Matthew Alexander and Christa Holbrook dance their way through the Cole Porter cabaret at Port Townsend’s Key City Playhouse. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)

Matthew Alexander and Christa Holbrook dance their way through the Cole Porter cabaret at Port Townsend’s Key City Playhouse. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)

Cole Porter show goes on in Port Townsend

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.

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