Prepare to set sail this weekend with the Cole Porter musical “Anything Goes” at the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Uniontown. Featuring songs like “You’re the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You” ...

“Anything Goes” will run from Friday through Oct. 8 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., Saturday matinees at 3 p.m. and Sunday matinees on Sep. 11 and 18 at 3 p.m.

Anything Goes is de-lovely escapism as a tonic to the madness that is going on in the real world, and it’s just as worthwhile as any lofty highbrow drama. God knows we all need it these days.

“Anything Goes” follows Billy Crocker, a stowaway on the S.S. American who is in pursuit of a young debutante named Hope ...

Anything Goes was Charles Pizzo's first real job. "The idea of dressing up and acting wacky was appealing in the late 1970s," Pizzo said. "It was a snapshot of the culture at the time." ...

Anything Goes is shore to be a good time, so don’t get tide down and reserve your ticket today! The cast of Anything Goes (Shaw Festival, 2025). Photo by David Cooper.

Anything Goes was always a staple of stock, but it gained new life in 1962 when it appeared Off-Broadway in a modified version (with libretto revised by Guy Bolton, one of the original authors).

Instead, let's just say that "Anything Goes" is a heck of a lot of fun, an evening of madcap, screwball humor, floor-scorching dance numbers and tunes from one of the greatest contributors to the ...