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| 10/18 Fri Oct 18 2013 | 8:00 PM |
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| 10/19 Sat Oct 19 2013 | 2:00 PM |
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| 10/19 Sat Oct 19 2013 | 8:00 PM |
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| 10/20 Sun Oct 20 2013 | 2:00 PM |
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| 10/24 Thu Oct 24 2013 | 7:30 PM |
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| 10/25 Fri Oct 25 2013 | 8:00 PM |
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| 10/26 Sat Oct 26 2013 | 2:00 PM |
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| 10/26 Sat Oct 26 2013 | 8:00 PM |
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| 10/27 Sun Oct 27 2013 | 2:00 PM |
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Kiss Me Kate is a fantastic Tony Award winning theatrical musical production which came out in the year of 1948. The lyrics and the music of this wonderful musical have been written and composed by Cole Porter. The plot of the musical revolves around the production of a musical theatrical account of the popular play of William Shakespeare which was known as The Taming of the Shrew. The plot also explores the clash which exists on as well as off the stage between the character of Fred Graham who is the play’s producer, director and star and his opposite starring lady who happens to be his ex-wife also by the name of Lilli Vanessi. The audience can see a second romance in the musical production which involves the character of Lois Lane who is playing Bianca in the play and also a boyfriend by the name of Bill who is a gambler and runs away with some hoodlums. When this amazing musical was first showcased, it starred Harold Lang, Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake and Lisa Kirk.
Many critics have noted that the musical production of Kiss Me Kate was a way of Cole Porter responding to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s theatrical production of Oklahoma! as well as many various integrated musical productions. However, this particular musical production of Cole Porter’s was one of the first that he had written in which the entire music as well as the splendid lyrics were tightly in sync with the script of the musical. This musical production ended up being one of the greatest hits of Cole Porter’s and was also amongst the only theatrical performances of his that had over 1,000 Broadway performances. A year after the musical was staged to a live audience, in the year of 1949; it successfully won the Tony Award in the category of the Best Musical.
The music and the lyrics of Kiss Me Kate have both been written as well as composed by Cole Porter. The book of the musical is by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The basis of this exceptional musical theatrical production is the famous play of William Shakespeare known as The Taming of the Shrew. There have been a total of five productions of this remarkable musical production, one in the year of 1948 on the Broadway, the second in the year of 1951 on the West End, the third in the year of 1999 on the Broadway revival, the fourth in the year of 2001 on the West End revival and the fifth in the year of 2001 in an Italian version of the musical play.
The Kiss Me Kate musical theatrical production has successfully won seven prestigious awards so far. The musical won the Tony Award for Best Musical, Tony Award Composer and Lyricist, Tony Award for Best Revival, Tony Award for Best Author, Evening Standard Award for Best Musical and the honorable Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival. Apart from the original Broadway and London’s West End productions of the Kiss Me Kate musical theatrical production, there was also an Italian version of this fabulous musical which effectively opened on the 31st of December in the year of 2007 at the popular Teatro delle Celebrazioni which is in Bologna. On the 8th of June in the year of 2010, there was also a Canadian version of the play which was premiered in Stratford that is in Ontario in Canada. In the early 1990s, this fantastic musical production was a popular choice for being the musical to be performed at the yearly Shaw Festival held at the Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario. There was also a Swiss-German production of this musical play that was premiered on the 30th of December in the year of 2010 in the famous Zentrum Buhne Bottighofen which is in Switzerland. The Swiss-German production of the musical play has a total of fourteen outstanding performances.
The Kiss Me Kate musical production is soon going to be coming to a brilliant venue near you. The Kiss Me Kate tickets are in a great demand. This is a splendid time for you to get hold of Kiss Me Kate tickets are enjoy a truly marvelous time with your friends and loved ones.
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