Stephen Citron's book tracks the parallel paths of Noel Coward and Cole Porter, showing how both lived through enormous success and enormous failures and how two gay artists traversed the entertainment world of the 20th century. I just did a cabaret show of Cole Porter music and I'm working on a Noel Coward show for next year. This book helped me build a narrative to accompany the music. —Paul Wilborn, executive director, Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College, and cabaret performer
This article appears in Dec 15-21, 2011.
