Reagle's 50th Anniversary Season Continues with "Anything Goes"

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston Presents Cole Porter’s DE-LOVELY Musical Comedy:

Anything Goes

Starring 2018 Elliot Norton Award Winner Leigh Barrett as “Reno Sweeney”

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston continues the company’s spectacular 50th Anniversary Summer Season with Anything Goes from July 5-15, 2018. The multiple Tony Award-winning musical will run for 8 performances at the Robinson Theatre, 617 Lexington St., Waltham, MA. Anything Goes is a tap-happy musical comedy following the antics of a nightclub singer, a Public Enemy, a love triangle, stowaways, and more aboard a luxury ocean liner travelling from New York to London! Anything Goes will feature a roster of regional talent starring 2018 Elliot Norton Award Winner Leigh Barrett as “Reno Sweeney,” IRNE Award winner Jared Troilo as “Billy Crocker,” J.T. Turner as “Moonface Martin,” and BroadwayWorld Award winner Mark Linehan as “Evelyn Oakleigh.” The production is backed by a full, live orchestra. Produced by Robert J. Eagle; Directed and Choreographed by Eileen Grace; Music Direction by Dan Rodriguez.

Reagle’s landmark 50th Anniversary Summer Season concludes with The Music Man (August 2-12), Directed and Choreographed by IRNE Award winner Susan Chebookjian.

Each show in Reagle’s 50th Anniversary season runs for 8 performances, with 4 matinees per show. Single adult tickets for each production are $39-$66; discounts apply for seniors, students and groups of 10 or more.Student rush seats at 50% off are available one hour before curtain with a valid college ID. To purchase tickets for any show, visit www.reaglemusictheatre.org, call 781-891-5600, or visit the theater box office at 617 Lexington St, Waltham, MA, 02452. Season Subscribers save 20% off ticket prices.

About Anything Goes and Members of the Cast:

Music, dance, laughs, and the age-old tale of Boy Meets Girl – no musical puts it on stage better than Anything Goes! While aboard the SS American en route from New York to London, a comically colorful assemblage of passengers meet: Reno Sweeney, a popular nightclub singer and former evangelist, her pal Billy Crocker, a lovelorn Wall Street broker, his beloved Hope Harcourt (who is engaged to another passenger, Sir Evelyn Oakleigh), and a second-rate conman named Moonface Martin, aka “Public Enemy #13.” Farcical antics ensue as Reno and Moonface try to help Billy win the love of his life. Wrapped around one of Cole Porter’s most magical scores, Anything Goes is Delightful, Delicious, and De-Lovely. Anything Goes debuted in 1934 and ran for 420 performances. The musical’s toe-tapping songs include "Anything Goes," "You're the Top,” and "I Get a Kick Out of You."

Reagle Music Theatre’s 50th Anniversary production of Anything Goes features a full cast of 43 performers from Boston, New York and across the country, starrig 2018 Elliot Norton Award Winner Leigh Barrett as “Reno Sweeney” and Directed and Choreographed by IRNE Award Winner Eileen Grace. *Denotes member of Actors Equity Association

Leigh Barrett (Reno Sweeney)

Leigh is thrilled to say Bon Voyage! after a busy fall that included Rose in Gypsy and the ultimate chanteuse-Florence Foster Jenkins at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston. Leigh was last seen on the Reagle Stage as Cousin Nettie. Boston area credits include Company, Sondheim on Sondheim, City of Angels, Grey Gardens, Souvenir, Nicholas Nickelby, Big River, Animal Crackers, Follies, A Little Night Music, Mikado, Nuncrackers, and Sunday in the Park with George (Lyric stage); Closer Than Ever, Ragtime, Threepenny Opera, Indulgences, Side by Side by Sondheim, The World Goes ‘Round, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, and Wild Party (New Rep), Passion, Great American Trailer Park Musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Drowsy Chaperone, Elegies, A Class Act, Adding Machine (SpeakEasy Stage), Marry Me a Little, Jacques Brel(Gloucester Stage),Alice, Sound of Music (Wheelock Family Theater), Company (Moonbox Productions),Gypsy, Picnic, John & Jen, You Never Know, Pal Joey (Stoneham Theatre), A Christmas Carol, Singing in the Rain, and Sweeney Todd (North Shore Music Theatre), Mud Blue Sky (Bridge Rep), and Car Talk, the Musical! (Central Square Theater). Leigh is the recent recipient of the Elliot Norton Award for Sustained Excellence for 2018 and the proud recipient of two other Elliot Norton Awards and two IRNE Awards. She is an independent vocal/acting coach in Reading. LeighBarrett.com

Jared Troilo* (Billy Crocker)

Jared Troilo (Billy Crocker) is thrilled to be making his debut with Reagle Music Theater. Recently, Jared received an IRNE award for his performance as Steven Kodaly in Greater Boston Stage Company's production of She Loves Me. Regional credits include Beauty and the Beast, Billy Elliot (Wheelock Family Theatre), My Fair Lady (IRNE nominee), Camelot (IRNE nominee), Murder For Two (Lyric Stage Company),Significant Other, Dogfight, Far From Heaven, Jerry Springer: The Opera (Speakeasy Stage Company) Murder for Two (Shadowland Stages), Saturday Night Fever, Les Miserables, Godspell, West Side Story, Grease, Joseph...Dreamcoat (Palace Theatre),The Little Mermaid (IRNE nominee) A Little Princess, Aida(Fiddlehead Theatre Company). Most recently, Jared was seen as "Clifford Bradshaw" in Moonbox Production's acclaimed production of Cabaret. Jared has also been featured as a principal singer on board several luxury cruise lines. B.F.A. from The Boston Conservatory. JaredTroilo.com

J.T. Turner* (Moonface Martin)

J.T. returns to the Reagle stage having appeared in Guys and Dolls, and Remembering the 40's, as well as doing stage combat choreography For Kiss Me Kate, Carousel and Show Boat. Recent roles include Snowbell in Stuart Little at Wheelock Family Theater, Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol at North Shore Music Theater, The King in Big River with Brian Clowdus Experiences, and Alfie Doolitle at The Lyric Stage. J.T. also tours with solo performances about Robert Frost, Ben Franklin, Shakespeare, and Charles Dickens. www.Jtturner.org.

Mark Linehan* (Evelyn Oakleigh)

Mark returns to Reagle for his sixth production, having previously appeared in Thoroughly Modern Millie, South Pacific, Hairspray, The Music Man, and Mame. Recent area credits include Gaston in Beauty and the Beast and Lord Farquaad in Shrek (Wheelock Family Theatre, IRNE nomination), John Wilkes Booth in Assassins (New Repertory Theatre, IRNE nomination), A Christmas Carol (Hanover Theatre) Funny Thing Happened...Forum, and Lucky Stiff (Greater Boston Stage Company), and Our Town (Underground Railway Theatre). Mark is also a costumed tour guide on Boston’s historic Freedom Trail and has appeared as a historical expert on several episodes of Mysteries At The Museum on the Travel Channel. Mark received his BFA in Musical Theater from Emerson College and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association. www.marklinehan.com

Additional cast members include Libby Rosenfield as “Hope Harcourt,” Karen Fanale as “Evangeline Harcourt,” Rick Sherburne as “Elisha Whitney,” Ansley Speares as “Erma,” Rich Allegretto as “Captain,” Tom Sawyer as “Purser,” Connor Meehan as “Henry T. Dobson,” Paul Sanford as “Luke and John,” Taavon Gamble* as “Fred,” Emma Clinch, Kasia Gneiser, Suzi Weisberg, and Rachel Wirtz as “Angels,” Taavon Gamble*, Evan Pouch, Bernie Baldassaro, Brian Soutner, Michael Morley, and Michael Brent Hicks as “Sailors,” Nicholas Fernandez, Mia Porter, John Neurohr, and Paul Watt-Morse as “Nos.” Other female dancers include Jessica Bodner, MeiLu Barnum, Heather Morgan, Olivia Hytha, and Audra Hebard. Female singers include Harley Seger, Tracey O’Farrell, Elizabeth D’Auito, Anelise Allen, and Noura Deane. Male singers include Antonio Ruggieri, Ashawn Dabney-Small, Makai Hernandez, Ian Costello, and Paul Marchesiani. *Denotes member of Actors Equity Association

Performance Schedule: Thurs, July 5 at 2:00 PM; Fri, July 6 at 7:30 PM; Sat, July 7 at 7:30 PM; Sun, July 8 at 2:00 PM; Thurs, July 12 at 2:00 PM; Fri, July 13 at 7:30 PM; Sat, July 14 at 7:30 PM; Sun, July 15 at 2:00 PM.

Anything Goes Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter. Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse. New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman. Anything Goes is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC., 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

Tickets For Reagle’s 50th Annual Summer Season:

Single adult tickets for each production in Reagle’s 50th Anniversary Summer Season are $39-$66; discounts apply for seniors, students and groups of 10 or more. Student rush seats at 50% off are available one hour before curtain with a valid college ID.

To purchase, visit www.reaglemusictheatre.com, call 781-891-5600, or visit the theater box office at 617 Lexington St, Waltham, MA, 02452. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturdays 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., with extended hours from 9:00 am to curtain on performance days.

Photos: Leigh Barrett, Courtesy of the Artist. / Anything Goes Production Photo, (C) Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston