This has got to be Sierra Vista’s most smoldering ticket this summer — the Cochise College revue of famed American songwriter Cole Porter’s timeless tunes “Red Hot & Cole.” Co-directed by Chris Sancho and Sunny Fichtl, the show is a follow-up ember to last summer’s smash “And the World Goes ‘Round.”

Four June performances are to sizzle at Buena Performing Arts Center — scheduled for 7:30 p.m. June 23, 29 and 30, with a 3 p.m. matinee on June 24 — with tickets modestly priced at $15 each. Seats need to be reserved, by the way.

“What drew me to the show was watching the movie ‘DeLovely,’ and hearing Cole Porter’s music,” said Fichtl. “It’s a show that will appeal to many county residents. It’s a musical revue, but it also has speaking parts, as in ... a musical!”

Amazed that many young people today do not know the buoyant words and memorable tunes of Porter, Fichtl and Sancho set out to correct that oversight.

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Celebrating the life of one of the 20th century’s most prolific and enduring songwriters, audiences will be beside themselves with delight as the cast shares the champagne-and-diamond-tinged lyrics of “I Love Paris,” “Anything Goes,” “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love,” “What Is This Thing Called Love?,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Begin the Beguine,” and many other toe-tappers and dance-shoe favorites.

Sketching the life of Porter, the show crackles with sparkling talent. Linda Neal plays Porter’s wife, Linda, while Joe Morris is the tunesmith himself.

Many famous names of the time appear in the play, such as Elsa Maxwell, the party-giver; Ethel Merman, the Broadway star; Clifton Webb, the suave actor; producer George Kaufman and playwright Noel Coward. Sharon Strachan and Ben Caron share these multiple roles.

Emily Witkop takes on the roles of Dorothy Parker and Hedda Hopper, as well as Bella Spewack and Sarah Murphy, all names that added glamour to the nation’s gossip columns and New York society pages from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Kalie Heideman is dancer Eileen Castle, and Glen Derheimer portrays playwright Moss Hart.

Laura Stephens is Bricktop, Kylie Naughton-Richards is Scarlet, and Clayton Lee takes on the Monte Wooley and Ray Goetz roles. Anthony Pendelton is Paul, and Bronyn Beaver is the waitress.

Dancers include Cara Dutton, Casa Grant, Kylie Naughton-Richards and Ivan Owen, who is also the choreographer.

The accompanist is Carol Park. Cari Chlarson is stage manager, and, together with Chris Sancho, designed the set.

Porter, a complex and richly gifted personality, was both a precocious child and a dashing Yale bon vivant who garnered campus notice for the musicals for which he wrote both words and music, and which his fraternity produced.

It was a short leap from the New Haven campus stage to New York’s Broadway.

Among his remarkable hits were “Hollywood Canteen,” “The Gay Divorcé,” “Anything Goes,” “Can Can,” “High Society,” “Silk Stockings” and “Kiss Me, Kate.” Porter was adored for his wit, his clever rhyming, and his singable tunes.

Tickets may be ordered by phone through the Cochise College Business Office on the Sierra Vista Campus at 515-5416.

For information, call 515-5440.