Shows · Wake Up and Dream
Wake Up and Dream
Opened 1929
136 performances
Revue, Early
A sophisticated musical revue featuring an elegant parade of sketches, songs, and dance numbers celebrating dreams and fantasies of cosmopolitan life. The loosely connected scenes range from romantic ballads to comic turns to spectacular dance sequences.
- Music
- Cole Porter
- Lyrics
- Cole Porter
Productions2 productions: 1 on Broadway, 1 in the West End
Wake Up and Dream is a musical revue with a book by John Hastings Turner and music and lyrics by Cole Porter and others. The most famous song from the revue is the Porter standard "What Is This Thing Called Love?" The revue opened in London while Porter's Paris was still running on Broadway. Producer Charles B. Cochran asked Porter to write the score, even though in their previous dealings Porter had treated him with some discourtesy. Opening on December 30, 1929, the production was the last to open on Broadway in the 1920s. The title later would be used for unrelated films in 1934, 1942 and 1946.
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