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Jun 18, 2024 · It’s becoming something of a formula: Cole Porter musical plus a couple of big stars, plus lavish set, equals lovely bit of summer escapism at the Barbican. They did it with Anything Goes in ...
Jun 17, 2024 · Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised considerably by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with ...
- P. G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton
- 1934
Jun 5, 2024 · Cole Porter (born June 9, 1891, Peru, Indiana, U.S.—died October 15, 1964, Santa Monica, California) was an American composer and lyricist who brought a worldly élan to the American musical and who embodied in his life the sophistication of his songs.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 20, 2024 · Cole Porter’s 1948 classic takes centre stage in London. When Anything Goes appeared at the Barbican in 2021, it proved that Cole Porter musicals can make for the perfect summer treat by virtue of their catchy tunes and the dance routines these inspire.
Jun 20, 2024 · Lincoln Center’s Bartlett Sher is back in town to direct the Barbican’s latest summer blockbuster, Cole Porter’s classic Kiss Me, Kate. It’s an energetic, largely intelligent production of what is at base a screwball comedy with great songs.
Jun 18, 2024 · “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” was written by Cole Porter in 1936 and is now one of the jazz standards par excellence. Like many other songs of the time that remain popular to this day, it was written for a movie. It was introduced in the MGM musical Born to Dance and performed by actress Virginia Bruce.
Jun 18, 2024 · Adrian Dunbar and Stephanie J Block star in a miscast, misfiring revival of the Cole Porter classic. The lyrics of this 1948 musical classic – arguably the only version of Shakespeare’s The ...
