Can-Can
Shows · Can-Can
To make sure that his script for Can-Can would be historically authentic, Abe Burrows traveled to Paris where he researched the records of the courts, the police, and the Chamber of Deputies. To his surprise, Burrows discovered that there were then a number of blue-nose organizations devoted to the suppression of such immoral exhibitions as the high-kicking, derriere-baring dance. This gave him the outline for his pl…
- Opened
- 1953
- Performances
- 892
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Golden Age
Productions2 on Broadway
| 1953 | Shubert Theatre Original. May 7, 1953 · Abe Burrows | 892 performances |
| 1981 | Minskoff Theatre Revival. April 30, 1981 · Roland Petit | 5 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 6 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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37 passages naming Can-Can, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
It was the musical theatre’s loss that she never again created a new role on Broadway (she returned just twice, and received glowing notices for her 1964 revue Zizi and the 1981 revival of Can-Can ). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p367
And both men starred opposite (Zizi) Jeanmaire, Atkinson in The Girl in Pink Tights and Brooks in Can-Can . And Brooks as Barriere in the 1981 Broadway revival). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p370
“It’s All Right with Me” (Can-Can, 1953; lyric and music by Cole Porter) book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p529
“C’est magnifique” (Can-Can , 1953; lyric and music by Cole Porter). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p695
Porter’s last show, Can-Can (5/7/53; 892 performances), was a much bigger hit. The Parisian locale was better suited to Porter’s sensibilities, and the score yielded several hits: “I Love Paris,” “C’est Magnifique,” and “Can-Can.” Lilo, Peter Cookson, and Hans Conried were the advertised stars, but by the end of the op… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p439
As the lead dancer in Can-Can, she saw her role whittled down to little more than an ensemble part, primarily through the machinations of threatened star Lilo. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p84
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