Cole Porter News

Who can resist the allure of Cole Porter, one of Broadway's finest composers of all time? Tonight, climb onboard the luxury liner S. S. American as Stage West Community Playhouse presents the original l934 version of the musical comedy, "Anything Goes." Featuring classic Cole Porter tunes like "It's De-Lovely," "You're the Top," "I Get a Kick Out ...

Canadian electropopsters Dragonette, headed by singer-songwriter Martina Sorbara and her husband-bassist-producer Dan Kurtz, might just be the gayest thing you're not listening to.

Johnny Mercer is the subject of a biopic on TCM that shows why the songwriter belongs among the greatest of the golden age.

Forty-five years after his death, Cole Porter has never truly left town. His songs are a staple of Manhattan's cabaret scene: one performer finished a tribute at the Algonquin last month, while two others just opened shows that prominently feature his work.

The drama departmenta s first production of the semester takes on the love lives of a 1940s actor and actress.

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A FUNDRAISING musical evening in Nantwich has generated hundreds of pounds for charity.

Subversion and sex: to hear the San Francisco jazz singer Paula West stamp her personality on songs by Bob Dylan and Cole Porter in the same program is like encountering someone with a multilingual gift.

Alberta Ballet's Jean Grand-Maitre is having a busy year. Photograph by: Grant Black , Calgary Herald Spotlight Alberta Ballet's Romeo and Juliet runs Thursday to Saturday at Jubilee Auditorium To paraphrase an old Cole Porter song--Alberta Ballet artistic director Jean Grand-Maitre must have "high flyin' wings on his shoes." Not only is ...

Arms Full Of Roses The first thing that hits you is the voice. Devoid of affectation or theatrics, ita s a delightful instrument, one wielded with real subtlety.

Jerry Costanzo is Currently working on his next CD, entitled Can't We Be Friends .

O livia Duhon found the musical love of her life at the movies. "I was always a fan of movie musicals," she said, "and hearing songs by people like George Gershwin and Cole Porter, it was like this light bulb went off in my head - that this was music I just loved." That love of the Great American Songbook soon led Duhon to discover some of the ...

Norwegian singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche has just released his sixth album, Heartbeat Radio.

Symphony Silicon Valley's season of experimentation continues this weekend with "Kiss Me Kate," the first of its Broadway in Concert shows that puts singers on stage with the orchestra.

TO augment its regular season, Symphony Silicon Valley offers something new, a concert presentation of Cole Porter's musical Kiss Me Kate , complete with full orchestra, lead singers and a chorus.

The world-famous Vienna Boys' Choir, the German Guitar & Mandolin Orchestra, and the Boston Brass Quintet/Rockingham Symphony Orchestra Pops concert are some of the exciting events offered by the Timberlane Performing Arts Center over the next few months.

Tina Fabrique covers Ella Fitzgerald's life from nervous teenager to world-renowned star in Pittsburgh Public Theater's "Ella." As Ron Haynes plays the muscular opening notes on his trumpet, the biomusical "Ella" transports us to the magical jazz age of Louis Armstrong and the teenage girl who grew up to be the First Lady of Song.

From Brahms to Cole Porter to Copland, Symphony Silicon Valley's schedule offers listeners a full complement of musical choices - in the month of October.

The talents of Corey Trahan, Tynan Davis and Cathy Venable are combining to present the concert tour "Strike Up the Band" during the next few weeks.

That's what it certainly looks like we'll all be saying at the Stratford Festival next summer, because I've been told it's a done deal that Monique Lund will be playing Lilli Vanessi, the leading female role in Kiss Me, Kate , which is to be directed by Tony Award-winning helmer, John Doyle.