Cole Porter

Bernstein, Goldings, Stewart

Iron Curtain Gets Good Marx for Silliness

A new “musical Commie-dy” could make both Reds and Red-staters feel less blue

Craig Pomranz

A new “musical Commie-dy” could make both Reds and Red-staters feel less blue

Cary Grant Wasn't Gay, Says His Daughter

​In her new book, Good Stuff, Jennifer Grant says dad Cary Grant was about as gay as Cole Porter. (I mean the Cole Porter he played in Night and Day). "Of course, Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay," she adds. "He said it made women want to prove the assertion wrong. "When asked if Dad w ... More >>

New York Parties Are So Over

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 22, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 12 Wake up! The party's not over by Blair Sobol Perhaps Norman Mailer started it all. The latest craze is giving extravagantly dull parties. The bigger and more boring the better. Nowadays the success of ... More >>

Anything Goes--Classic Ahoy!

Kathleen Marshall sails Cole Porter onto 43rd Street

Anything Goes On Broadway: How Goes It?

​Anything Goes has one of the best scores in musical history, along with one of the silliest books. Classic Cole Porter tunes like "You're The Top" and "I Get a Kick Out Of You" are dropped into a screwball shipboard plot involving people hiding, others chasing, and a dog missing, all leading ... More >>

The Group Theater

It's a heydey for collaborative work in New York. How six companies put it all together.

'Summer Shorts 4' Does Little for the Season

A one-act program at 59E59 Theaters offers short plays by Deb Margolin, Timothy Mason, Roger Heddin, and Neil LaBute

Colleen McHugh

A one-act program at 59E59 Theaters offers short plays by Deb Margolin, Timothy Mason, Roger Heddin, and Neil LaBute

Yank!, Clybourne Park, and Mr. & Mrs. Fitch Go For Gimmicks

A one-act program at 59E59 Theaters offers short plays by Deb Margolin, Timothy Mason, Roger Heddin, and Neil LaBute

In Praise of Ovaltine

​"You're Keats, you're Shelley, you're Ovaltine," goes the Cole Porter song You're the Top. Although you can buy your own tub of the malted milk powder at the supermarket, it's more fun to grab a warming cup of it at any Hong Kong-style cafe or bakery, where, among the buttered toast sandwiche ... More >>

Karen Akers

​"You're Keats, you're Shelley, you're Ovaltine," goes the Cole Porter song You're the Top. Although you can buy your own tub of the malted milk powder at the supermarket, it's more fun to grab a warming cup of it at any Hong Kong-style cafe or bakery, where, among the buttered toast sandwiche ... More >>

CLASS ACT

​"You're Keats, you're Shelley, you're Ovaltine," goes the Cole Porter song You're the Top. Although you can buy your own tub of the malted milk powder at the supermarket, it's more fun to grab a warming cup of it at any Hong Kong-style cafe or bakery, where, among the buttered toast sandwiche ... More >>

'Broadway by the Year: 1931'

​"You're Keats, you're Shelley, you're Ovaltine," goes the Cole Porter song You're the Top. Although you can buy your own tub of the malted milk powder at the supermarket, it's more fun to grab a warming cup of it at any Hong Kong-style cafe or bakery, where, among the buttered toast sandwiche ... More >>

Labelle Update Their Sound on Back to Now, But Not Too Much

​"You're Keats, you're Shelley, you're Ovaltine," goes the Cole Porter song You're the Top. Although you can buy your own tub of the malted milk powder at the supermarket, it's more fun to grab a warming cup of it at any Hong Kong-style cafe or bakery, where, among the buttered toast sandwiche ... More >>

Larry Keigwin and Monica Bill Barnes Do Up August

Summer flings with water, towels, and a romp in the park

Cry-Baby: Partial Arts

Cry-Baby loves the 1950s, Honor loves samurai flicks, Paris loves Cole Porter

Freedy Johnston's My Favorite Waste of Time

A covers album with a little more warmth than, say, Cat Power's

Show What?

Put yourself in brackets, like [title of show], and it's hard to reach out and touch someone

Show What?

Put yourself in brackets, like [title of show], and it's hard to reach out and touch someone

The Fun Factor

Red-state cabaret star avoids emotional depths, draws in crowd

Dreamful of Asha

An Indi-classical mash-up reimagines filmi's playback queen as new soundtracks reimagine Bollywood itself

Past Perfect Treasures

ABT polishes a heritage; the dancers make it shine

Father Knows Best

Baritone master Gerry Mulligan shows off his crooning lyricism on a long-unavailable classic

Two-Faced Tuner

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has two heroes, but is that a reason to be culturally schizophrenic?

Great White Mope

Brad Mehldau gets over himself with assists from Monk, Cole Porter, and a saxophone

Film

Brad Mehldau gets over himself with assists from Monk, Cole Porter, and a saxophone

NY Mirror

Brad Mehldau gets over himself with assists from Monk, Cole Porter, and a saxophone

We Got A Lot

Kvelling over damn near a dozen meanings of life, their average length close to an hour

All Right With Me

With Cole Porter in command of the music, if you get a kick, you've got no kick coming

Search and Rescue

With Cole Porter in command of the music, if you get a kick, you've got no kick coming

Tunesmithery

With Cole Porter in command of the music, if you get a kick, you've got no kick coming

Wall Over

With Cole Porter in command of the music, if you get a kick, you've got no kick coming

Hail Fellow Well Set

With Cole Porter in command of the music, if you get a kick, you've got no kick coming

A Moveable East

With Cole Porter in command of the music, if you get a kick, you've got no kick coming

Room for the Occasion

Working Professionals Defeat Doom on Two Benefit Comps

Cheek to Cheek

Working Professionals Defeat Doom on Two Benefit Comps

Now Hear Disc

A Blizzard of CDs Puts Some New Spins on Show Music Style

The Gilded Closet

The Swank World of Gay Gents in New York

Tuner Salad

Good, Bad, and Recycled, Musicals Are What’s Going On

Horoscope

Good, Bad, and Recycled, Musicals Are What’s Going On

World Beats

Rituals—Manhattan, Rochester, Taiwan

The People Choice

Rituals—Manhattan, Rochester, Taiwan

Paradise Garbage

Rituals—Manhattan, Rochester, Taiwan

Caught in the Act

Rituals—Manhattan, Rochester, Taiwan

Tipping the Porter

Rituals—Manhattan, Rochester, Taiwan

NY Mirror

Rituals—Manhattan, Rochester, Taiwan

Listen Up!

Rituals—Manhattan, Rochester, Taiwan

NY Mirror

Rituals—Manhattan, Rochester, Taiwan