Kiss Me, Kate

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Kiss Me, Kate is a classic Broadway musical comedy by Cole Porter that playfully intertwines a backstage romance with a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
musical comedy
stage musical
1999RevivalDirector Michael Blakemore
1999RevivalTheatre Martin Beck Theatre
2019RevivalDirector Scott Ellis
2019RevivalTheatre Studio 54
award Tony Award for Best Musical
awardYear 1949
basedOn The Taming of the Shrew
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare
bookBy Bella Spewack
Samuel Spewack
broadwayOriginalRunLength over 1,000 performances
composer Cole Porter
countryOfOrigin United States
genre musical theatre
romantic comedy
language English
lyricist Cole Porter
metafictionalElement play-within-a-play structure
notableRevival 1999 Broadway revival
2019 Broadway revival
notableSong Always True to You in My Fashion
Another Op'nin', Another Show
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
I Hate Men
So in Love
Too Darn Hot
Wunderbar
originalBroadwayCastCharacter Bill Calhoun
Fred Graham
Harrison Howell
Lilli Vanessi
Lois Lane
two gangsters
originalBroadwayChoreographer Hanya Holm
originalBroadwayDirector John C. Wilson
originalBroadwayLeadActor Alfred Drake
originalBroadwayLeadActress Patricia Morison
originalBroadwayProducer Arnold Saint-Subber
H. H. Frazee
Saint Subber
premiereDate 1948-12-30
premierePlace New York City
premiereTheatre New Century Theatre
setting Baltimore
structure two-act musical
subjectMatter backstage romance
musical adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew

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Cole Porter notableWork Kiss Me, Kate
Alfred Drake notableWork Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate (orchestration) basedOn Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
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Kiss Me, Kate (orchestration) partOf Kiss Me, Kate (original Broadway production)
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The Taming of the Shrew hasAdaptation Kiss Me, Kate
So in Love partOfWork Kiss Me, Kate
So in Love firstPerformanceIn Kiss Me, Kate (stage musical)
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Too Darn Hot partOf Kiss Me, Kate
Too Darn Hot musicalTheatreWork Kiss Me, Kate
Too Darn Hot writtenFor Kiss Me, Kate
Too Darn Hot featuredInFilm Kiss Me, Kate (1953 film)
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George Sidney notableWork Kiss Me Kate (1953 film)
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George Sidney directed Kiss Me Kate (1953 film)
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Alfred Drake notableWork Kiss Me, Kate
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Ann Miller notableWork Kiss Me Kate
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Hermes Pan notableWork Kiss Me Kate
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Jack Cummings notableWork Kiss Me Kate
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Alfred Drake notableWork Kiss Me, Kate
subject linked to: Alfred Capurro
Jennifer Laura Thompson theatreCredit Kiss Me, Kate
Saul Chaplin workedOn Kiss Me Kate (1953 film)
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Kelli O'Hara notableWork Kiss Me, Kate
Kelli O'Hara performedIn Kiss Me, Kate (2019 Broadway revival)
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Keith Andes theaterWork Kiss Me, Kate
From This Moment On partOfMusical Kiss Me, Kate (revival version)
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Why Can't You Behave? partOf Kiss Me, Kate
Why Can't You Behave? introducedIn Kiss Me, Kate
Amy Spanger notableWork Kiss Me, Kate
Amy Spanger performedIn Kiss Me, Kate (Broadway revival)
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