Kiss Me Kate is a musical play-within-a-play based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It was written in response to Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! and was the only one of his shows to run for more than a thousand performances on Broadway. The original 1948 cast at the New Century Theatre included Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang. Kiss Me, Kate was revived in 1999 at the Martin Beck Theater for 881 performances starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie.
Awards
1948 Stage Production
- Tony Award for Best Musical
- Tony Award for Best Author of a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design
- Tony Award for Best Producer of a Musical
1999 Revival
- Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design
2001 London Revival
- Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical
- Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
References
Fast Facts
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Music and Lyrics By
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Book by
Samuel and Bella Spewack
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Opened
December 30, 1948
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Fact:
Won the first Tony Award presented for Best Musical, in 1949
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Fact:
Film adaptation released in 1953, starring Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel
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Fact:
Nine different stage productions
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#1948
Broadway production
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#1951
London West End production
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#1958
U.S. Television
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#1964
U.K. Television
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#1968
U.S. Television
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#1999
Broadway revival
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#2001
London West End revival
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#2003
U.K. Television
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#2007
Italian production
