**SOLD OUT** Noel and Cole: Lyrics and Music of Coward and Porter [] Bellas Artes

NOTE: Seats in the Bellas Artes theater are socially distanced, and face masks are required.

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Noel & Cole:  Fri.,  Mar. 4,  2022,  7pm

Noel & Cole:  Sat.,  Mar. 5,  2022,  7pm

Cole Porter was born wealthy in Peru, Indiana, while Noel Coward grew up poor in southwest London, but the two men had a lot in common. Both composed immortal songs for musical theater, were suave and cosmopolitan, and were among the small handful of greats to write both words and music. Porter and Coward were friends and rivals, well acquainted with one another’s songs. When Coward performed in Las Vegas, he wrote bitchy new lyrics to Porter’s “Let’s Do It”; Porter, in turn, wrote a dead-on Coward parody song for the play The Man Who Came to Dinner.

Mark Hartman, a pianist, singer, composer, conductor and arranger with Broadway credits, three-time winner of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs Award, made his San Miguel debut in September 2019 with a sold-out Gershwin tribute show. The concert was a sensation. Hartman’s new tribute show, Noel & Cole: The Lyrics and Music of Coward and Porter, is a benefit for Libros para Todos, the nonprofit organization that inspires children to read. Hartman will perform with musical guests Lady Zen and tenor Enrique Allende.

Hartman was musical director for Avenue Q, the Broadway musical that swept the Tony Awards in 2004. He has conducted, accompanied, and arranged for Chita Rivera, John Cullum, Ben Vereen, Rosie O’Donnell, and Jeremy Irons (in a production of Camelot), among many others. Playing the Bellas Artes’ Steinway concert grand, and singing and narrating – Mark is also a skilled raconteur – Hartman will perform classic Porter songs such as “You’re the Top,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” and “It’s De-Lovely,” along with Coward standards such as “If Love Were All,” “Mad About the Boy,” and “Nina (from Argentina).”