ANYTHING GOES Comes to the Kennedy Center, 6/6

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes in the Kennedy Center Opera House from June 11 to July 7, 2013. Winner of the 2011 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes sails direct from Broadway under the direction of Kathleen Marshall, who won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Choreography. The production features music and lyrics by Cole Porter; original book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse; and new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. Press opening night is Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

A 1934 musical comedy about lovers, liars, and clowns on a transatlantic cruise, Roundabout Theatre Company'sAnything Goes is a new Broadway revival of Cole Porter's timeless classic musical theater masterpiece. 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. Cole Porter's roundup of nostalgic hits in the production include "You're the Top," "Friendship," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "It's De-Lovely," "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" and, of course "Anything Goes."

Rachel York will star as Reno Sweeney and Fred Applegate will star as Moonface Martin. The principal cast also includes Josh Franklin 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 Sarah Agar, Sara Andreas, Jeremy Benton, Jacqueline Burtney, Audrey Cardwell, Jan Leigh Herndon, Kristie Kerwin, Gary Lindemann, Sean McKnight, Marla McReynolds, Michael Milton, Tony Neidenbach, Bobby Pestka, Courtney Rottenberger, Vanessa Sonon, Ryan Steer, Kristopher Thompson-Bolden, Aaron Umsted, Mackenzie Warren, and Sean Watkins. The creative team includes music direction by Jay Alger with additional orchestrations by Bill Elliot, original scenic design by Derek McLane, costumes by Martin Pakledinaz, lighting design by Howell Binkley and sound design by Brian Ronan and Keith Caggiano.

The national tour of Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes is dedicated to the memory of Martin Pakledinaz, a beloved member of the Roundabout Theatre Company family.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes will travel to more than twenty-one cities during

the 2012-2013 season. For more information, please visit www.anythinggoesthemusical.com.

The New Broadway Cast Recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes, nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, is available on Ghostlight Records.

Kathleen Marshall received 2011 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Awards for choreography and Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics nominations for direction for Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes. Also for Roundabout, Ms. Marshall directed and choreographed The Pajama Game and choreographed Follies and 1776. Other Broadway credits include Wonderful Town; Grease; Boeing-Boeing; Little Shop of Horrors; Seussical; Kiss Me, Kate; andSwinging on a Star. Off-Broadway: Two Gentlemen of Verona (New York Shakespeare Festival), Saturday Night (Second Stage), Violet (Playwrights Horizons) and As Thousands Cheer (Drama Dept). City Center Encores!: Bells Are Ringing,Applause, Carnival, Hair, and Babes in Arms; Artistic Director for four seasons. For ABC/Disney: Once Upon a Mattress and Meredith Willson's The Music Man (Emmy nomination). She has received two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, the Astaire Award, the George Abbott Award, the Richard Rodgers Award, and the Pennsylvania Governor's Award for the Arts. Ms. Marshall is the Vice President of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and is an Associate Artist of the Roundabout Theatre Company.

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