Cole Porter’s High Society is based on The Philadelphia Story, the Broadway play Philip Barry wrote for Katharine Hepburn in 1939. It ran for 417 performances. Today, its reputation rests entirely on ...
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Cole Porter’s songs were famous for their polished wit, sophistication and adult innuendo. His heyday was the 1920’s and 1930’s. He belonged to an era when songs were introduced for themselves rather ...
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Like everybody else, I was surprised when I heard that The Great British Bake Off was going to be made into a musical. I could imagine it on stage in a send-up sketch in an old-fashioned revue. I coul ...
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ANYTHING GOES, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, is back in the Barbican with a new cast, Kerry Ellis, Denis Lawson, Simon Callow and Bonnie Langford, in the lead roles. The 1930’ ...
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