THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICAL — Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 21st @2pm Pacific/slt. This Month: “You’re the Top! — More Time­less Tunes from Cole Porter”

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This Month: You’re the Top! — More Time­less Tunes from Cole Porter

Last sea­son we explored Mr. Porter’s life and works for the stage. You can only play so many songs in one hour, and we left many great Porter Broad­way songs un-played. There can nev­er be too much Cole Porter! Bring on the music!

If you want to refresh your rec­ol­lec­tion of Cole’s life and stage career, you can lis­ten to last sea­son’s show on Mix Cloud!

The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal explores the blend­ing of music and dra­ma — fea­tur­ing the songs, his­to­ry, and lore that make up the musi­cal the­ater canon. Learn more about some of your favorite shows and com­posers as we cue the orches­tra, and the over­ture begins.

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Enjoy these ref­er­ences, cho­sen to sup­port today’s episode:

The New York­er, Jan­u­ary 2020 — The Plea­sure and Pain of Being Cole Porter

Song­writ­ers Hall of Fame Pro­file — Cole Porter

PBS Amer­i­can Mas­ters — 1990 — The Cole Porter Story

Alis­tair Cooke on Cole Porter

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