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Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare 's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli ...
Kiss Me Kate is a 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1948 Broadway musical of the same name. [notes 1] Inspired by William Shakespeare 's play The Taming of the Shrew, it tells the tale of formerly married musical theater actors Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi brought together to star opposite one another in the roles of Petruchio ...
A divorced couple stars in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew, but their off-stage relationship is turbulent. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and learn trivia and goofs of this Oscar-nominated film.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- George Sidney
- 1953-11-26
A classic Broadway comedy that won the first Tony Award for Best Musical. Follow the love and hate of a divorced couple who star in a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
Learn about the original and revived productions of Cole Porter's classic musical Kiss Me, Kate, which won the first Best Musical Tony Award in 1949. See photos of the stars, including Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Marin Mazzie, and Kelli O'Hara.
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A musical comedy based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, starring an ex-husband and wife team as the leads. The film follows their off-stage and on-stage conflicts, as well as the involvement of gangsters and gamblers.