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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 ...
Jan 22, 2024 · Inspired by the real-life sparring of a husband-and-wife acting team, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, during a production of The Taming of the Shrew in 1935, Broadway producer Arnold Saint-Subber came up with the initial idea for Kiss Me, Kate.
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Dec 30, 2021 · The original production of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate opened at the New Century Theatre December 30, 1948. Starring Alfred Drake and Patricia Morison, the production would go on...
6 days ago · Wunderbar, wunderbar! There’s our favourite star above! Cole Porter’s Shakespeare-inspired 1949 classic Kiss Me, Kate won the first ever Tony Award for Best Musical and is famous for its lush and irreverent score. You can hear Porter's songs in all their glory at the Barbican this summer.
Feb 26, 2003 · February 26, 2003. Introduction. The first Broadway revival in nearly 50 years of the musical comedy masterpiece by composer Cole Porter and authors Sam and Bella Spewack not only...
Apr 22, 2019 · Adrienne Walker kicks off Roundabout Theatre Company's acclaimed Kiss Me, Kate. revival as Hattie (the dresser and friend to Kelli O'Hara's Lilli Vanessi), and when Adrienne steps forward to sing “Another Op'nin, Another Show", the audiences loses its mind.
With a cast of 40 (including chorus), “Kiss Me, Kate” opened on Broadway at the New Century Theatre on December 30, 1948, with 1,077 domestic and subsequent international performances. Produced by Arnold Saint Subber and Lemuel Ayres and choreographed by Hanya Holm, “Kate” starred Alfred Drake (Fred Graham/Petruchio), Patricia Morison ...
