Can-Can
Can-Can
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Abe Burrows
Produced for the Broadway Stage by Feuer and Martin
ISBN: DIGLIBGP00126
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Overview
In 1893 Paris, La Môme Pistache, the proud owner of a Montmartre dance hall, battles with Aristide Forestiere, a self-righteous judge determined to close all establishments featuring the scandalous can-can. Eventually, the two fall in love, and the judge concedes that “obscenity is in the eye of the beholder.”
Cole Porter’s celebrated score features the famous “Garden of Eden Ballet”, along with several entrancing Porter standards, including “C’est Magnifique”, “I Love Paris”, “It’s All Right with Me” and the title number.
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Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Details
- Genre: Period, Romantic Comedy
- Time Period: 19th Century
- Cast Attributes: Expandable Casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
- Target Audience: Appropriate for All Audiences
Authors
Abe Burrows
Born December 18, 1910 in NYC, Abe Burrows graduated New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and later attended both City College and NYU. His career in radio and television writing began with This is New York (1938), followed by the Rudy Vallee Program (1940), Duffy’s Town (1940 ...
Cole Porter
Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana in 1891 and died in Hollywood 73 years later. In between, he wrote some of the most memorable songs ever heard on stage or screen, among them “Night and Day,” “Begin the Beguine,” “You’re The Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Love For Sal ...