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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 Vanessi.
Kiss Me Kate: Directed by George Sidney. With Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn. An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- George Sidney
- 1953-11-26
Kiss Me Kate is a 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1948 Broadway musical of the same name.. 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 and Katherine in a Broadway musical version of Shakespeare's play.
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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 to play 1,077 ...
Out of the blue, two gangsters come to the backstage to collect the debt from Fred. Meanwhile Fred and Lilli have the same behavior in real life as Katherine and Petruchio on the stage. In the intermission, Lilli tells that she will leave the play; however, Fred lures the gangsters to keep Lilli acting. — Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
New York opening: 5 Nov 1953. Production Company. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. Distribution Company. Loew's Inc. Country. United States. Screenplay Information. Based on the musical Kiss Me Kate , book by Samuel and Bella Spewack, music and lyrics by Cole Porter, as produced by Lemuel Ayers and Arnold Saint Subber (New York, 30 Dec 1948).
