The Museum of Performance & Design to Present Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward

The Museum of Performance & Design is set to present an exhibition titled Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward, which will kick off with a celebration on Thursday, April 16 at 6:00 pm.

The opening ceremony will include a cocktail reception, a preview of the exhibition (which opens to the public April 17-August 29), and remarks and performances by several celebrated performing artists associated with Coward’s work. Pulling from the Coward Archives and public and private collections in Europe and the U.S., the exhibition will present rare photographs, drawings, paintings, original manuscripts, letters, sheet music, posters, playbills, set and costume designs, personal memorabilia, audio and video clips, and original costumes, including several of the silk dressing gowns that became Coward’s trademark.

Coward is best known as a playwright whose works include Blithe Spirit (now being revived on Broadway), Private Lives, Hay Fever, and Design for Living, and composer of such songs as “Mad About the Boy,” “I’ll See You Again,” and “Mad Dogs and Englishmen.” This exhibition will also explore his talents as a director, actor, cabaret artist, wartime patriot, painter, and patron of charitable causes.

Admission to the exhibit is Free. For more information, call 415-255-4800 or visit www.sfpalm.org.