The Queer Artists of Broadway
Start episode at 19:07 to begin with Cole Porter
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Cole Porter
Composer of dozens of works for the American musical theatre, and of hundreds of standards now canonized in what is termed the “Great American Songbook,” Cole Porter (b. Peru, IN, June 9, 1891; d. Santa Monica, CA, October 15, 1964) is treasured for his verbal sophistication, ribaldry, and complexity as much as for his exceptional musical gifts. Among his best-known shows are Anything Goes (1934), Kiss Me, Kate (1948), Can-Can (1953), Silk Stockings (1954), and High Society (1955), and among his wide-ranging songs are “Begin the Beguine,” “Let’s Do It,” “Brush Up Your Shakespeare,” and Yale’s “Bulldog! Bulldog! Bow, wow, wow!”
Get To Know: The Cole Porter Songbook
Lorenz Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943)
The Musicals
1925 The Garrick Gaieties
1927 A Connecticut Yankee, based on the Mark Twain novel
1928 Present Arms
1935 Jumbo
1936 On Your Toes
1937 Babes in Arms
1938 The Boys from Syracuse, based on William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors
1938 I Married an Angel
1939 Too Many Girls
1940 Higher and Higher
1940 Pal Joey, based on John O'Hara's work
1942 By Jupiter
Listen to Broadway Nation, Episode 6 till 10.20
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Watch: The Tortured Genius of Lorenz Hart - Lyricist
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