Kiss Me, Kate

:For the British sitcom, see Kiss Me Kate.

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Kiss Me, Kate is a stage musical by Samuel and Bella Spewack (book) and Cole Porter (music and lyrics) that ran for 1,077 performances and was first performed in New York on December 30, 1948. It is roughly based on William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew, where the main characters are actors in a stage production of that play--the show within a show oeuvre.

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Musical - Samuel - Bella Spewack - Book - Cole Porter - New York - December 30 - 1948 - William Shakespeare's - Play - The Taming of the Shrew

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Kiss Me, Kate was a comeback and a personal triumph for Cole Porter. After several successful musicals in the 1930s, notably Anything Goes, Du Barry Was a Lady, and Panama Hattie, he experienced a terrible accident in 1937 which left him in continuous pain. Following the accident he continued to write songs and musicals but with limited success, and some thought he was past his prime. Kiss Me, Kate was in fact his biggest hit, receiving five Tony awards in 1949 (and again in its revival in 2000), and the only Cole Porter musical to have more than 1,000 performances on Broadway.

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Cole Porter - Anything Goes - Du Barry Was a Lady - Panama Hattie - 1937 - 1949 - 2000

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It was made into a film musical in 1953 by MGM, starring Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller, and Keenan Wynn, also featuring Bob Fosse, Carol Haney, and Tommy Rall as specialty dancers. It was filmed in 3-D.

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1953 - MGM - Howard Keel - Kathryn Grayson - Ann Miller - Keenan Wynn - Bob Fosse - Carol Haney - Tommy Rall - 3-D

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