Cole Porter show goes on in Port Townsend

Published 1:30 am Friday, June 14, 2019

PORT TOWNSEND — A cabaret show full of Cole Porter songs and live music is on stage this weekend at the Key City Playhouse.

Show times at the playhouse, 419 Washington St., are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through June 30, with tickets from $24 to $29.

“The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen through the Eyes of Cole Porter,” a musical revue set in New York City during the early 1940s, has bandleader Linda Dowdell playing the baby grand piano, Lou Babik playing drums and Maryann Tapiro on cello; local actor Christa Holbrook and guest artists Matthew Alexander, Michael Covert and Selena Tibert do the singing and dancing.

For details and ticket purchase, visit keycitypublictheatre.org or call 360-385-5278.

The box office also is open between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.

On performance nights and afternoons, the theater opens an hour before show time for ticket sales at the door.