KISS ME KATE

A Presentation by Miss Pieper

About the Musical• Music and Lyrics written by Cole Porter• This takes place in the 1950s and is a play within

a play, where the interior play is based off of Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew”

• The two main characters are Lilli Vanessi and Frederick C Graham. Recently divorced, Lilli has to deal with Fred’s flirtatious ways, while Fred has to endure Lilli’s jealous rages on and off stage.

• Some of the songs include “Another Openin’ Another Show”, “Too Darn Hot”, “Always True to You”, and “So In Love”

Performance History

• Opened on Broadway in 1949• The original cast was in the first movie version

in 1953• Broadway in Revival in 1999• Three more movie remakes were in 1964,

1968, and 2003

Awards Original 1948 production• Tony Award for Best Musical (winner)• Tony Award for Best Author of a Musical (winner)• Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist (winner)• Tony Award for Best Costume Design (winner)• Tony Award for Best Producer of a Musical (winner)1999 revival• Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (winner)• Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Brian Stokes Mitchell,

winner)• Tony Award for Best Costume Design (winner)• Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (winner)• Tony Award for Best Orchestrations (winner)

About the Composer• Cole Albert Porter was born June 9, 1981. He was born

in Indiana and took up music as a defiance to his grandfather. As his musical studies continued he found that he was drawn to musical theater. A very rare trait, Cole Porter was one of few Broadway composers who wrote the music and lyrics to his show.

• After a serious horseback riding accident in 1937, Porter was left disabled and in constant pain, but he continued to work. His shows of the early 1940s did not contain the lasting hits of his best work of the 1920s and 30s, but in 1947 he made a triumphant comeback with his most successful musical Kiss Me Kate.

“Kiss Me Kate”

• VIDEO

What You Need To Provide

• Presentation – Power Point or Poster Board• Fact Sheet – Can be a printed copy of power

point or a typed up sheet of facts

What You Need in Presentation

• Title• Composer• Brief Synopsis of Show • Awards the Show received• Short Biography of Composer• Sound/Video Clip from Show• Bibliography

GRADINGCategory Point Value

Information 25 points

Creativity 10 points

Presentaion Clarity/Organization 10 points

Materials 5 points

Point Total 50 points

Available Resources

• The Internet – Be Careful!! • http://www.musicals101.com/• http://www.musicaltheatreaudition.com/• Film version of the musical• Musical Soundtrack CD• Official Musical Site

• OR YOU CAN ASK MISS PIEPER!!!!

Bibliography

• Resources:• http://www.musicals101.com/