An Interview with Meghan Murphy Star of Porchlight’s “Anything Goes”

Chicago is a theatre town. It is second only to New York’s Broadway in terms of notoriety.

The show to see in Chicago at the moment is the rousing Porchlight Music Theatre revival of Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes”.

Directed by Michael Weber, the show stars the incomparable Meghan Murphy, who seems tailor-made for the part of the sexy cabaret singer at the heart of the story about mistaken identities and hysterical hijinks on the high seas. The show is a star vehicle, and Meghan Murphy is a bonafide star.  

If you haven’t heard of Meghan Murphy before, then stand up and take notice because she is a star that demands the spotlight and her time is now.

On a new episode of It’s Showtime with Rikki Lee, host Rikki Lee Travolta sits down with the stunningly beautiful and charismatic Meghan Murphy to discuss how she became attached to the show that is the talk of the town.

Meghan has some great insights on why the “pleasure bomb” of a show has hit the sweet spot with Chicago audiences. She gives credit to the feel-good nature of the show and the brilliant Cole Porter score, as well as the brilliant choreography. Rikki Lee, however, gives credit to Meghan Murphy.

Murphy is not only a headlining musical theatre star, she is also an internationally famous cabaret star – just one of the many reasons she is so phenomenal as Reno Sweeney in "Anything Goes." You can be that’s an area she and Rikki Lee take a deep dive exploring.

“This is one of the most fun episodes to record in the history of It’s Showtime with Rikki Lee,” said Rikki Lee after interviewing Meghan. You’ll have to listen and experience why for yourself.

To purchase tickets for Porchlight Music Theatre’s dazzling production of “Anything Goes” visit: www.PorchlightMusicTheatre.org.

To keep tabs on Meghan Murphy and see where you can enjoy her performing next go to: www.MeghanMurphyBigRed.com.