Bishop Feehan Presents 'Anything Goes!'

You don’t have to travel to New York this season to see the current revival of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes on Broadway.  The Theater Department at High School, including students from Norton, is staging the production in Attleboro! Under the direction of Alden Harrison, BFHS is performing its 24^th musical, Anything Goes, through April 3.   

Many of Porter’s best known hits are featured in this 1930’s musical that tells the classic boy-meets-girl story aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London.  Played by Jay Vita of Mansfield, Billy Crocker is a stowaway who is in love with heiress Hope Harcourt (Meghan Casey, North Attleboro), but she is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh played by Taylor MacLeod from Norfolk. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney (Cassie Knipper, Norton) and Public Enemy #13 Moonface Martin (Joe St. Thomas, Cumberland, RI) aid Billy in his quest to win Hope’s heart.  Adding to the mayhem of deception and disguise are John Faherty, North Attleboro as the Captain; Marie Atwill, Mansfield as Bonnie; Noah Bridgestock, Pawtucket, RI as Mr. Whitney; and Medfield’s Delaney McHugo as Mrs. Harcourt. 

The show features madcap antics, mistaken identities, tap dancing musical numbers, and such well known and cherished songs as “Anything Goes,” “Friendship,”  “You're the Top,” “It's De-Lovely” and “I Get a Kick Out of You.”

In addition to the main characters, the cast is comprised of Bishop Feehan students from all over the greater Attleboro area and beyond.   The ensemble of dancers and singers includes Erin Sue Giles, Brad Elias, Danielle Houle, Kelly Moran, Connor Clang, Nikki Sheehan, Marion Burdick, Maggie Bie, Timothy Doherty, Samantha Vita, Meg Reilly, Jessen Foster, Ben Ingegneri, Emily Houston, Justin Gilbert, Olivia Cortellini, Kati West, Marissa Chura, Emily Bravaco, Laura Clerx, Mary Kate Petterson, Stephen Atwill, Regis Schratz, Elena Conroy, Mary Hodge, Alyssa Long, Christina Caruso, Lauren Murphy, Lauren Bedard, Meghan Murray, Nicole Lambi, Sarah Fishbach, Brendan Lynch, Nicole Powers, Julianne Jeha, Lizzy Magill, and Samantha McSweeney.

Performances are April 2 at 7 p.m. and on April 3 at 2 p.m. at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro. Tickets are available at the door and are $12 for the general public and $8 for students and seniors.