The name “Noël Coward” is synonymous with a certain sophisticated kind of British wit. One of England’s preeminent playwrights of the 20th century, Coward brought high style to tales of high society at play and ...
Although Noël Coward’s operetta Bitter Sweet followed the more modern-sounding Showboat by two years, 1929 was still an era of melodramatic passion played out against frothy tunes, with Rudolph Friml and Sigmund Romberg, among others, ...
Each year Bard SummerScape tunes their array of festival selections to thematic exploration of the work and life of a single composer; this year the star of the show is the publicly adored, critically derided ...