 Educated fleas in this vale of tears: the marriage of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda, told loosely as a three-act review with Porter watching. In act one, Porter and Linda meet in Paris, fall in love and marry with her knowledge of his being gay; on to Venice and New York, where parties, music, and their love lead him to decide to compose professionally. Act two is New York and Hollywood, where success awaits, as do an increasing number of young men who take Porter s attention from Linda and leave her lonely and apart. Act three begins with a crippling accident that brings Linda back to Porter s side, their attentiveness to each other renewed in his pain and her illness.