High Society, Old Vic, review: an effervescent musical

What a treat this show is. A hotchpotch of previouses - adapted by Arthur Kopit from Philip Barry's 1939 play The Philadelphia Story, but owing more to the 1956, Cole Porter-scored film version High Society, and with extra numbers from his back catalogue slipped in - this staging achieves the arguably rare feat of surpassing its filmic predecessor. Maria Friedman, a musicals veteran onstage, proves she's just as good…

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