Can-Can

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Can-Can is a 1953 Broadway musical by Cole Porter, best known for its lively Parisian setting and memorable score featuring songs like "I Love Paris."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
associatedCity New York City ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
awardsRecognition Gwen Verdon won a Tony Award for her performance ⓘ
linked to: Gwen Verdon
basedOnDance can-can ⓘ
bookBy Abe Burrows ⓘ
broadwayClosingDate 1955-06-25 ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1953-05-07 ⓘ
broadwayOriginalOrchestrator Philip J. Lang ⓘ
broadwayOriginalProductionType musical comedy ⓘ
composer Cole Porter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
romantic musical comedy ⓘ
hasCastRecording original Broadway cast recording ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation Can-Can (1960 film) ⓘ
linked to: Can-Can
hasRevival Broadway revival 1981 ⓘ
London productions ⓘ
lyricist Cole Porter ⓘ
musicStyle American popular song ⓘ
show tunes ⓘ
notableCharacter Judge Aristide Forestier ⓘ
La Môme Pistache ⓘ
notableSong Allez-Vous-En, Go Away ⓘ
C'est Magnifique ⓘ
I Love Paris ⓘ
It's All Right with Me ⓘ
Live and Let Live ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength 892 performances ⓘ
originalChoreographer Michael Kidd ⓘ
originalDirector Abe Burrows ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalLeadPerformer Gwen Verdon ⓘ
Lilo ⓘ
linked to: Lilo Baur

Peter Cookson ⓘ
premiereDate 1953-05-07 ⓘ
premiereLocation Broadway ⓘ
premiereTheatre Shubert Theatre ⓘ
premiereYear 1953 ⓘ
producer Cy Feuer ⓘ
Ernest H. Martin ⓘ
publisherOfVocalScore Chappell & Co. ⓘ
settingLocation Paris ⓘ
settingPeriod 1890s ⓘ
subjectMatter French can-can dance ⓘ
Parisian dance hall culture ⓘ
theatricalForm book musical ⓘ
theatricalSubject romance between a judge and a dance hall owner ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cole Porter → notableWork → Can-Can ⓘ
Moulin Rouge → danceStyle → French can-can ⓘ
linked to: Can-Can
Gwen Verdon → notableWork → Can-Can ⓘ
Can-Can → hasFilmAdaptation → Can-Can (1960 film) ⓘ
linked to: Can-Can
Abe Burrows → notableWork → Can-Can ⓘ
Louis Jourdan → notableWork → Can-Can ⓘ
Dania Krupska → notableWork → Can-Can ⓘ
Chita Rivera → notableWork → Can-Can ⓘ
Saul Chaplin → workedOn → Can-Can (1960 film) ⓘ
linked to: Can-Can
"It's All Right with Me" → introducedIn → musical "Can-Can" ⓘ
subject linked to: It's All Right with Me
linked to: Can-Can
"It's All Right with Me" → originalProduction → "Can-Can" (Broadway, 1953) ⓘ
subject linked to: It's All Right with Me
linked to: Can-Can
Cy Feuer → notableWork → Can-Can ⓘ
Michael Kidd → notableWork → Can-Can (Broadway choreography) ⓘ
linked to: Can-Can
C'est Magnifique → partOf → Can-Can (musical) ⓘ
linked to: Can-Can
La Môme Pistache → roleInWork → Can-Can ⓘ
Allez-Vous-En, Go Away → partOf → Broadway musical Can-Can ⓘ
linked to: Can-Can
Allez-Vous-En, Go Away → firstPerformanceIn → Can-Can (original Broadway production) ⓘ
linked to: Can-Can
Dorothy Kingsley → notableWork → Can-Can ⓘ
Juliet Prowse → notableWork → Can-Can ⓘ