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Another Op'nin', Another Show
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Wikipedia article
'"Another Op'nin', Another Show"' is the opening number of Cole Porter's 1948 musical 'Kiss Me, Kate'.
Sung by a band of players performing a musical adaption of Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew', the song has become regarded as a show business anthem on a level with "That's Entertainment!" (from 'The Band Wagon') and "There's No Business Like Show Business" (from 'Annie Get Your Gun').Philip Furia, Michael Lasser, 'America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley' (Routledge, 2006), , p. 240. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3V7hAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA240&dq=Another%20op'nin'%2C%20another%20show&pg=PA240#v=onepage&q=Another%20op'nin',%20another%20show&f=false Excerpts available] at Google Books.Nicholas Everett, William A. Everett, Paul R. Laird, eds., 'The Cambridge Companion to the Musical' (Cambridge University Press), 2002, , p. 145. [https://books.google.com/books?id=0dkmJazu298C&lpg=PA145&ots=SMhJ8gXYFZ&dq=%22another%20op'nin%22%20show%20biz%20anthem&pg=PA145#v=onepage&q=%22another%20op'nin%22%20show%20biz%20anthem&f=false Excerpts available] at Google Books. However, it was not included in the 1953 film version of the musical, except as an instrumental dance number from the song "why can't you behave". Porter insisted that the song be used in the film.Alan Vanneman, [http://brightlightsfilm.com/42/kissmekate.php#.U0XeNaLAvSg "Shakespeare Improved! Cole Porter Teaches the Old Bard New Tricks in Kiss Me Kate"], 'Bright Lights Film Journal', November 2003.
Adelaide Hall, playing the role of Hattie, sang 'Another Op'nin', Another Show' on the West-End stage (400 times) when the London production of 'Kiss Me, Kate' opened on 8 March 1951 at the Coliseum Theatre where it ran for 400 performances.Kiss Me, Kate, London 1951 production: http://www.sondheimguide.com/porter/kissuk.html
Patricia Morison (who starred in the original Broadway production of 'Kiss Me Kate'), Marin Mazzie, and Hannah Waddingham have all performed versions of the song. It was also the opening number of episode 514 of The Muppet Show
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Category:1948 songs
Category:Songs written by Cole Porter
Category:Songs from Kiss Me, Kate
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