Kiss Me, Kate

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Broadway musical musical comedy stage musical

Kiss Me, Kate is a classic Broadway musical comedy by Cole Porter that playfully intertwines a backstage romance with a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

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Label Occurrences
Kiss Me, Kate canonical 16
Kiss Me Kate 3
Kiss Me Kate (1953 film) 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
1999RevivalDirector Michael Blakemore ⓘ
1999RevivalTheatre Martin Beck Theatre ⓘ
2019RevivalDirector Scott Ellis ⓘ
2019RevivalTheatre Studio 54 ⓘ
award Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
awardYear 1949 ⓘ
basedOn The Taming of the Shrew ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
bookBy Bella Spewack ⓘ
Samuel Spewack ⓘ
broadwayOriginalRunLength over 1,000 performances ⓘ
composer Cole Porter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre musical theatre ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Cole Porter ⓘ
metafictionalElement play-within-a-play structure ⓘ
notableRevival 1999 Broadway revival ⓘ
2019 Broadway revival ⓘ
notableSong Always True to You in My Fashion ⓘ
Another Op'nin', Another Show ⓘ
Brush Up Your Shakespeare ⓘ
I Hate Men ⓘ
So in Love ⓘ
Too Darn Hot ⓘ
Wunderbar ⓘ
originalBroadwayCastCharacter Bill Calhoun ⓘ
Fred Graham ⓘ
Harrison Howell ⓘ
Lilli Vanessi ⓘ
Lois Lane (fictional character) ⓘ
surface form: Lois Lane

two gangsters ⓘ
originalBroadwayChoreographer Hanya Holm ⓘ
originalBroadwayDirector John C. Wilson ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadActor Alfred Drake ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadActress Patricia Morison ⓘ
originalBroadwayProducer Arnold Saint-Subber ⓘ
H. H. Frazee ⓘ
Saint Subber ⓘ
premiereDate 1948-12-30 ⓘ
premierePlace New York City ⓘ
premiereTheatre New Century Theatre ⓘ
setting Baltimore ⓘ
structure two-act musical ⓘ
subjectMatter backstage romance ⓘ
musical adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew ⓘ

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Cole Porter → notableWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Alfred Drake → notableWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Kiss Me, Kate (orchestration) → basedOn → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
Kiss Me, Kate (orchestration) → partOf → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me, Kate (original Broadway production)
The Taming of the Shrew → hasAdaptation → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
So in Love → partOfWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
So in Love → firstPerformanceIn → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me, Kate (stage musical)
Too Darn Hot → partOf → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Too Darn Hot → musicalTheatreWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Too Darn Hot → writtenFor → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Too Darn Hot → featuredInFilm → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me, Kate (1953 film)
George Sidney → notableWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me Kate (1953 film)
George Sidney → directed → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me Kate (1953 film)
Capurro → notableWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfred Drake
Ann Miller → notableWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me Kate
Hermes Pan → notableWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me Kate
Jack Cummings → notableWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me Kate
Alfred Capurro → notableWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfred Drake
Jennifer Laura Thompson → theatreCredit → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Victoria Palace Theatre → notableProduction → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Saul Chaplin → workedOn → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me Kate (1953 film)
Kelli O'Hara → notableWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Kelli O'Hara → performedIn → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me, Kate (2019 Broadway revival)
Keith Andes → theaterWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
From This Moment On → partOfMusical → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me, Kate (revival version)
Why Can't You Behave? → partOf → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Why Can't You Behave? → introducedIn → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Amy Spanger → notableWork → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Amy Spanger → performedIn → Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiss Me, Kate (Broadway revival)