The first of a two-part program featuring some of Broadway’s greatest composers and lyricists speaking about and performing their own songs. This episode includes performances by Cole Porter, Craig Carnelia, Burton Lane, Alan Menken, Harold Arlen, Jerry Herman, Daniel Schreier & Michael Roth, Stephen Schwartz, and Sheldon Harnick.

Featured songs: “Anything Goes,” “The Things I Learned In High School,” “Chin Up, Cheerio,” “People Collecting Things,” “Buds Won’t Bud,” “I’ll Be Here Tomorrow,” “Things Are Looking Up,” “Good Time Ladies Rag,” and “When Messiah Comes.”

Originally produced and broadcast in 1986. For more information go to AnythingGoesPL.com or BPN.FM/AnythingGoes. Theme music arranged by Bruce Coughlin. Sound mixing by David Rapkin. Associate producer Jeff Lunden. Anything Goes – Backstage with Broadway’s Best – is produced and hosted by Paul Lazarus.