Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Mylar Curtain (88 page)

Americans don't notice if I'm actually acting or not, as
long as I do it with an English accent!

"Cheryl Ladd in Annie Get Your Gun"

CHERYL

"Cole Porter"

[COLE PORTER appears onstage, sitting elegantly on a
silver stool. He takes a puff from a cigarette and sings.]

COLE PORTER

Yes, after many years of writing songs for motion
pictures and theater, I find it very exciting to return to
Broadway- what's left of it!

For example here's an excerpt from the current revival
of my greatest hit, Kiss Me, Kate, starring Brian "Stokes"
Mitchell and Mar ... Mary ... Mar ... [An offstage voice
whispers "Marin Mazzie.'l Oh yes! Marin Mazzie!

"Would-Be Stars"

[Lights up on MARIN MAZZIE and BRIAN STOKES
MITCHELL in Kiss Me Kate dressing gowns.]

STOKES

MAZZIE