ANYTHING GOES
THE MULTI-TONY AWARD WINNING MUSICAL
IS THE UK’S HIGHEST GROSSING
EVENT CINEMA RELEASE OF 2021
- On 28 November and 1 December 2021, ANYTHING GOES, London’s ‘Show of the Year’ was screened in 500 cinemas across the UK and Ireland by Trafalgar Releasing
- To date the event has taken £715K at the box office [Source: ComScore]
- Anything Goes takes the #1 position as the best-performing Event Cinema release of 2021
Trafalgar Releasing today confirms that the cinema release of ANYTHING GOES has taken £715,378 at the box office to date and is the best-performing Event Cinema release of 2021.
Screened in more than 500 cinemas across the UK and Ireland, ANYTHING GOES will be released in the US and selected international territories in Spring 2022. Tickets will go on sale in January, sign up for the latest news at AnythingGoesMusicalCinema.com.
The record-breaking stage production of ANYTHING GOES is also sailing back to the Barbican Theatre next summer for an eight week return residency from 15 July until 3 September. From spring 2022, audiences across the country will also get the chance to enjoy the truly spectacular, multi-Tony Award winning, ‘show of the year!’ (★★★★★ Daily Telegraph), as the S.S American will be heading to theatres in Bristol, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Canterbury on its way to the Barbican!
Producer Sir Howard Panter said: “We are thrilled with the response from cinema audiences up and down the country to this glorious production of Anything Goes. It demonstrates a real appetite for musicals on the big screen – audiences can’t get enough of this majestic show. From outstanding leading actors, to the spectacular supporting company, the glorious set design, the breathtaking choreography and stage direction, and of course the wonderful score – it really is ‘the show of the year’.”
Marc Allenby, CEO of Trafalgar Releasing, comments: “This fantastic box office result demonstrates the continued recovery for cinema with audiences welcoming the opportunity to watch smash hit musicals like Anything Goes on the big screen.”
Filmed live at the Barbican in London – during the show’s 15 week residency at the theatre this summer – this major new five star production of the classic musical comedy features an all-star cast led by renowned Broadway royalty Sutton Foster reprising her Tony Award-winning performance as Reno Sweeney, alongside three-time Olivier Award and Tony Award winner Robert Lindsay (My Family) as Moonface Martin, Evening Standard Theatre Award winner Felicity Kendal (The Good Life) as Evangeline Harcourt and beloved West End Legend Gary Wilmot (Chicago) as Elisha Whitney. A heart-warming romance with spectacular dance routines and some of theatre’s most memorable songs, ANYTHING GOES is ‘a joyously shipshape revival’ (★★★★★ The Observer).
ANYTHING GOES opened this summer at the Barbican with audiences on their feet night after night giving this multi-Tony Award winning show multiple standing ovations at every performance. Featuring a 50 strong cast and ensemble of the finest there is to offer on the London stage, including tap dancing sailors and a full-sized live orchestra, this critically acclaimed production ‘immediately joins the pantheon of great classic musical revivals’ (Daily Telegraph).
ANYTHING GOES has music and lyrics by Cole Porter, an original book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton with Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse and a new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. The filmed production also stars Samuel Edwards (Les Misérables / Wicked) as Billy Crocker, Nicole-Lily Baisden (The Book of Mormon / Let’s Face The Music) as Hope Harcourt, Haydn Oakley (A Christmas Carol / An American in Paris) as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh and Carly Mercedes Dyer (West Side Story / Chicago) as Erma.