Kiss Me, Kate

1965 New York City Center Production

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Sam and Bella Spewack

Opened May 12, 1965 at the New York City Center, NYC
Closed May 30, 1965
Ran for 23 performances
Produced by The New York City Center Light Opera Company (Jean Dalrymple, Director)
Production Directed by John Fearnley and Billy Matthews
Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Hanya Holm
Musical Director: Pembroke Davenport
Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett
Dance music arranged by Genevieve Pitot
Scenery by Robert O'Hearn
Costumes by Stanley Simmons after originals by Lemuel Ayres
Lighting by Peggy Clark

Cast

Bob Wright (Fred Graham / Petruchio), Patricia Morison (Lilli Vanessi / Katherine), Kelly Brown (Bill Calhoun / Lucentio), Nancy Ames (Lois Lane / Bianca), Alyce Elizabeth Webb (Hattie), Alexander Clark (Harry Trevor / Baptista), William H. Batchelder (Ralph), Tiger Haynes (Paul), Eugene R. Wood (Stage Doorman), Jesse White (First Man), Victor Helou (Second Man), Royal Beal (Harrison Howell), William Wendt (Gremio), Stephen John Rydell (Hortensio), Loren Hightower (Haberdasher), Charles Cook and Ernest Brown (Specialty Dancers)
Note: Italicized roles are characters in the "Taming of the Shrew" portion of the show

Musical Numbers

  • Overture - Orchestra

    • Act One

  • "Another Op'nin', Another Show" - Hattie, Company
  • "Why Can't You Behave?" - Lois
  • "Wunderbar" - Lilli, Fred
  • "So in Love" - Lilli
  • "We Open in Venice" - Katherine, Petruchio, Bianca, Lucentio
  • Dance (Dancing Ensemble)
  • "Tom, Dick or Harry" - Bianca, Lucentio, Hortensio, Gremio
  • Specialty Dance (Lucentio)
  • "I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua" - Petruchio, Men's Chorus
  • "I Hate Men" - Katherine
  • "Were Thine That Special Face" - Petruchio
  • "I Sing of Love" - Bianca, Lucentio, Company
  • Finale - "Kiss Me Kate" - Petruchio, Katherine, Company
  • Tarantella (Bianca, Lucentio and Dancing Ensemble)

    • Act Two

  • "Too Darn Hot" - Paul, Specialty Dancers
  • "Where is the Life That Late I Led?" - Petruchio
  • "Always True to You in My Fashion" - Lois
  • "Bianca" - Bill
  • "So in Love" (reprise) - Fred
  • "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" - Gangsters (First Man, Second Man)
  • "I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple" - Katherine
  • Pavanne (Dancing Ensemble)
  • "Finale" - Petruchio, Katherine, Company

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