This is the first of a three-part program featuring a comprehensive look at some of Broadway’s most illustrious opening numbers, spanning from as far back as SHOWBOAT to more modern productions like NINE and SWEENEY TODD.

Featured songs: “Opening Number” from THE GREAT AMERICAN BACKSTAGE MUSICAL, “Love is in the Air”, “Comedy Tonight”, “Opening Number” from PORGY AND BESS, and “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning”.

Originally produced and broadcast in 1983. For more information, go to AnythingGoesPL.com or BPN.FM/Anything Goes. Theme music arranged by Bruce Coughlin.  Associate producer Jeff Lunden. Anything Goes – Backstage with Broadway’s Best – is produced and hosted by Paul Lazarus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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