Paris (1928) was only Cole Porter’s second book musical, and ran for 195 performances.  But since he was not yet an established songwriter, most of his songs in the 1928 production were replaced by songs from other more well-known composers at the time.

But now, 80 years later, not only is it being revived at Musicals Tonight, but all of Cole’s original songs are being put back in to the show, making this 2008 production the debut of Cole Porter’s Paris as it was originally written!  It is an hysterical farce about the engagement between an American “blueblood” and a Parisian actress, which is happily thwarted by true love. 

Musical Direction by Rick Hip-Flores

Directed by Tom Sabella-Mills

“Paris...is an absolutely 100% delightful musical comedy with a clever book by Martin Brown and terrific performances all around.”

Songs include (click to play):

“Don't Look at Me That Way”

“Let's Do It”

“Let's Misbehave”

“Quelque-Chose”

“Which Is the Right Life?”

“Dizzy Baby”

“We really enjoyed ourselves, and from the sidewalk chatter of the crowd, I think the rest of the audience did as well...Kudos to the cast for doing Porter proud.”

                                    -    Roberta Staats, Executive Director of the Cole Porter Trust

Starring

David Edwards as Guy

Kevin Kraft as Andrew

Jennifer Evans as Vivienne

Robyne Parrish as Brenda

Gina Milo as Harriet

Mary Van Arsdel as Cora

John Alban Coughlan

as Marcel