Abe Burrows Cole Porter (9 results)

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Playbill program. Volume 6, No. 21 (May 21, 1962): 40 pp.; 23 cm. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Printed for the off Broadway run at the New York City Center. A New York City Center Light Opera Company production directed by Jean Dalrymple, with Genevieve and George Gaynes in the lead roles.…

Program for the production at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre starring Lilo, Peter Cookson, Hans Conried, and Gwen Verdon. Good, slightly yellowing.

Staple Bound. Condition: Good. Kal Efron, [Published Date: No date listed, circa 1955]. Souvenir Program for the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Association's performance at the Philharmonic Auditorium beginning May 28, 1956. Paper covers, [16] pages (unnumbered). In good condition. Light pink illustrated paper covers have light creasing to edges and corners and light to moderate overall spotting fading, soiling and aging. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages lightly aged but unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white photos. Includes laid in single cast sheet from the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Associations production at the Philharmonic Auditorium beginning Monday Evening, May 28, 1956. Cast included Don Ameche, Jan Sherwood, Gretchen Wyler, George Tobias. [From Title Page] Feuer & Martin present Don Ameche in "Silk Stockings," music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen Macgrath and Abe Burrows (suggested by "Ninotchka" by Melchior Lengyel), also starring Jan Sherwood and Gretchen Wyler with George Tobias and Leon Belasco, David Opatoshu, Leon, Janney, Philip Sterling, settings and lighting by Jo Mielziner, costumes designed by Lucinda Ballard, additional costumes by Robert Mackintosh, musical director Irving Schlein, orchestrations by Don Walker, vocal arrangements by Herbert Greene, dances and musical numbers staged by Eugene Loring, directed by Cy Feuer. Black and white photography throughout.…

Original souvenir play program for the 1953 musical "Can-Can" composed by Cole Porter. This program likely from the mid-1950s touring company production of the play, starring Rita Dimitri, John Tyers, and Ronnie Cunningham. A self righteous judge threatens to shut down a Can-Can dance hall, but finds more trouble than he expected when he falls in love with the proprietor. Winner of two Tony awards. Basis for the 1960 film directed by Walter Lang and starring Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra, and Maurice Chevalier. Twenty pages, saddle stapled, 9 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus. Hirschhorn, p. 370.…

Program for the production at The Sam S. Schubert Theatre starring Lilo and Peter Cookson with Hans Conried and Gwen Verdon. Very Good. (loc x123/1).

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in wrappers. Rubbing to wrappers. No date.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Vintage double weight, borderless photograph of Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, and Maurice Chevalier from the 1960 musical film, based on the 1953 Broadway musical by Abe Burrows with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his ASMP rubber stamp and manuscript annotations on the verso. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life," "Look," and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine, with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums, including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington, DC and London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Tate Modern. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Hirschhorn, p. 370.…

Vintage oversize, double weight, borderless film still from the 1960 musical film depicting Shirley MacLaine involved in a hand of cards with assistant director Joseph E. Rickards while Frank Sinatra and director Walter Lang look on. Based on the 1953 Broadway musical by Abe Burrows with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Shot, struck, and mounted by the film's still photographer, Bob Willoughby, with his ASMP rubber stamp and manuscript annotations on the verso. Full provenance available. After studying with Saul Bass at the Kann Institute of Art in Los Angeles, photographer Robert Willoughby began working for magazines such as "Life," "Look," and "Harper's Bazaar" in the late 1940s. He spent the next 20-plus years as a set photographer for every major studio and magazine, with his images seen in print literally every week of his career. Willoughby's photographs are in the permanent collections of ten museums, including The National Portrait Galleries in Washington, DC and London, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Tate Modern. 13.5 x 8.5. Near Fine. Hirschhorn, p. 370.…

Rare original Silk Stockings shooting script with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Quarto, original black Hart Stenographic Bureau leatherette wrappers bound and bradded. In near fine condition. Annotations throughout. Accompanied by the vocal part of Ninotchka which is in fine condition. Loosely based on the Melchior Lengyel story 'Ninotchka', Silk Stockings premiered on Broadway in 1955 and was the final musical that Cole Porter wrote for the stage. The production opened Broadway on February 24, 1955 at the Imperial Theatre, and closed on April 14, 1956 after 478 performances.…