- Description
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Gay Divorce / Fred Astaire [theatrical performance]
- Title
- Gay Divorce [Theatrical Performance]
- Performer
- Astaire, Fred
- Published/Created
- 1932-11-29
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Barrymore
- Abstract
- A musical comedy in two acts, 5 scenes. book by Dwight Taylor. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Directed by Howard Lindsay. Dances by Carl Randall, Barbara Newberry. Opened 29 November 1932 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, moved 16 January 1933 to the Sam Shubert Theatre, and closed 1 July 1933 after 248 performancces.
Showed Fred Astaire without Adele Astaire for the first time. Nation's number one hit, "Night and Day" was written by Cole Porter, and the song "After You, Who?" - Source
- Bordman, Gerald: American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. New York: Oxford University Press (1992).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015