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Spring musical photos: Backstage with the cast of "Anything Goes"


By Maddy Hamlin

Gargoyle senior editor


Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007
, The OG, arts & photo galleries

TONIGHT'S OPENING OF Uni's spring musical, Cole Porter's “Anything Goes,” represents the culmination of two months' worth of hard work. This week alone has been a marathon session of five-hour dress rehearsals from 5 to 10 p.m. each day. To get you ready for tonight's performance, here are some backstage shots, along with a few photos of cast members in their nifty “Anything Goes” T-shirts. Show times are 7 tonight, 7:30 p.m. Friday, and 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Performances are in the North Attic Playhouse. Tickets cost $6 for students, faculty, staff, and senior citizens, $7 for everyone else.



Gargoyle backstage photos by Maddy Hamlin; T-shirt photos by Deren Kudeki

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Senior Emma Anselin, who plays Hope Harcourt, gets her hair done

prior to Tuesday's dress rehearsal. (click to enlarge)


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Sophomore Leslie Hodges (front), freshman Brittany Scheid, and

senior Alex Cahill put their faces on. (click to enlarge)


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Alex Cahill looks sharp as gangster Moonface Martin, incognito as a priest. Director Barbara Ridenour, meanwhile, seems remarkably calm so close to opening night. (click to enlarge)


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Freshman Anna Gooler works on Emma Anselin's coiffure as senior

Martin Geiger (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh) looks on. (click to enlarge)


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Senior Nicole Gong, who steals several scenes as Erma the gangster moll, uses a curling iron to get her hair in character. (click to enlarge)


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Clockwise from front, sophomore Sarah Lake-Rayburn, subfreshman Buck Walsh, sophomore Lauren Piester, subfreshman Lisa Sproat, and sophomore Natsuki Nakamura get ready backstage. (click to enlarge)


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Senior Nicole Helregel tries on a dress. (click to enlarge)


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Senior Sam Klein, who is hilarious as rich businessman Elisha Whitney, mugs for the camera. Beside him are seniors Daisy Hassani and Martin Geiger; sophomore Karen Han is in the background. (click to enlarge)


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Senior Robert Croisant, who plays the captain of the S.S. American, where the play is set, captures a moment for posterity. (click to enlarge)


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Subfreshman Stefanie Senior and the rest of the cast donned their

“Anything Goes” T-shirts on Wednesday. (click to enlarge)


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Senior Paige Martin, who stars as Reno Sweeney, a role first made

famous on Broadway by the legendary Ethel Merman, displays the

back of her “Anything Goes” shirt, which lists the production's

cast members. (click to enlarge)


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Sophomore Sheri Grill models her cast shirt while taking a break in the kitchen (click to enlarge)

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