High Society / music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Arthur Kopit additional lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, based on the play "The Philadelphia Story" by Philip Barry ; directed by Kelly Robinson, choreographed by Paul Sportelli, 2006 - performance files. 2006.

Porter, Cole, 1891-1964

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Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana on June 9, 1891. As a boy he took lessons in piano and violin, and began writing songs while in prep school. He attended Yale College (Class of 1913), where he composed fight songs that are still used today. After graduating, he went on to Harvard Law School, but he had little interest in law and soon began studying music instead. Porter would later complete his musical education at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. Porter's first Broadway show, See America F...

Shaw Festival Collection (University of Guelph)

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Shaw Festival Guild was organized in the early years of the Festival to assist founder, Brian Doherty with the establishment of a permanent theatre. Shaw Guild is instrumental in fundraising campaigns for the Shaw Festival. From the description of Shaw Festival Guild - by-laws, newsletters, minutes of annual meetings, members phone lists, research information for the Shaw Guild Time Capsule, corresp., financial statements for '76, etc., 1973-04. 1973-04. (University of Guelph). World...

Kopit, Arthur L., 1937-

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Arthur Lee Kopit (born May 10, 1937) is an American playwright. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist (Indians and Wings) and a three-time Tony Award nominee: Best Play, Indians, 1970; Best Play, Wings, 1979; and Best Book of a Musical, for Nine, 1982. He won the Vernon Rice Award (now known as the Drama Desk Award) in 1962 for his play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad and was nominated for another Drama Desk Award in 1979 for his play Wings. Nine ret...

Sportelli, Paul

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Barry, Phillip, 1896-1949.

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Barry was an American dramatist; George Pierce Baker was a Harvard graduate (1887) and a Harvard faculty member in the English dept. (1888-1924), where he instituted in 1906 a class on playwriting techniques called the 47 Workshop. From the guide to the Plays, ca. 1920., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Birkenhead, Susan

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Robinson, Kelly, 1981-

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