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Kiss Me Kate is a 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1948 Broadway musical of the same name. [notes 1]Inspired by William Shakespeare's play 'The Taming of the Shrew', it tells the tale of formerly married musical theater actors Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, brought together to star opposite one another in the roles of Petruchio and Katherine in a Broadway musical version of ...
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack.The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi.
Kiss Me Kate is a 1968 American TV film directed by Paul Bogart. It is an adaptation of the 1948 musical Kiss Me, Kate produced by Norman Rosemont , who had previously produced three adaptations of screen musicals.
It was then included in MGM's 1953 film Kiss Me Kate, an adaptation of Porter's stage musical Kiss Me, Kate [2] when it was sung by Ann Miller, Tommy Rall, Bob Fosse and Bobby Van. In theatrical versions of Kiss Me, Kate it goes now as a duet of Harrison Howell and Lilli Vanessi (since the 1999 revival).
Kiss Me, Kate is a 1948 musical by Cole Porter. Kiss Me Kate may also refer to: Kiss Me, Kate, a 1949 album of songs from the musical, recorded by Jo Stafford; Kiss Me Kate, a 1953 film version of the musical; Kiss Me Kate, a 1968 TV movie adaptation of the musical; Kiss Me Kate, a British situation comedy
Kiss Me, Kate featured such songs as "I Hate Men," "Wunderbar", and "So in Love", reuniting Morison with her former Broadway co-star Alfred Drake. The play ran on Broadway from December 30, 1948 until July 28, 1951, for a total of 1,077 performances. Morison also played in the London production of Kiss Me, Kate, which ran for 400 performances.
Rall's film career waned as movie musicals went into decline. He had a role in the movie Funny Girl, as "The Prince" in a parody of the ballet Swan Lake. [13] On Broadway he danced to acclaim as "Johnny" in Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein's 1959 musical Juno (based on Seán O'Casey's play Juno and the Paycock). [3]
Carol Haney (born Carolyn Haney; December 24, 1924 [1] [2] – May 10, 1964) was an American dancer and actress. After assisting Gene Kelly in choreographing films, Haney won a Tony Award for her role in Broadway's The Pajama Game, while later work as a stage choreographer earned her three Tony nominations.