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Kiss Me, Kate (1948)

Broadway, Musical

Music • LyricsCole Porter

BookSamuel Spewack

BookBella Spewack

BookSam Spewack

Adaptation • Based on the PlayWilliam Shakespeare

Additional MaterialAmanda Green

Additional MaterialJohn Guare

VenueNew Century Theatre932 Seventh Ave. (at 58th St) New York, NY

Licensed ByConcord Theatricals

Opening DateDec 30th 1948

Closing DateJul 28th 1951

Creative Team
Lyrics
Cole Porter
Original
Book
Bella Spewack
Original
Samuel Spewack
Original
Based on the Play
William Shakespeare
Original
Direction
John C. Wilson
Original
Staging
John C. Wilson
Original
Choreography
Hanya Holm
Original
Assistant Choreography
Ray Harrison
Original
Dance Captain
Glen Tetley
Original
Orchestrations
Robert Russell Bennett
Original
Music Arrangements Ballet
Genevieve Pitot
Original
Music Coordination
Morris Stonzek
Original
Dance Arrangements Ballet
Genevieve Pitot
Original
Music Direction
Pembroke Davenport
Original
Music Incidental
Cole Porter
Original
Scenic Design
Lemuel Ayers
Original
Peter Wolf
Original
Costume Design
Lemuel Ayers
Original
Costume Personal Assistant
Forrest Thayer
Original
Lighting Design
Al Alloy
Original
Production Stage Management
Ward Bishop
Original
Don Mayo
Original
Assistant Production Stage Management
Bill Lilling
Original
Cast
Paul
Lorenzo Fuller
Original
Ralph
Don Mayo
Original
Harrison Howell
Denis Green
Original
Hattie
Annabelle Hill
Original
Fred Graham / Petruchio
Alfred Drake
Original
Lois Lane / Bianca
Lisa Kirk
Original
Hortensio (Second Suitor)
Herbert Fields
Original
Gremio
Edwin Clay
Original
Harry Trevor / Baptista
Thomas Hoier
Original
Lilli Vanessi / Katharine
Patricia Morison
Original
Bill CalhoUN / Lucentio
Harold Lang
Original
Haberdasher
Marc Breaux
Original
John Castello
Original
Specialty Dancer
Eddie Sledge
Original
Fred Davis
Original
Singing Ensemble
Helen Rice
Original
Gay Laurence
Original
Tom Bole
Original
Ethel Madsen
Original
Peggy Ferris
Original
Allan Lowell
Original
Florence Gault
Original
Herb Fields
Original
George Cassidy
Original
Matilda Strazza
Original
Noel Gordon
Original
Stan Rose
Original
Charles Wood
Original
Dancing Ensemble
Ingrid Secretan
Original
Mark Breaux
Original
Jean Tachau
Original
1st Man
Harry Clark I
Original
Stage Doorman
Bill Lilling
Original
Second Man
Jack Diamond
Original
Dancer
Ann Dunbar
Original
Glen Tetley
Original
Paul Olson
Original
Rudy Tone
Original
Victor Duntiere
Original
Jean Houloose
Original
Gisella Svetlik
Original
Shirley Eckl
Original
Artistic Production
Production
Lemuel Ayers
Original
Saint Subber
Original
General Management
General Management
C. Edwin Knill
Original
Production Staff
Personal Assistant
Peter Wolf
Original
Theatre Owner
The Shubert Organization
Original
Assistant Press Representation
Madelin Blitzstein
Original
Press Representation
George Ross
Original
Theatre Operations
the Trebuhs Realty Co. Inc.
Original
Personal Assistant
Forrest Thayer
Original
Press Representation
Dorothy Ross
Original

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