“Anything Goes” on the ship SS American when comic high jinx, tap-dancing and classic Cole Porter tunes hit the seas. Pictured above and ready to set sail are Hope (Kaitlyn Casanova, Reno Sweeney (Alison Show), Billy (Anthony Vinup) and Moonface Martin (Tim Nicolai).

Spirited Cole Porter musical ‘Anything Goes’ closes 56th season of Huron Playouse

Featuring one of Cole Porter's most magical musical scores, “Anything Goes” will be performed at the Huron Playhouse Tuesday-Saturday (July 27-31). Filled with romance, intrigue and tap-dancing sailors, the musical romp includes such memorable songs as "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "You're The Top," "Friendship," "It's De-lovely," and the title song, "Anything Goes."

Sailing aboard the SS American is an unusual mix of characters. The young debutante Hope, played by Kaitlyn Casanova of Shelby Twp., Mich., and her stuffy mother Evangeline Harcourt, portrayed by Sarah Bird of Delaware, Ohio, arrive with Hope's fiancé, the stuffy Englishman Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, portrayed by Richard Binning of Montepelier. Mayhem ensues when Hope's true love, Billy Crocker, played by Anthony Vinup of Sandusky, and Moonface Martin, played by Tim Nicolai of Jackson, Mo., stow away on the ship. Alison Show of Uniontown, Pa., plays famous nightclub singer-turned-evangelist Reno Sweeney, who, along with her beautiful Angels, saves sinners through song nightly. A melting-pot of other passengers rounds out the parade of characters.

Ticket prices for all Huron Playhouse productions are $10 for students and seniors, $11 for other adults, and $7 for children under 12. The curtain time is 8 p.m. nightly (Tuesday through Saturday). For reservations and further information, contact the Huron Playhouse at 419 433-4744. The box office at McCormick School, 325 Ohio Street, is open Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.