Cole Porter Musicals



Full Name: Cole Albert Porter

Born: June 9, 1891

Birthplace: Peru, Indiana, USA

Died: October 15, 1964


The following musicals are listed chronologically, from earliest to most recent.


Fifty Million Frenchmen

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Herbert Fields

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)


The New Yorkers

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Herbert Fields

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1930)


Nymph Errant

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Romney Brent, Steve Mackes, Michael Whaley

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)


Anything Goes

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)


You Never Know

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Rowland Leigh

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)


Panama Hattie

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Herbert Fields, Buddy DeSylva

Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)


Something for the Boys

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields

Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)


Mexican Hayride

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields

Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)


Kiss Me, Kate

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack

Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)


Out of This World

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Dwight Taylor, Reginald Lawrence

Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)


Can-Can

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Abe Burrows

Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)


Silk Stockings

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath, Abe Burrows

Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)


High Society

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead  Book: Arthur Kopit

Musical Type: 1956 Film/Late 20th Century Musical (1997)


The following musicals are in Theatre Trip’s archive due to the lack of an accessible cast album.


1916: See America First

1919: Hitchy-Koo of 1919

1928: Paris

1929: Wake Up and Dream

1932: Gay Divorce

1935: Jubilee

1936: Red, Hot and Blue

1938: Leave It To Me!

1939: Du Barry Was a Lady

1941: Let’s Face It!

1946: Around the World

1980: Happy New Year


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