‘Anything Goes’ at NSMT June 3-15

BEVERLY – North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) will open the blockbuster 2014 Musical Season with a sparkling all new production of Anything Goes.This saucy tap dance spectacular will be on stage for two weeks only starting Tuesday, June 3 and playing through Sunday, June 15.”Following our record breaking 2013 season, I wanted to continue our tradition of opening the season with a beloved classic musical,” said NSMT owner and producer Bill Hanney. “Working with our Interim Artistic Director Tony Parise, I have put together a great creative team and cast, and I am confident that Anything Goes will kick off this ambitious season in high style.”Cole Porter’s first-class musical comedy has romance in the air on the ocean liner SS American, but it’s far from smooth sailing for the passengers. It’s nonstop laughs and hijinks on the high seas in this show packed with spectacular dance numbers and many unforgettable Cole Porter songs including “Anything Goes,” “You’re the Top,” “Friendship” and “De’Lovely.”North Shore Music Theatre’s production of Anything Goes stars Danette Holden as Reno Sweeney, Eric Ulloa as Billy Crocker, and “Laverne & Shirley” star Eddie Mekka as Moonface Martin.Mekka returns to North Shore Music Theatre for the first time in 40 years. A native of Worcester, Mekka spent the summer of 1974 at NSMT dancing in No, No, Nanette, Kiss Me, Kate, and Sugar alongside Bonnie Franklin before both went on to star in hit sitcoms.