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Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter
Book: Samuel & Bella Spewack
By arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.
Directed &
Choreographed by Lynn Mann
Musical Direction by Sylvia Johns Ritchie
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The idea for
Kiss Me, Kate was planted in the mind of producer
Saint Subber in 1935. While working as a stagehand for the Theatre
Guild’s production of The Taming of the Shrew, Subber noticed
that the stars of the show, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, had a backstage
relationship that was almost as tempestuous as the one they had on
stage while portraying Shakespeare’s famous quarrelling couple.
Although veteran
comedy writers Samuel and Bella Spewack had been separated for some
time, they reunited to write the libretto for Kiss Me,
Kate, and after the production, they chose to stay together
permanently. Their libretto creates a play-with-in-a-play that follows
the lives of egotistical actor-producer Fred Graham and his temperamental
co-star and ex-wife, Lilli Vanessi in a production of, you guessed
it, Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
Cole Porter’s brilliant score borrows freely from Shakespeare’s dialogue
for lyrics in the musical numbers that take place “onstage” but makes
use of more modern syntax in the “backstage” numbers.
The original production went on to win 5 Tony Awards including “Best
Musical,” “Best Script” and “Best Score” before closing on July 28,
1951, after 1,070 performances. The 1953 film version featured Howard
Keel, Kathryn Grayson. Ann Miller and Tommy Rall.
| Kiss
Me Kate Scenes |
| ACT ONE |
| Scene 1: |
The Stage of Ford's Theatre, Baltimore |
| Scene 2: |
The Backstage Corridor |
| Scene 3: |
Dressing Rooms of Lilli Vanessi
& Fred Graham |
| Scene 4: |
Padua |
| Scene 5: |
A Market Square in Padua |
| Scene 6: |
The Backstage Corridor |
| Scene 7: |
Dressing Rooms of Lilli Vanessi
& Fred Graham |
| Scene 8: |
A Country Road in Padua |
| Scene 9: |
The Church Square in Padua |
| 15
Minute Intermission |
| ACT TWO |
| Scene 1: |
The Theatre Alley, Baltimore |
| Scene 2: |
Before the Taming of the Shrew
Curtain |
| Scene 3: |
The Main Room in Petruchio's House |
| Scene 4: |
The Backstage Corridor |
| Scene 5: |
Dressing Rooms of Lilli Vanessi
& Fred Graham |
| Scene 6: |
The Backstage Corridor |
| Scene 7: |
Before the Taming of the Shrew
Curtain |
| Scene 8: |
The Garden of Baptista's House |
| Kiss
Me Kate Musical Numbers |
| ACT ONE |
| ANOTHER OPEN 'IN ANOTHER
SHOW |
Hattie and Ensemble |
| WHY CAN'T YOU BEHAVE? |
Lois & Bill |
| WUNDERBAR |
Fred & Lilli |
| SO IN LOVE |
Lilli |
| We Open in Venice |
Katharine, Petruchio, Bianca &
Lucentio |
| TOM, DICK OR HARRY |
Bianca, Gremio, Hortensio &
Lucentio |
| I HATE MEN |
Katharine |
| WERE THINE THAT SPECIAL
FACE |
Petruchio |
| CANTIAMO D'AMORE |
Hortensio, Nathaniel, Priest &
Ensemble |
| Finale Act One: KISS
ME, KATE |
Petruchio, Katharine & Ensemble |
| 15
Minute Intermission |
| ACT
TWO |
| TOO DARN HOT |
Paul & Ensemble |
| WHERE IS THE LIFE THAT
LATE I LED |
Petruchio |
| ALWAYS
TRUE TO YOU IN MY FASHION |
Lois |
| BIANCA |
Bill & Ensemble |
| SO IN LOVE REPRISE |
Fred |
| BRUSH UP ON YOUR SHAKESPEARE |
The Two Men |
| I AM ASHAMED THAT WOMEN
ARE SO SIMPLE |
Katharine |
| Finale Act Two Reprise:
KISS ME, KATE |
Katharine, Petruchio & Company |
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You are invited to meet the cast immediately following the
performance in the Green Room. |
Thursday
– Saturday
June 9-11 & 16-18 2005 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday Matinee
June 12 & 19 at 2:00 p.m.
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