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efforts to promote Cole’s songs, Broadway has expressed little interest. Cole confesses that he is an unknown in America—“and if I keep up the good work, I’ll be unknown all over the world!” Cole admits his life is dedicated only to entertaining himself. Bricktop confides to the audience that “Paris and the '20s were like two meteors on a collision course … it didn’t last long, but oh my, what a lovely light.” The musical commentary on this Jazz Age party continues with a man (Actor #2) singing “Who Said ‘Gay’ Paree?” As the number ends, other guests have entered in a grand and formal manner, holding carnival masks as we make the transition to the Porter’s palazzo in Venice with the racy “Come Along With Me.” We learn that the party is certainly continuing when one guest states that this is the fourth ball that the Porter’s have held this week—and it’s only Tuesday! Bricktop enters and sings a song that Cole had given her to learn in Paris (“Anything Goes”). During the dance break, Bricktop leads the reserved socialites in a Charleston designed to make them let their hair down! As the dance continues in the background, Cole is introduced to Broadway producer Ray Goetz who hires Cole to write the score to Paris in an effort to bring sophistication to the Great White Way. MUSICAL NUMBERS: • I'mThrowing A Ball Tonight - Elsa Maxwell , Company • I'm A Gigolo - Cole Porter • Tomorrow - Elsa Maxwell , Company • I Love Paris - Cole Porter , Linda Lee Thomas • I'm In Love Again - Bricktop • Who Said Gay Paree? - Actor 2 • Come Along With Me - Company • Anything Goes - Bricktop, Actors 2, 4 & 5, Actresses 1, 5 & 6, Company • Let's Misbehave - Company • What Is This Thing Called Love? - Company • Love For Sale - Company • I Get A Kick Out Of You - Company • You're The Top - Actor 1, Actress 1 • Miss Otis Regrets - Actor 6 • Begin The Beguine - Actor 2, Actress 4 • Just One Of Those Things - Actress 3 • In The Still Of The Night - Actress 4 • Ridin' High - Company • Red, Hot And Blue - Company • It's Delovely - Company • Let's Do It - Actor 3 • The Physician - Actress 1 • Don't Fence Me In - Actor 6, Company • Ca, C'est L'Amour - Actress 5 • Friendship - Company • My Heart Belongs To Daddy - Actor 1 • I'm In Love With A Soldier Boy - Actresses 1, 2 & 5 • Ours - Actors 1, 3 & 6, Actresses 1, 3 & 4 • Kiss Me, Kate - Actors 1, 3 & 6, Actresses 1, 3 & 4 • Bull Dog - Actor 1, Actor 6 • Every Time We Say Goodbye - Company • True Love - Actor 1, Actress 1 • Wake Up And Dream - Actor 2 CAST (may be expanded): 7 men, 6 women INSTRUMENTATION: piano

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