn’t really get into it as much as I wish they did.

Here’s Patti Lupone performing the title song:

I wish there were a better video of “Blow Gabriel Blow.” It was a showstopper today. Or, it would have been if the audience had remembered to replace their pacemaker batteries.

This wonderful lady sitting next to me looked like Barbara Streisand (I’m really earning my gay points today), and we were both raving to each other about how great the show was. She had moved here from the East Coast, and did some theater before, and she was saying how much she missed doing shows, but she’s too busy with work.

And there was a third guy who was also by himself, looked like a student, and he moved to my row during intermission. I would have included him in our conversation, but he was reading a book. And when the second act started, he KEPT READING HIS BOOK — and then a little bit later he left before the finale. So I don’t know what his deal was.

Tags: musicals