Kiss Me Kate

The first Broadway revival in nearly 50 years by composer Cole Porter and book writers Sam and Bella Spewack not only enchanted critics and delighted audiences, but went on to triumph as one of the biggest prize-winners of the 2000 season. Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare, "Kiss Me, Kate" recounts the backstage and on-stage antics of two feuding romantic duos during a touring production of "The Taming of the Shrew". Sparkling with 18 classic Cole Porter songs - including "Another Op'nin', Another Show, "Wunderbar," "So in Love," "Always True to You in My Fashion," "Too Darn Hot" and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" - "Kiss Me, Kate" epitomizes the Broadway musical comedy at its irresistible best.

Directed by Michael Blakemore, this 2000 Tony-winner for Best Revival stars Brent Barrett, Rachel York, Nancy Anderson and Michael Berresse as the bickering couples whose offstage disputes ultimately entangle them with a pair of unexpectedly erudite gangsters and a pompous U.S.army general.