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Posted: 2/19/09 at 4:15pm
The 1955 Cole Porter musical comedy (his last for Braodway) has apparently never been staged in Toronto befoire, but tonight The Civic Light Opera Company will open their production at Fairview Library Theatre.
The show was a moderate hit, it ran a little overa year and made a profit, helped by the sale of the movie rights. The 1957 M-g-M film version is a minor classic with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse dancing their way through it.
I'm just posting this to alert those of you in the area who have a fondness for '50s musicals.
The show was a moderate hit, it ran a little overa year and made a profit, helped by the sale of the movie rights. The 1957 M-g-M film version is a minor classic with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse dancing their way through it.
I'm just posting this to alert those of you in the area who have a fondness for '50s musicals.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
