Kiss Me, Kate
Original Broadway Production [1948]PRODUCTION INFO
OPENING: December 30, 1948
CLOSING: July 28, 1951
New Century Theatre [New York]
1077p
AUTHORS
- Bella Spewack [Book]
- Samuel Spewack [Book]
- Cole Porter (i) [Music & Lyrics]
STAFF/CREATIVES
- Saint Subber [Producer]
- Lemuel Ayers [Producer]
- John C. Wilson [Director]
- Hanya Holm [Choreography]
- Lemuel Ayers [Settings/Costumes]
- Al Alloy [Lighting]
- Pembroke Davenport [Musical Director]
- Robert Russell Bennett [Orchestrations]
- Genevieve Pitot [Dance Arrangements (ballet)]
OPENING NIGHT CAST
- Alfred Drake [Fred Graham / Petruchio]
- Patricia Morison [Lilli Vanessi / Katharine]
- Lisa Kirk [Lois Lane / Bianca]
- Harold Lang [Bill Calhoun / Lucentio]
- Thomas Hoier [Harry Trevor / Batista]
- Bill Lilling [Stage Doorman]
- Harry Clark [1st Man]
- Jack Diamond [2d Man]
- Denis Green [Harrison Howell]
- Edwin Clay [Gremio]
- Annabelle Hill [Hattie]
- Lorenzo Fuller [Paul]
- Don Mayo [Ralph]
- Fred Davis [Specialty Dancer]
- Eddie Sledge [Specialty Dancer]
- Tom Bole [Singing Ensemble]
- George Cassidy [Singing Ensemble]
- Peggy Ferris [Singing Ensemble]
- Herb Fields [Singing Ensemble]
- Florence Gault [Singing Ensemble]
- Noel Gordon [Singing Ensemble]
- Gay Laurence [Singing Ensemble]
- Allan Lowell [Singing Ensemble]
- Ethel Madsen [Singing Ensemble]
- Helen Rice [Singing Ensemble]
- Stan Rose [Singing Ensemble]
- Matilda Strazza [Singing Ensemble]
- Charles Wood [Singing Ensemble]
- Mark Breaux [Dancing Ensemble]
- John Castello [Dancing Ensemble]
- Ann Dunbar [Dancing Ensemble]
- Victor Duntiere [Dancing Ensemble]
- Shirley Eckl [Dancing Ensemble]
- Jean Houloose [Dancing Ensemble]
- Paul Olson [Dancing Ensemble]
- Ingrid Secretan [Dancing Ensemble]
- Gisella Svetlik [Dancing Ensemble]
- Jean Tachau [Dancing Ensemble]
- Glen Tetley [Dancing Ensemble]
- Rudy Tone [Dancing Ensemble]
VIDEO
Kiss Me, Kate [1948]: Alfred Drake recreates his performance of "Where is the Life That Late I Led?" on the 1971 Tony Awards.
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PHOTOS
POSTERS & PROMO ART
