Music Circus opened its third show of the season, “Anything Goes,” Tuesday evening to much audience approval. Clearly the stars of the show were the songs of one of America’s most beloved composers, Cole Porter. “Anything Goes” has numerous songs that are included in what is known as The Great American Song Book. This includes "You're the Top," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "It's De-Lovely" and the title song “Anything Goes.” Several other songs in the show are also well known, and the rest are above average. Along with all the great music, there is a fun plot with book by English writer P.G. Woodhouse (“Jeeves and Wooster”) and his theatrical collaborator, Guy Bolton. Most of the action ta

Take an iconic piece of american musical theater by arguably the best musical theater writing team of all times and add Music Circus talent and production values and you have a splendid evening of entertainment. "Oklahoma" was the first collaboration between composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. Rodgers had previously worked with Lorenz Hart creating "Pal Joey." Hammerstein had been teamed with Jerome Kern, with "Show Boat" as their best-known production. The new collaboration worked well for both. Hammerstein preferred to write lyrics before they were set to music. Rodgers preferred to have completed lyrics before creating the music. There previous co