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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Cole PorterKiss Me Kate
Videos
Video: Randy Rainbow Parodies ANYTHING GOES With 'He's De-Mented!'
by Michael Major - 2026-06-30 10:31:48
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 A.A. Cristi - Jul 15, 2026
Seattle Theatre Group announced its 2026/27 Performing Arts Series, featuring 15 performances spanning jazz, dance, global music, and theatre, including a newly commissioned work from Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 15, 2026
Full casting has been announced for the upcoming UK tour of HIGH SOCIETY, the musical comedy based on the classic film featuring Cole Porter's iconic score.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 14, 2026
Bistro Award winner Therese Lee will debut PENNIES FROM HEAVEN, MY LIFE IN BING CROSBY SONGS at Don't Tell Mama, weaving Bing Crosby's music with personal stories and songs from Cole Porter to Joni Mitchell.
by Marissa Faith Curley - Jul 12, 2026
Soprano Anush Hovhannisyan and pianist Sam Jewison will headline BROADWAY RHAPSODY, a one-night-only open-air concert at Opera Holland Park, backed by a 40-piece orchestra.
by Rob Lester - Jul 13, 2026
Old showtunes prove there's life in old-school show tunes when the Pocket Change Combo combines forces with young singers. Terrific Tyler J. Landusky led the combo platter of jazz and Broadway in CURTAINS & CADENZAS at 54 Below.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 9, 2026
Tom Gold Dance announced summer engagements including a Fairfield County Dance Festival debut in Connecticut and a return to the Berkshires at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA, with performances of B-SHERT and MAD ABOUT THE BOY.
by Ilana Lucas - Jul 9, 2026
Reviews of Pedro the Penguin, 1920s Walking Around in a Dream, Olivia O: The Musical, A Conversation With Myself, and Aliya Kanani: A Comedian's Guide to Enlightenment
by Stephi Wild - Jul 6, 2026
Tony-nominated singer Ann Hampton Callaway will bring HERE'S TO LIFE to LTV Studios in East Hampton as part of the Hamptons Summer Songbook By the Sea series, performing songs by Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, and her own originals.
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 5, 2026
Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Like other HBO shows such as The Gilded Age and Julia, the Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, is full of Broadway, West End, and stage alums.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 30, 2026
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present a full month of nightly performances featuring Christian Sands Quintet, Liz Gillies, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, the Birdland Big Band, and more.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 30, 2026
Smoke Jazz Club in New York will present three jazz vocalists — Tierney Sutton, Jane Monheit, and Rene Marie — in separate engagements, with Sutton joined by trumpeter Randy Brecker and saxophonist Houston Person.
by - Jul 1, 2026
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 1, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
by Laura Lott - Jul 3, 2026
There's a cruise ship in the grounds of Kilworth House this summer. The ship's grand upper deck, with its gently smoking cowl vents and sweeping staircases, sits nestled among the woods, and is the setting for Kilworth's annual musical production, which this year is Anything Goes.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 30, 2026
Isaac Mizrahi will perform his show Hooray at 54 Below as part of his annual summer residency, featuring his jazz band and a mix of music from Billie Eilish to Cole Porter alongside comedy and storytelling.
by Michael Major - Jun 30, 2026
Randy Rainbow has released of new parody of “It’s De-Lovely” by Cole Porter, famously featured in the musical Anything Goes, taking aim at Trump's current time in office. Check out the video now!
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 29, 2026
Doylestown Theatre Academy will present Cole Porter's ANYTHING GOES, featuring a cast of teenagers from seven area high schools rehearsed in just ten days, performing at New Hope Solebury High School in Pennsylvania.
by Rebecca Kaplan - Jun 29, 2026
Check out our top cabaret shows and concerts for Summer 2026 in NYC including Common, Tony Danza (TAXI), RENT stars Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, and more.
by Patrick Honoré - Jun 27, 2026
50+ professional voices, 5 musicians, and a program of Alan Menken rarities performed in French for the first time. The Chœur à l'Horizon's sixth annual concert was joyful, precise, and quietly revelatory. A communal celebration of the best kind.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 26, 2026
Tony Danza returns to 54 Below with his Sinatra tribute show this July, joined by Linda Eder and a packed lineup of Broadway and cabaret stars.
by Rob Lester - Jul 2, 2026
Carly Ozard's ETHEL MERMAN DISCO ALBUM PROJECT was a lively show from a live-wire performer (to say the least)! Ozard's big, belting voice was a perfect match for Merman's material.
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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".
