Another Op'nin', Another Show

"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).[1][2] However, it was not included in the 1953 film version of the musical.[3]

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.[4]

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.

References

  1. ↑ Philip Furia, Michael Lasser, America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley (Routledge, 2006), ISBN 978-1135471927, p. 240. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  2. ↑ Nicholas Everett, William A. Everett, Paul R. Laird, eds., The Cambridge Companion to the Musical (Cambridge University Press), 2002, ISBN 978-0521796392, p. 145. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  3. ↑ Alan Vanneman, "Shakespeare Improved! Cole Porter Teaches the Old Bard New Tricks in Kiss Me Kate", Bright Lights Film Journal, November 2003.
  4. ↑ Kiss Me, Kate, London 1951 production: http://www.sondheimguide.com/porter/kissuk.html
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