Mauckingbird Theatre Company to Present Cole Porter Celebration 'HOT 'IN COLE' in 2015

Mauckingbird Theatre Company begins its 2015 season with a celebration of one of America's greatest composers and songwriters, Cole Porter. Hot 'N Cole: A Cole Porter Celebration, runs January 13-February 1, at the Skybox at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom Street. Opening night is January 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for general admission, $20 for seniors, and $15 for students. Tickets are available by calling the Mauckingbird Theatre Company box office at (215) 923-8909 or online at www.mauckingbird.org.

In this musical revue, the focus is on the timelessness of Cole Porter classics which have wonderfully fresh arrangements and a contemporary twist. Hot 'N Cole, devised by David Armstrong, Mark Waldrop, and Bruce W. Coyle, with musical arrangements by Bruce W. Coyle, includes over 50 Cole Porter classics that are woven into an evening's entertainment . Wry, irreverent, romantic, touching and hilarious, this is a post-modern Cole Porter evening unlike any other.

In Mauckingbird's production, Hot 'N Cole: A Cole Porter Celebration, six outstanding singers take audiences on a cabaret journey through Porter's works, told, of course, through Mauckingbird's queer lens. The evening includes Porter staples, such as Anything Goes, It's Delovely, I Get a Kick Out of You, Let's Do It, Night and Day, and many others.

The cast includes Luke Brahdt, Michelle Eugene, John McCarthy, Nicole Renna, Jenna Rogalski , and Phillip Anthony Wilson. The show is directed by Mauckingbird Producing Director Brandon McShaffrey. Mauckingbird Artistic Director Peter Reynolds is the Producer. Hana Cai is the Musical Director with David Jenkins as Hot 'N Cole's pianist. Noelle Johnson and Rachel Beecher are the Stage Managers. Andrew Laine is designing the cabaret environment, Marie Anne Chiment designs costumes, Jessica Wickes isLighting Designer and Amanda Hatch is designing Props.