The 5-night run of Anything Goes is over. The video, if you haven’t seen it, is posted at the BNS website.
The official ‘photo’. Kevin, as a member of the ship’s crew, with the Captain and Purser.
Kevin isn’t seen very much in the 1st act….he’s certainly a member of the ship’s crew, in the background, toting luggage, a tip of the hat here, a nod there. He gets some singing time here, on stage with the sailors, but, you really don’t see him again until…..
…he appears with the rest of the cast for “Anyting Goes”. He stands on the top level of the stage, so, he’s out of the main lighting. Suzanne took a lot of pictures, only a few turned out well.
I’m not sure what’s going on here….I guess Kevin is off or the Captain and Ian are off. Kevin thinks he just got his arms up faster than the other two…..
The end of the first act….
Kevin’s more prominent in the second half, he trades in his ships’ crew shirt for a sailor shirt and appears with that crowd for the rest of the show. Here, Kevin is raising his hand in ‘Blow Gabriel Blow’ to say “I’m a sinner!”…
….and one of the ‘angels’ in Reno Sweeney’s chorus comes over to comfort the poor sinner….
Song starts…
Kevin was not always a sailor, he was ‘promoted’ about 4 or 5 weeks ago. He was promoted because he’s one of the better male dancers. Here you can see with his ‘angel’ dancing partner, Ali.
I think it also helps that Kevin’s tall (he easily has 2-4 inches on the other sailors)….and Ali is not short. Kevin makes a better match with her…..the other report was that Ali’s partner was having trouble with the lifts and other moves…..
We have other photos, not included here, that sent Fric and Frac into hysterics over the sultry nature of Ali’s poses with Kevin.
Kevin spends about half of this song stage left with Ali, especially during the angel-sailor dance….
But when the whole cast is dancing, he’s back over on stage right with Ali…..
Kevin’s last scene on stage is “Buddy Beware”, Erma warning the sailors that she’s a tramp….
This was the best moment, the sailors lined up on the ground and Erma rolled over the top of them, sailor after sailor running ahead to keep her off the ground.
High-stepping towards the finale..
The lift and the end!
