Cole Porter
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BIO
Cole Porter composer and lyricist, created a sophisticated and rich body of work that appeared on both Broadway and the Big Screen. Charming melodies and clever lyrics set Porter aside from other composers. Notable songs include, “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)” for Paris, “Night and Day” for Gay Divorce, “Wunderbar” for Kiss Me, Kate, “All Through the Night,” “I Get A Kick Out Of You,” “Blow Gabriel Blow,” and the title song for Anything Goes. Porter won his first Tony for his Kiss Me, Kate score. He also wrote many famous songs that appeared in films including, “I’ve Got You under My Skin,” “In the Still of the Night,” and “Easy to Love.”
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A scene from Anything Goes by Cole Porter @ Barbican Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
(Opening 23-07-2021)
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From: No te pierdas las imágenes de ANYTHING GOES en directo
A scene from Anything Goes by Cole Porter @ Barbican Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
(Opening 23-07-2021)
©Tristram Kenton 07-21
(3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
From: No te pierdas las imágenes de ANYTHING GOES en directo
A scene from Anything Goes by Cole Porter @ Barbican Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
(Opening 23-07-2021)
©Tristram Kenton 07-21
(3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
From: No te pierdas las imágenes de ANYTHING GOES en directo
A scene from Anything Goes by Cole Porter @ Barbican Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
(Opening 23-07-2021)
©Tristram Kenton 07-21
(3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
From: No te pierdas las imágenes de ANYTHING GOES en directo
A scene from Anything Goes by Cole Porter @ Barbican Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
(Opening 23-07-2021)
©Tristram Kenton 07-21
(3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
From: No te pierdas las imágenes de ANYTHING GOES en directo
A scene from Anything Goes by Cole Porter @ Barbican Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
(Opening 23-07-2021)
©Tristram Kenton 07-21
(3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
From: No te pierdas las imágenes de ANYTHING GOES en directo
A scene from Anything Goes by Cole Porter @ Barbican Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
(Opening 23-07-2021)
©Tristram Kenton 07-21
(3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
From: No te pierdas las imágenes de ANYTHING GOES en directo
A scene from Anything Goes by Cole Porter @ Barbican Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
(Opening 23-07-2021)
©Tristram Kenton 07-21
(3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
From: No te pierdas las imágenes de ANYTHING GOES en directo
A scene from Anything Goes by Cole Porter @ Barbican Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
(Opening 23-07-2021)
©Tristram Kenton 07-21
(3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
From: No te pierdas las imágenes de ANYTHING GOES en directo
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Videos
Photos/Video: HIGH SOCIETY in Rehearsal at the Barbican Theatre
by Stephi Wild - 2026-05-13 06:00:21
Video: Melissa Errico Sings 'I Can Dream, Can't I?' in Video for Upcoming Album
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-09-26 10:21:20
Video: Robyn Hurder, Max Clayton & More in HIGH SOCIETY at Ogunquit Playhouse
by Joshua Wright - 2025-08-13 10:47:21
Video: Watch Robyn Hurder Perform 'Let's Misbehave' in HIGH SOCIETY
by Michael Major - 2025-08-04 16:02:07
Video: Max Clayton & Ari Groover Rehearse 'Now You Has Jazz' From Ogunquit's HIGH SOCIETY
by Michael Major - 2025-07-22 14:56:51
Video: Inside Rehearsals of HIGH SOCIETY at Ogunquit Playhouse
by Joshua Wright - 2025-07-15 15:54:59
Video: Stephanie J. Block Performs 'So In Love' From KISS, ME KATE Proshot
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-06-10 17:47:21
Video: Stephanie J. Block and Adrian Dunbar Perform 'Wunderbar' from KISS, ME KATE Proshot
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-06-02 13:21:37
Video: KISS ME, KATE Cast Performs 'Another Op'nin', Another Show' From PBS Proshot
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-06-02 12:18:57
Video: Watch the Cast of KISS ME, KATE Perform 'Too Darn Hot' From PBS Proshot
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-05-27 09:57:18
Video: PBS Previews 'Broadway's Best' 2025 GREAT PERFORMANCES Lineup
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-05-05 12:31:03
Video: Wendi Peters Stars As Florence Foster Jenkins in GLORIOUS!
by A.A. Cristi - 2025-02-07 20:48:40
Video: Adrienne Warren Sings 'What’s Love Got to Do with It?' with the New York Pops
by Blair Ingenthron - 2025-02-01 16:42:44
Video: Harry Connick Jr. Talks Reviving Cole Porter Show at the Met
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-01-24 16:55:13
Exclusive: KISS ME, KATE Comes to the Big Screen; Watch a Sneak Peek of 'Too Darn Hot'
by Team BWW - 2024-11-13 11:34:41
Video: Stephanie J. Block Sings 'So In Love' from KISS ME, KATE
by Blair Ingenthron - 2024-08-03 12:24:50
Video: The Cast of KISS ME, KATE in London Perform 'Too Darn Hot'
by Stephi Wild - 2024-06-18 06:57:28
News
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 26, 2026
Next month, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Tony Danza, Linda Eder, and many more. See the full July lineup!
by Michael Gioia - Jun 25, 2026
While it’s impossible to choose, BroadwayWorld looks at a handful of the most exciting and entertaining performances by Tony-winning icon Liza Minnelli.
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 24, 2026
The City of Carmel is transforming into “Songbook City” this July to recognize the locally based Great American Songbook Foundation and its work to preserve and celebrate the history of popular music.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 24, 2026
The Theatre Group at SBCC announced a production of ANYTHING GOES, set to run at the Garvin Theatre in Santa Barbara. Learn more about the upcoming show here!
by Rob Lester - Jun 22, 2026
It was lovely to see, and hear, Chris Barrett, a singer-pianist with flair and nostalgia, at Pangea. The performer got a warm welcome from loyal fans and new ones on May 15
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 18, 2026
54 Below will present an upcoming week of performances including Tony winner Melba Moore, Emmet Cahill, George Young, and the final performances of SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED, plus a tribute to Olivia Rodrigo and more.
by - Jun 18, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 18, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 17, 2026
You can now get a first look at footage of the West End production of High Society. With music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Arthur Kopit, this new production promises a cocktail of romance, wit, and mistaken identity.
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 20, 2026
Summer is here and there is no better time of year to soak up the sun and dive into a new book. You're in luck, because Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 21 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Summer 2026 reading list.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2026
The Theatre Group at SBCC will open its upcoming season with Cole Porter's Anything goes, directed by Katie Laris, at the Garvin Theatre on SBCC's West Campus in Santa Barbara.
by Clementine Scott - Jun 3, 2026
Latest in the line of blockbuster Cole Porter musicals dominating the Barbican’s summer programming is High Society, following in the footsteps of Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate. Like its predecessors, High Society is, to a certain extent, an excuse for a series of absurd situations contrived to fit in as many Cole Porter songs as possible.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 3, 2026
Olivier Award winner Danielle de Niese will make her Melbourne Symphony Orchestra debut at the 2026 Winter Gala, performing works by Bernstein, Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Jerome Kern at Arts Centre Melbourne's Hamer Hall.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 2, 2026
Songbook Sundays will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club with Gotta Right to Sing Harold Arlen, starring Christine Andreas, Nikki Renée Daniels, and Benny Benack III.
by Rebecca Kaplan - May 31, 2026
See some of the biggest names performing at cabaret venues in NYC this spring, at a range of budget points, including original Roger and Mark from RENT in a duo show at 54 Below, Smash star Megan Hilty, a celebration of Liza Minelli, and more.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 29, 2026
Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Grammy and Emmy winner Will Roland, Tony winner Norm Lewis and more.
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2026
Deep Flight Productions will present an encore engagement of WHO WE BECOME, a program of rarely produced Lanford Wilson one-acts, at Factory Series at the Chain Studio Theatre in New York.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 28, 2026
The Bloomingdale School of Music will present its 4th annual Jazz Fest at its historic Upper West Side brownstone, featuring student ensembles performing works by Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Cole Porter, and more. The event is free and open to the public.
by Adela González Pérez - May 25, 2026
Aprovechando que este verano visitará España con su nueva gira de conciertos, repasamos cronológicamente los papeles más icónicos y exigentes de la diva del musical
by Adela González Pérez - May 22, 2026
Analizamos el impacto de la mítica serie de televisión en las audiencias jóvenes a través de sus adaptaciones de clásicos como FUNNY GIRL, WICKED o RENT
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2026
Tom Gold Dance will perform Mad About the Boy in the open-air Amphitheater at Untermyer Park and Gardens in Yonkers, NY, featuring dancers from New York City Ballet and live musical accompaniment.
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Cole Porter has written 52 shows including Hot and Cole (Composer/Lyricist), Red, Hot and Cole (Composer/Lyricist), The Pirate (Composer/Lyricist), The Pot of Gold (Composer/Lyricist), Paranoia (Composer), See America First (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), Hitchy-Koo [1919] (Composer/Lyricist), Hitchy-Koo of 1922 (Composer/Lyricist), The Greenwich Village Follies [1924] (Composer/Lyricist), La Revue Des Ambassadeurs (Composer/Lyricist), Paris (Composer/Lyricist), Fifty Million Frenchmen (Composer), Wake Up and Dream (Composer/Lyricist), The New Yorkers (Composer/Lyricist), Gay Divorce (Composer/Lyricist), Nymph Errant (Composer/Lyricist), Anything Goes (Composer), Jubilee (Composer), Red, Hot and Blue! (Composer/Lyricist), O, Mistress Mine (Composer/Lyricist), You Never Know (Composer/Lyricist), Leave It to Me! (Composer/Lyricist), Du Barry Was A Lady (Composer), Panama Hattie (Composer/Lyricist), Let's Face It! (Composer/Lyricist), Something for the Boys (Composer/Lyricist), Mexican Hayride (Composer/Lyricist), Seven Lively Arts (Composer/Lyricist), Around the World (Composer/Lyricist), Kiss Me, Kate (Composer/Lyricist), Out of this World (Composer/Lyricist), Can-Can (Composer), Silk Stockings (Composer/Lyricist), Aladdin (Composer/Lyricist), Out of this World (Composer), The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes Of Cole Porter (Composer/Lyricist), Once Upon a Time (Composer/Lyricist), Cole (Composer/Lyricist), Unsung Cole (Composer), Happy New Year (Composer/Lyricist), High Society (Composer/Lyricist), Star Dust (Composer/Lyricist), A Swell Party (Composer/Lyricist), Fosse (Lyricist), Porterphiles (Composer), It Just Catches (Music), Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Composer), Cole Porter's The Pirate (Composer/Lyricist), Love, Linda: The Life Of Mrs. Cole Porter (Composer), Come Fly Away (Composer), Roman Holiday - The Cole Porter Musical (Music & Lyrics), Harry Connick, Jr. - A Celebration of Cole Porter (Composer).
Cole Porter has been nominated for the Musical of the Year award at the Olivier Awards for his show "Kiss Me Kate".
