Kiss Me, Kate
Studio 54
Previews Began: February 14, 2019
Opening Night: March 14, 2019
Closing Night: June 30, 2019
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………………….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
Entr’Acte………………………………………………..Orchestra
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
Pavane………………..Lois Lane, Bill Calhoun, Ensemble
I Am Ashamed That People Are So
Simple…………………………………………………Lilli Vanessi
Kiss Me, Kate (Reprise)……………………..Fred Graham,
Lilli Vanessi,
Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Kelli O’Hara Lilli Vanessi
Katharine
Will Chase Fred Graham
Petruchio
Corbin Bleu Bill Calhoun
Lucentio
Terence Archie Harrison Howell
Mel Johnson, Jr. Harry Trevor
Baptista
James T. Lane Paul
Stephanie Styles Lois Lane
Bianca
Adrienne Walker Hattie
Lance Coadie Williams Second Man
John Pankow First Man
Darius Barnes Ensemble
Preston Truman Boyd Ensemble
Will Burton Gremio
(First Suitor)
Ensemble
Derrick Cobey Ensemble
Jesmille Darbouze Ensemble
Rick Faugno Hortensio
(Second Suitor)
Ensemble
Haley Fish Ensemble
Tanya Haglund Ensemble
Erica Mansfield Ensemble
Marissa McGowan Ensemble
Justin Prescott Ensemble
Christine Cornish Smith Ensemble
Sherisse Springer Ensemble
Sam Strasfeld Ensemble
Swings: Sarah Meahl, Travis Waldschmidt
REPLACEMENTS
Tom McGowan Second Man
Richard Kind Second Man
Amanda LaMotte Ensemble
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