 HIGH SOCIETY
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter: Book by Richard Eyre Based on the play The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry and the
MGM motion picture High Society
Victoria Palace Theatre, London - 25 February, 1987
The Story:
The story is set in 1948 when Tracy Samantha Lord is about to marry
her second husband, George Ketteridge. Her mother, Mrs Margaret Lord,
and her younger sister, Dinah, are at the family mansion in Philadelphia
supervising last minute preparations. Her father, Seth Lord, is absent
ostensibly on business. Sydney Kidd, editor of "Spy" Magazine
is determined to get the inside story on the wedding and blackmails Dexter
Haven, (Tracy's first husband who is still coming to terms with the failure
of their marriage) to arrange for two journalists, Liz Imbrie and Mike
Connor, to pose as guests and obtain an exclusive story. Tracy shows
a great deal of interest in Mike's ambition to become a successful
author, causing jealousy from both Liz and George: her erratic behaviour
on the eve of the wedding leads to it being called off just as the
guests arrive for the ceremony. The show's finale is a spectacular
double wedding; Tracy and Dexter, Liz and George!
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Musical Numbers:
- How Do You Spell Ambassador
- Give Him the Ooh-la-la
- Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? (Liz, Mike)
- Little One
- Hey, Good Lookin' (Uncle Willie)
- I Love You, Samantha
- Ball Medley
- Well Did You Evah? (Tracy, Dexter, Mike, Liz)
- Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love
- Now You Has Jazz (Mike, Tracy, Chorus)
- In the Still of the Night (Liz)
- You're Sensational
- True Love
- Finale/High Society (Mike, Liz, Chorus)
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