Kiss Me Kate
Music and Lyrics by Cole Poter
Book by Samual and Bella Spewack
Presented by arrangement with Musicscope and Stage Musicals Ltd. of New York
Director: Vara Williams
Musical Director: Julian Poore
Choreographer: Suzanne Hall
Show Dates
Tuesday 7 November to Saturday 11 November 2006
Theatre Royal, Winchester
Box Office: 01962 840440
Cast list:
Fred Graham / Petruchio Adrian Hickford
Lilli Vanessi / Kate Janet Green
Bill Calhoun / Lucentio Dan Hickson
Lois Lane / Bianca Katie Moffitt
Hattie (Lilli's dresser) Liz Petley-Jones
Harry Trevor / Baptista Clive Hilton
Harrison Howell Graham Light
Gremio Callum Ryan
Hortensio Chris Milne
1st Gangster David Tatnall
2nd Gangster Max Bullough
Synopsis
While cast members of a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew celebrate "Another Op'nin', Another Show", the show's stars, Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, celebrate the first anniversary of their divorce. They take time from their bickering to recall they had once sung "Wunderbar" in a long-forgotten operetta.
Lilli receives a bouquet from Fred, leading her to believe he still loves her, and she confesses she is still "So in Love" with him, but when she learns the flowers are meant for Lois, the show's ingenue, she determines to be revenged. Fred's problems are compounded when Lois' boyfriend, Bill Calhoun, signs Fred's name to a gambling debt. Opening night is peppered by warfare between Fred and Lilli, and by demands from two comic hoods for payment of the debt.
Musical Numbers
Another Op'nin', Another Show
Why Can't You Behave?
Wunderbar
So in Love
We Open in Venice
Tom, Dick or Harry
I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua
I Hate Men
Too Darn Hot
Always True to You in My Fashion
Bianca
Brush Up Your Shakespeare