Cole Porter News

SOUNDS Musical Theatre Company is holding auditions for an upcoming show. The try-outs for Kiss Me Kate are at Oreston Methodist Church Hall on Wednesday, December 16 at 7.30pm. Male singers are particularly in demand for the Cole Porter favourite, which will be staged at Devonport Playhouse from April 21 to May 1 next year.

Music from sources as diverse as Carole King, Cole Porter and Stevie Wonder will be featured in a performance by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Vocal Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in University Theater of Theater Hall on campus.

When it comes to popular composers of the last 50 years, it's hard to beat Henry Mancini.

The Estacada High School Drama Department recreates the antics on a jazz-and-romance-filled ocean liner voyage in the Cole Porter musical "Anything Goes," Nov.

Kent State University kicked off the Salem Concert Series Sunday afternoon by mixing a little art with a lotta jazz from the KSU Jazz Ensemble.

WEST POINT: The West Point Band chamber recital series will continue 3 p.m. Nov.

SEAS, AND LOTS OF FAMILY FUN WITH "ANYTHING GOES" NASHUA - Actorsingers, Nashua's longest-running musical theater group, now in its 55th season, is pleased to announce their fall show, Cole Porter's classic "Anything Goes." This beloved musical comedy is set in the 1930s and features such classic show tunes as "You're the Top," "De-Lovely" and ...

It has been a year of variety for the Jazz at Olney series. From the smooth, modern sounds of saxophonist Tim Warfield to Brazilian vocalist Kenia, the venue has presented a jazz lover's sample platter.

Kat Edmonson is making a name for herself as both a smart interpreter of popular songs and as a musician who puts her values into practice in her art.

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.

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