Kiss Me, Kate
Martin Beck Theatre
Previews Began: October 25, 1999
Opening Night: November 18, 1999
Closing Night: December 30, 2001
Music: Cole Porter
Lyrics: Cole Porter
Lyrics: Bella Spewack
Sam Spewack
An egotistical actor and producer named Fred Graham and his ex-wife, Lili Vanessi, are playing Petruchio and Kate in a production of “Taming of the Shrew.” In both the real world and in the play, they bicker and romance in a “battle of the sexes.”
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Another Op’nin’ Another Show………Hattie, Company
Why Can’t You Behave…………Lois Lane, Bill Calhoun
Wunderbar…………………….Fred Graham, Lilli Vanessi
So in Love…………………………………………….Lilli Vanessi
We Open in Venice……………Fred Graham, Lois Lane,
Lilli Vanessi, Bill Calhoun
Tom, Dick or Harry………….Bianca, Lucentio, Gremio,
Hortensio
I’ve Come to Wive It Wealthily in
Padua………………………………………..Fred Graham, Men
I Hate Men…………………………………………..Lilli Vanessi
Were Thine That Special Face…………….Fred Graham
Cantiamo D’Amore………………Lois Lane, Bill Calhoun,
Ensemble
Kiss Me, Kate….Fred Graham, Lili Vanessi, Ensemble
ACT TWO
Too Darn Hot………………………………….Paul, Ensemble
Where Is the Life That Late I Led?……..Fred Graham
Always True to You (In My Fashion)………….Lois Lane
From This Moment On………………….Harrison Howell,
Lilli Vanessi
Bianca…………………………………Bill Calhoun, Ensemble
So in Love (Reprise)……………………………Fred Graham
Brush Up Your Shakespeare…First Man, Second Man
I Am Ashamed That Women Are So
Simple…………………………………………………Lilli Vanessi
Kiss Me, Kate (Reprise)…………………………….Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Marin Mazzie Lilli Vanessi
Katharine
Brian Stokes Mitchell Fred Graham
Petruchio
Michael Berresse Bill Calhoun
Lucentio
Ron Holgate Harrison Howell
John Horton Harry Trevor
Baptista
Adriane Lenox Hattie
Stanley Wayne Mathis Paul
Michael Mulheren Second Man
Amy Spanger Lois Lane
Bianca
Lee Wilkof First Man
Eric Michael Gillett Ralph
Ensemble
Patty Goble Ensemble
Blake Hammond Philip
Ensemble
JoAnn M. Hunter Ensemble
Darren Lee Hortensio
(Second Suitor)
Ensemble
Nancy Lemenager Ensemble
Michael X. Martin Haberdasher
Ensemble
Kevin Neil McCready Gremio
(First Suitor)
Ensemble
Carol Lee Meadows Ensemble
Elizabeth Mills Ensemble
Linda Mugleston Ensemble
Robert Ousley Pops
Ensemble
Vince Pesce Gregory
Ensemble
Cynthia Sophiea Ensemble
Jerome Vivona Cab Driver
Nathaniel
Ensemble
Swings: Paula Leggett Chase, T. Oliver Reid
Standby: Merwin Foard (Fred Graham/Petruchio, Petruchio, Harrison Howell)
Understudies: Kevin Neil McCready (Bill Calhoun/Lucentio)
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