Gender
Male
Born
Jun 09, 1891
Peru, Indiana, USA
Died
Oct 15, 1964
Santa Monica, California, USA
Composer Lyricist
Also Known As
Cole Albert Porter [Birthname]
  • CREDITS
    Harry Connick, Jr. - A Celebration of Cole Porter (Dec 12, 2019 - Dec 29, 2019)
    Special, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Kiss Me, Kate (Mar 14, 2019 - Jun 30, 2019)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Sylvia (Oct 27, 2015 - Jan 03, 2016)
    Play, Original
    • Music by Greg Pliska; Featuring songs by Bert Kaempfert and Cole Porter
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Milton Gabler and Cole Porter
    Bullets Over Broadway (Apr 10, 2014 - Aug 24, 2014)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by Glen Kelly, Harry DeCosta, Edwin Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Charles McCarron, Carey Morgan, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Tausha Hammed, Clarence Williams, Fred Fisher, Joseph J. McCarthy, Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Howard Johnson, Cole Porter, Sam Theard, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood, Milton Ager, Billy Higgins, Perry Bradford, Roy Carew, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams, Burt Clarke, George Clarke, Winston Tharp, Neil Moret, Richard Whiting and Arthur Swanstone
    • Additional music by Harry DeCosta, Edwin Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Charles McCarron, Carey Morgan, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Clarence Williams, Tausha Hammed, Fred Fisher, Joseph J. McCarthy, Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael, Ray Henderson, Cole Porter, Sam Theard, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood, Milton Ager, Joe Young, W. Benton Overstreet, Perry Bradford, Roy Carew, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams, Burt Clarke, George Clarke, Winston Tharp, Neil Moret, Richard Whiting and Arthur Swanstone
    Anything Goes (Apr 07, 2011 - Jul 08, 2012)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Come Fly Away (Mar 25, 2010 - Sep 05, 2010)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charles Christian, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Frank Eyton, John Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Bart Howard, Al Hoffman, Walter Kent, Manny Kurtz, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler, Cole Porter, Count Basie, Jon Hendricks, John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis, Roy Alfred, Billy May, Dolores "Vicki" Silvers, Irving Berlin, Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn, Johnny Burke, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lew Spence, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, Henry Mayer, Hans Bradtke, Paul Desmond, Gene de Paul, Dean Kay, Kelly L. Gordon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, Josef Joe Myrow and Mack Gordon
    Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Dec 11, 2005 - Feb 19, 2006)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Victor Young, Alberto Domingues, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse, John Kander, Cy Coleman, Astor Piazzolla, Billy Rose and Lawrence Holofcener
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Milton Leeds, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Lawrence Holofcener, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Lee Adams, Fred Ebb, Dorothy Fields, Edward Eliscu, Stella Unger and Jerry Bock
    Anything Goes (Apr 01, 2002 - Apr 01, 2002)
    Musical, Benefit
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    The Man Who Came to Dinner (Jul 27, 2000 - Oct 08, 2000)
    Play, Revival
    • Featuring "What Am I To Do" by Cole Porter
    Kiss Me, Kate (Nov 18, 1999 - Dec 30, 2001)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Marlene (Apr 11, 1999 - May 02, 1999)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by Haven Gillespie, Cole Porter, Fredrich Hollaender, Andy Razaf, Pete Seeger, Édith Piaf, Albert A. Beach, Terry Gilkyson, Samuel M. Lerner, Frank Loesser, Hans Leip, Fritz Rotter, Joseph Gilbert, Sammy Lerner and Tommie Connor; English lyrics by Tommy Connor and Jimmy Phillips
    • Additional numbers by J. Fred Coots, Cole Porter, Fredrich Hollaender, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Pete Seeger, R. S. Louiguy, Charles Louis Trenet, Norbert Schultze, Peter Kreuder and Mischa Spoliansky
    Fosse (Jan 14, 1999 - Aug 25, 2001)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Irving Berlin, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard A. Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Jule Styne, Louis Prima, Leon Barry, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell and Frederick Loewe
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Mort Dixon, Lew Brown, Dorothy Fields, Neil Diamond, Johnny Mercer, Howard Dietz, Irving Berlin, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Bob Crosby, Gil Rodin, Billy Rose, Fred Ebb, Stephen Schwartz, Leo Robin, Louis Prima, Andy Razaf, Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Higgins, Bert Kalmar, Ted Snyder, Frederick K. Tobias and B.G. DeSylva
    High Society (Apr 27, 1998 - Aug 30, 1998)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Anything Goes (Oct 19, 1987 - Sep 03, 1989)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Can-Can (Apr 30, 1981 - May 03, 1981)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    The Man Who Came to Dinner (Jun 26, 1980 - Sep 07, 1980)
    Play, Revival
    • Featuring "What Am I to Do," written expressly for this play as a gift to the authors, by Cole Porter
    A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (May 01, 1980 - Sep 27, 1981)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Jerry Herman, Trevor Lyttleton, Ange Lorenzo, Richard A. Whiting, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, W. Franke Harling, Ralph Rainger, Johnny Mercer, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston and Hoagy Carmichael
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Jerry Herman, Frank Lazarus, Leo Robin, Joseph R. Alden, Raymond B. Egan, Cole Porter, E.Y. Harburg, Richard A. Whiting, Sidney Clare, Johnny Mercer, Gus Kahn, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston, Frank Loesser and Ralph Rainger
    Happy New Year (Apr 27, 1980 - May 10, 1980)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Night and Day (Nov 27, 1979 - Feb 16, 1980)
    Play, Original
    • Featuring "Night and Day" by Cole Porter
    The American Dance Machine (Jun 14, 1978 - Dec 03, 1978)
    Special, Original
    • Featuring songs by Jule Styne, George M. Cohan, Richard Rodgers, Harold Rome, Sandy Wilson, John Kander, Gary Geld, Cy Coleman, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Heneker, Duke Ellington, Meredith Willson, Frederick Loewe, Cole Porter, Vincent Youmans and James Van Heusen
    Murray Louis Dance Company (Apr 11, 1978 - Apr 16, 1978)
    Special, Original
    • "Moments" music by Maurice Ravel; "Vivace" music by J. S. Bach; "Schubert" music by Franz Schubert; "The Canarsie Venus" music by Cole Porter
    Mr. Wonderful (Mar 22, 1956 - Feb 23, 1957)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Sam Coslow, W. Franke Harling, Sid Kuller, Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson, Cole Porter, Benny Davis, Harry Akst, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn
    All in One (Apr 19, 1955 - May 28, 1955)
    Play, Original
    • Featuring songs by François Couperin, George Frideric Handel, Vincent Youmans and Cole Porter
    Silk Stockings (Feb 24, 1955 - Apr 14, 1956)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    At Home With Ethel Waters (Sep 22, 1953 - Oct 10, 1953)
    Special, Original
    • Music for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson; Music for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René; Music for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks; Music for "Am I Blue" and "Dinah" by Harry Akst; Music for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose and Sam M. Lewis; Music for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Alberta Nichols; Music for "Bread and Gravy" by Hoagy Carmichael; Music for "Love For Sale" by Cole Porter; Music for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton; Music for "My Man" by Maurice Yvain; Music for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Music for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin; Music for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by Vernon Duke; Music for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" and "Stormy Weather" by Harold Arlen; Music for "Lady Be Good" by George Gershwin
    Can-Can (May 07, 1953 - Jun 25, 1955)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Kiss Me, Kate (Jan 08, 1952 - Jan 13, 1952)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Out of This World (Dec 21, 1950 - May 05, 1951)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Kiss Me, Kate (Dec 30, 1948 - Jul 28, 1951)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Around the World (May 31, 1946 - Aug 03, 1946)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Incidental score by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Seven Lively Arts (Dec 07, 1944 - May 12, 1945)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Mexican Hayride (Jan 28, 1944 - Mar 17, 1945)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Something for the Boys (Jan 07, 1943 - Jan 08, 1944)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Let's Face It! (Oct 29, 1941 - Mar 20, 1943)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Panama Hattie (Oct 30, 1940 - Jan 03, 1942)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Du Barry Was a Lady (Dec 06, 1939 - Dec 12, 1940)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    The Man Who Came to Dinner (Oct 16, 1939 - Jul 12, 1941)
    Play, Original
    • Featuring a song by Cole Porter
    Leave It to Me! (Nov 09, 1938 - Jul 15, 1939)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    You Never Know (Sep 21, 1938 - Nov 26, 1938)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Red, Hot and Blue (Oct 29, 1936 - Apr 10, 1937)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Jubilee (Oct 12, 1935 - Mar 07, 1936)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Anything Goes (Nov 21, 1934 - Nov 16, 1935)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Gay Divorce (Nov 29, 1932 - Jul 01, 1933)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    The New Yorkers (Dec 08, 1930 - May 02, 1931)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Wake Up and Dream (Dec 30, 1929 - Apr 26, 1930)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Fifty Million Frenchmen (Nov 27, 1929 - Jul 05, 1930)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Paris (Oct 08, 1928 - Mar 23, 1929)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz and Cole Porter
    The Greenwich Village Follies [1924] (Sep 16, 1924 - Jan 03, 1925)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter, Irving Caesar and John Murray Anderson
    As You Were (Jan 27, 1920 - May 29, 1920)
    Play, Original
    • Additional music and lyrics by E. Ray Goetz, Melville Gideon and Cole Porter
    Hitchy-Koo [1919] (Oct 06, 1919 - Nov 22, 1919)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    See America First (Mar 28, 1916 - Apr 08, 1916)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Miss Information (Oct 05, 1915 - Nov 13, 1915)
    Play, Original
    • Additional lyrics by Cole Porter, Fred E. Weatherly and Arthur Wimperis
    • Additional music by Cole Porter, Frank Tours, Herman Finck and Riccardo Drigo
    Hands Up (Jul 22, 1915 - Sep 03, 1915)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by Cole Porter, Grant Clarke, Harold Atteridge and William Jerome
    • Additional music by Jean Schwartz, Bert Grant, Joe Young and Cole Porter
    Dirty Dancing (Aug 21, 2014 - Jun 25, 2017)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Michael Lloyd, John D'Andrea, Erich Bulling, Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, Cole Porter, Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva, Harry Warren, Berry Gordy Jr., Otis Redding, Clyde McPhatter, Gerald Wexler, Chong Lim, Conrad Helfrich, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Louis A. Lou Perez, Jim Fuller, Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Ron Wilson, Mark Zappocosta, Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel, Richard Barrett, Eleanor Bergstein, Herbert Russell, Consuelo Velázquez, Nat D. Ayer, Earl Edwards, Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel, Sylvia Robinson, John Madara, David White, Guty Cárdenas, Ricardo López Méndez, Jane Brucker, Kenny Ortega, Neal Cavanaugh, Terry Fryer, Tom Graf, Fred Parris, Pablo Cairo, Patrick Swayze, Stacy Widelitz and Michael Goldman
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, Cole Porter, Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva, Mack Gordon, Berry Gordy Jr., Otis Redding, Clyde McPhatter, Gerald Wexler, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Louis A. Lou Perez, Mark Zappocosta, Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel, Richard Barrett, Eleanor Bergstein, Herbert Russell, Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar, Clifford Grey, Earl Edwards, Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel, Sylvia Robinson, John Madara, David White, Guty Cárdenas, Ricardo López Méndez, Jane Brucker, Kenny Ortega, Neal Cavanaugh, Terry Fryer, Tom Graf, Fred Parris, Pablo Cairo, Patrick Swayze, Stacy Widelitz and Michael Goldman
    Anything Goes (Oct 02, 2012 - Nov 17, 2013)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Dec 19, 2006 - Jun 10, 2007)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Jerry Bock, Victor Young, Alberto Domingues, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse, John Kander, Cy Coleman, Astor Piazzolla, Astor Piazzolla, Billy Rose and Lawrence Holofcener
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Milton Leeds, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Lawrence Holofcener, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Lee Adams, Fred Ebb, Dorothy Fields, Edward Eliscu, Stella Unger and Jerry Bock
    Kiss Me, Kate (Jun 19, 2001 - Jun 16, 2002)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Fosse (Sep 14, 1999 - Feb 17, 2002)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Louis Prima, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell, Frederick Loewe and Leon Barry
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Mort Dixon, Lew Brown, Dorothy Fields, Neil Diamond, Johnny Mercer, Howard Dietz, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Bob Crosby, Gil Rodin, Billy Rose, Fred Ebb, Stephen Schwartz, Louis Prima, Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Higgins, Bert Kalmar, Ted Snyder, Frederick K. Tobias, B.G. DeSylva and Andy Razaf
    Anything Goes (Sep 08, 1989 - Jun 24, 1990)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Anything Goes (Oct 18, 1988 - Jan 15, 1989)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Can-Can (Feb 02, 1988 - Feb 26, 1989)
    Musical, Revival
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (Nov 20, 1981 - May 23, 1982)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Jerry Herman, Trevor Lyttleton, Ange Lorenzo, Richard A. Whiting, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, W. Franke Harling, Ralph Rainger, Johnny Mercer, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston and Hoagy Carmichael
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Jerry Herman, Frank Lazarus, Leo Robin, Joseph R. Alden, Raymond B. Egan, Cole Porter, E.Y. Harburg, Richard A. Whiting, Sidney Clare, Johnny Mercer, Gus Kahn, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston and Frank Loesser
    Silk Stockings (Apr 23, 1956 - Aug 04, 1956)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Kiss Me, Kate (Sep 17, 1951 - Jan 05, 1952)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
    Kiss Me, Kate (Jul 11, 1949 - Jun 02, 1951)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Cole Porter
    • Lyrics by Cole Porter
  • AWARDS

    Tony Award®

    Best Composer and Lyricist

    1949 | Winner  | Kiss Me, Kate
    Music by Cole Porter
    Lyrics by Cole Porter

    Best Musical

    1949 | Winner  | Kiss Me, Kate
    Music by Cole Porter
    Lyrics by Cole Porter
Harry Connick, Jr. - A Celebration of Cole Porter (Dec 12, 2019 - Dec 29, 2019)
Special, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Kiss Me, Kate (Mar 14, 2019 - Jun 30, 2019)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Sylvia (Oct 27, 2015 - Jan 03, 2016)
Play, Original
  • Music by Greg Pliska; Featuring songs by Bert Kaempfert and Cole Porter
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Milton Gabler and Cole Porter
Bullets Over Broadway (Apr 10, 2014 - Aug 24, 2014)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by Glen Kelly, Harry DeCosta, Edwin Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Charles McCarron, Carey Morgan, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Tausha Hammed, Clarence Williams, Fred Fisher, Joseph J. McCarthy, Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Howard Johnson, Cole Porter, Sam Theard, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood, Milton Ager, Billy Higgins, Perry Bradford, Roy Carew, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams, Burt Clarke, George Clarke, Winston Tharp, Neil Moret, Richard Whiting and Arthur Swanstone
  • Additional music by Harry DeCosta, Edwin Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Charles McCarron, Carey Morgan, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Clarence Williams, Tausha Hammed, Fred Fisher, Joseph J. McCarthy, Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael, Ray Henderson, Cole Porter, Sam Theard, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood, Milton Ager, Joe Young, W. Benton Overstreet, Perry Bradford, Roy Carew, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams, Burt Clarke, George Clarke, Winston Tharp, Neil Moret, Richard Whiting and Arthur Swanstone
Anything Goes (Apr 07, 2011 - Jul 08, 2012)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Come Fly Away (Mar 25, 2010 - Sep 05, 2010)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charles Christian, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Frank Eyton, John Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Bart Howard, Al Hoffman, Walter Kent, Manny Kurtz, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler, Cole Porter, Count Basie, Jon Hendricks, John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis, Roy Alfred, Billy May, Dolores "Vicki" Silvers, Irving Berlin, Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn, Johnny Burke, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lew Spence, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, Henry Mayer, Hans Bradtke, Paul Desmond, Gene de Paul, Dean Kay, Kelly L. Gordon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, Josef Joe Myrow and Mack Gordon
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Dec 11, 2005 - Feb 19, 2006)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Victor Young, Alberto Domingues, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse, John Kander, Cy Coleman, Astor Piazzolla, Billy Rose and Lawrence Holofcener
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Milton Leeds, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Lawrence Holofcener, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Lee Adams, Fred Ebb, Dorothy Fields, Edward Eliscu, Stella Unger and Jerry Bock
Anything Goes (Apr 01, 2002 - Apr 01, 2002)
Musical, Benefit
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
The Man Who Came to Dinner (Jul 27, 2000 - Oct 08, 2000)
Play, Revival
  • Featuring "What Am I To Do" by Cole Porter
Kiss Me, Kate (Nov 18, 1999 - Dec 30, 2001)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Marlene (Apr 11, 1999 - May 02, 1999)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by Haven Gillespie, Cole Porter, Fredrich Hollaender, Andy Razaf, Pete Seeger, Édith Piaf, Albert A. Beach, Terry Gilkyson, Samuel M. Lerner, Frank Loesser, Hans Leip, Fritz Rotter, Joseph Gilbert, Sammy Lerner and Tommie Connor; English lyrics by Tommy Connor and Jimmy Phillips
  • Additional numbers by J. Fred Coots, Cole Porter, Fredrich Hollaender, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Pete Seeger, R. S. Louiguy, Charles Louis Trenet, Norbert Schultze, Peter Kreuder and Mischa Spoliansky
Fosse (Jan 14, 1999 - Aug 25, 2001)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Irving Berlin, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard A. Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Jule Styne, Louis Prima, Leon Barry, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell and Frederick Loewe
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Mort Dixon, Lew Brown, Dorothy Fields, Neil Diamond, Johnny Mercer, Howard Dietz, Irving Berlin, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Bob Crosby, Gil Rodin, Billy Rose, Fred Ebb, Stephen Schwartz, Leo Robin, Louis Prima, Andy Razaf, Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Higgins, Bert Kalmar, Ted Snyder, Frederick K. Tobias and B.G. DeSylva
High Society (Apr 27, 1998 - Aug 30, 1998)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Anything Goes (Oct 19, 1987 - Sep 03, 1989)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Can-Can (Apr 30, 1981 - May 03, 1981)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
The Man Who Came to Dinner (Jun 26, 1980 - Sep 07, 1980)
Play, Revival
  • Featuring "What Am I to Do," written expressly for this play as a gift to the authors, by Cole Porter
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (May 01, 1980 - Sep 27, 1981)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Jerry Herman, Trevor Lyttleton, Ange Lorenzo, Richard A. Whiting, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, W. Franke Harling, Ralph Rainger, Johnny Mercer, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston and Hoagy Carmichael
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Jerry Herman, Frank Lazarus, Leo Robin, Joseph R. Alden, Raymond B. Egan, Cole Porter, E.Y. Harburg, Richard A. Whiting, Sidney Clare, Johnny Mercer, Gus Kahn, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston, Frank Loesser and Ralph Rainger
Happy New Year (Apr 27, 1980 - May 10, 1980)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Night and Day (Nov 27, 1979 - Feb 16, 1980)
Play, Original
  • Featuring "Night and Day" by Cole Porter
The American Dance Machine (Jun 14, 1978 - Dec 03, 1978)
Special, Original
  • Featuring songs by Jule Styne, George M. Cohan, Richard Rodgers, Harold Rome, Sandy Wilson, John Kander, Gary Geld, Cy Coleman, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Heneker, Duke Ellington, Meredith Willson, Frederick Loewe, Cole Porter, Vincent Youmans and James Van Heusen
Murray Louis Dance Company (Apr 11, 1978 - Apr 16, 1978)
Special, Original
  • "Moments" music by Maurice Ravel; "Vivace" music by J. S. Bach; "Schubert" music by Franz Schubert; "The Canarsie Venus" music by Cole Porter
Mr. Wonderful (Mar 22, 1956 - Feb 23, 1957)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Sam Coslow, W. Franke Harling, Sid Kuller, Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson, Cole Porter, Benny Davis, Harry Akst, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn
All in One (Apr 19, 1955 - May 28, 1955)
Play, Original
  • Featuring songs by François Couperin, George Frideric Handel, Vincent Youmans and Cole Porter
Silk Stockings (Feb 24, 1955 - Apr 14, 1956)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
At Home With Ethel Waters (Sep 22, 1953 - Oct 10, 1953)
Special, Original
  • Music for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson; Music for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René; Music for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks; Music for "Am I Blue" and "Dinah" by Harry Akst; Music for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose and Sam M. Lewis; Music for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Alberta Nichols; Music for "Bread and Gravy" by Hoagy Carmichael; Music for "Love For Sale" by Cole Porter; Music for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton; Music for "My Man" by Maurice Yvain; Music for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Music for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin; Music for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by Vernon Duke; Music for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" and "Stormy Weather" by Harold Arlen; Music for "Lady Be Good" by George Gershwin
Can-Can (May 07, 1953 - Jun 25, 1955)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Kiss Me, Kate (Jan 08, 1952 - Jan 13, 1952)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Out of This World (Dec 21, 1950 - May 05, 1951)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Kiss Me, Kate (Dec 30, 1948 - Jul 28, 1951)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Around the World (May 31, 1946 - Aug 03, 1946)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Incidental score by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Seven Lively Arts (Dec 07, 1944 - May 12, 1945)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Mexican Hayride (Jan 28, 1944 - Mar 17, 1945)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Something for the Boys (Jan 07, 1943 - Jan 08, 1944)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Let's Face It! (Oct 29, 1941 - Mar 20, 1943)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Panama Hattie (Oct 30, 1940 - Jan 03, 1942)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Du Barry Was a Lady (Dec 06, 1939 - Dec 12, 1940)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
The Man Who Came to Dinner (Oct 16, 1939 - Jul 12, 1941)
Play, Original
  • Featuring a song by Cole Porter
Leave It to Me! (Nov 09, 1938 - Jul 15, 1939)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
You Never Know (Sep 21, 1938 - Nov 26, 1938)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Red, Hot and Blue (Oct 29, 1936 - Apr 10, 1937)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Jubilee (Oct 12, 1935 - Mar 07, 1936)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Anything Goes (Nov 21, 1934 - Nov 16, 1935)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Gay Divorce (Nov 29, 1932 - Jul 01, 1933)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
The New Yorkers (Dec 08, 1930 - May 02, 1931)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Wake Up and Dream (Dec 30, 1929 - Apr 26, 1930)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Fifty Million Frenchmen (Nov 27, 1929 - Jul 05, 1930)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Paris (Oct 08, 1928 - Mar 23, 1929)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz and Cole Porter
The Greenwich Village Follies [1924] (Sep 16, 1924 - Jan 03, 1925)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter, Irving Caesar and John Murray Anderson
As You Were (Jan 27, 1920 - May 29, 1920)
Play, Original
  • Additional music and lyrics by E. Ray Goetz, Melville Gideon and Cole Porter
Hitchy-Koo [1919] (Oct 06, 1919 - Nov 22, 1919)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
See America First (Mar 28, 1916 - Apr 08, 1916)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Miss Information (Oct 05, 1915 - Nov 13, 1915)
Play, Original
  • Additional lyrics by Cole Porter, Fred E. Weatherly and Arthur Wimperis
  • Additional music by Cole Porter, Frank Tours, Herman Finck and Riccardo Drigo
Hands Up (Jul 22, 1915 - Sep 03, 1915)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by Cole Porter, Grant Clarke, Harold Atteridge and William Jerome
  • Additional music by Jean Schwartz, Bert Grant, Joe Young and Cole Porter
Dirty Dancing (Aug 21, 2014 - Jun 25, 2017)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Michael Lloyd, John D'Andrea, Erich Bulling, Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, Cole Porter, Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva, Harry Warren, Berry Gordy Jr., Otis Redding, Clyde McPhatter, Gerald Wexler, Chong Lim, Conrad Helfrich, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Louis A. Lou Perez, Jim Fuller, Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Ron Wilson, Mark Zappocosta, Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel, Richard Barrett, Eleanor Bergstein, Herbert Russell, Consuelo Velázquez, Nat D. Ayer, Earl Edwards, Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel, Sylvia Robinson, John Madara, David White, Guty Cárdenas, Ricardo López Méndez, Jane Brucker, Kenny Ortega, Neal Cavanaugh, Terry Fryer, Tom Graf, Fred Parris, Pablo Cairo, Patrick Swayze, Stacy Widelitz and Michael Goldman
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, Cole Porter, Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva, Mack Gordon, Berry Gordy Jr., Otis Redding, Clyde McPhatter, Gerald Wexler, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Louis A. Lou Perez, Mark Zappocosta, Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel, Richard Barrett, Eleanor Bergstein, Herbert Russell, Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar, Clifford Grey, Earl Edwards, Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, Mickey Baker, Ellas McDaniel, Sylvia Robinson, John Madara, David White, Guty Cárdenas, Ricardo López Méndez, Jane Brucker, Kenny Ortega, Neal Cavanaugh, Terry Fryer, Tom Graf, Fred Parris, Pablo Cairo, Patrick Swayze, Stacy Widelitz and Michael Goldman
Anything Goes (Oct 02, 2012 - Nov 17, 2013)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Dec 19, 2006 - Jun 10, 2007)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Jerry Bock, Victor Young, Alberto Domingues, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse, John Kander, Cy Coleman, Astor Piazzolla, Astor Piazzolla, Billy Rose and Lawrence Holofcener
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Milton Leeds, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Lawrence Holofcener, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Lee Adams, Fred Ebb, Dorothy Fields, Edward Eliscu, Stella Unger and Jerry Bock
Kiss Me, Kate (Jun 19, 2001 - Jun 16, 2002)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Fosse (Sep 14, 1999 - Feb 17, 2002)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Louis Prima, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell, Frederick Loewe and Leon Barry
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Mort Dixon, Lew Brown, Dorothy Fields, Neil Diamond, Johnny Mercer, Howard Dietz, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Bob Crosby, Gil Rodin, Billy Rose, Fred Ebb, Stephen Schwartz, Louis Prima, Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Higgins, Bert Kalmar, Ted Snyder, Frederick K. Tobias, B.G. DeSylva and Andy Razaf
Anything Goes (Sep 08, 1989 - Jun 24, 1990)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Anything Goes (Oct 18, 1988 - Jan 15, 1989)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Can-Can (Feb 02, 1988 - Feb 26, 1989)
Musical, Revival
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (Nov 20, 1981 - May 23, 1982)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Jerry Herman, Trevor Lyttleton, Ange Lorenzo, Richard A. Whiting, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, W. Franke Harling, Ralph Rainger, Johnny Mercer, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston and Hoagy Carmichael
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Jerry Herman, Frank Lazarus, Leo Robin, Joseph R. Alden, Raymond B. Egan, Cole Porter, E.Y. Harburg, Richard A. Whiting, Sidney Clare, Johnny Mercer, Gus Kahn, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston and Frank Loesser
Silk Stockings (Apr 23, 1956 - Aug 04, 1956)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Kiss Me, Kate (Sep 17, 1951 - Jan 05, 1952)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter
Kiss Me, Kate (Jul 11, 1949 - Jun 02, 1951)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Cole Porter
  • Lyrics by Cole Porter

Tony Award®

Best Composer and Lyricist

1949 | Winner  | Kiss Me, Kate
Music by Cole Porter
Lyrics by Cole Porter

Best Musical

1949 | Winner  | Kiss Me, Kate
Music by Cole Porter
Lyrics by Cole Porter

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