This article is about the Broadway musical. For divorces of same-sex couples, see divorce of same-sex couples.
Gay Divorce
Playbill from original Shubert Theater run
Music
Cole Porter
Lyrics
Cole Porter
Book
Dwight Taylor Adapted by: Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein
Basis
An unproduced play by J. Hartley Manners
Productions
1932 Broadway 1933 West End 1933 Australian Tour
Gay Divorce is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Dwight Taylor, adapted by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein. It was Fred Astaire's last Broadway show and featured the hit song "Night and Day" in which Astaire danced with co-star Claire Luce.
It was made into a musical film by RKO Radio Pictures in 1934, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and renamed The Gay Divorcee.
GayDivorce is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Dwight Taylor, adapted by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein. It was Fred Astaire's...
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achieve success on his own on Broadway and in London with GayDivorce (later made into the film The Gay Divorcee) while considering offers from Hollywood. The...
Astaire in the original musical GayDivorce (1932). Astaire tried to get Luce for the film version of GayDivorce, The Gay Divorcee (1934) but was overruled...
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portrayal of Teddy in the 1987 off-Broadway revival of Cole Porter's GayDivorce. Other career milestones included portraying Nicolas Orsini in the world...