Broadway choreography

Who choreographed Anyone Can Whistle?

Herbert Ross was credited for the choreography recognized by the Tony Award.

1 nominationFirst honored 1964

Choreography awards for Anyone Can Whistle

YearAwardChoreographerResult
1964Tony AwardHerbert RossNominated

Productions are listed under the year of the award; revivals can bring new choreography — and new nominations — for the same show.

About the show

Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Described as "a satire on conformity and the insanity of the so-called sane," the show tells a story of an economically depressed town whose corrupt mayor decides to create a fake miracle in order to attract tourists. The phony miracle draws the attention of an emotionally inhibited nurse, a crowd of inmates from a local asylum, and a doctor with secrets of his own.

Following a tryout period in Philadelphia, Anyone Can Whistle opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 4, 1964, with Angela Lansbury making her stage musical debut. The show received widely varied reviews (including negative notices from the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune), and closed after a run of twelve previews and nine performances.

While the score has become an acclaimed part of Sondheim's canon, Anyone Can Whistle has seen relatively few productions compared to other Sondheim musicals. The title song, "Everybody Says Don't", and "There Won't Be Trumpets" have been performed widely.

From the Wikipedia article “Anyone Can Whistle”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Award data from Wikipedia lists of Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier choreography awards (CC BY-SA 4.0).