What is Kiss Me, Kate?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Patricia Morison.jpg|thumb|[[Patricia Morison]] in 1939]] '''''Kiss Me, Kate''''' is a [[musical]]. The [[libretto]] was written by Samuel and Bella Spewack. The lyrics and music were written by [[Cole Porter]]. It is based on [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]''. It opened on [[Broadway]] in 1948. It starred [[Alfred Drake]] and [[Patricia Morison]]. It won the first [[Tony Award for Best Musical]] in 1949.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theater.about.com/od/tonyawardsmore/a/Tony-Awards-For-Best-Musical.htm |title=Tony Awards for Best Musical |access-date=2013-07-28 |archive-date=2013-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429141149/http://theater.about.com/od/tonyawardsmore/a/Tony-Awards-For-Best-Musical.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The musical opened in the West End in 1951. The story of the musical is about the backstage conflicts, tensions, and troubles between the four stars of a musical version of ''Shrew''. A movie version of the musical was released in 1953. A television version was produced for the Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1958 starring Alfred Drake and Patricia Morison. Another television version was made for [[BBC Two]] in 1964 with [[Howard Keel]] and Morison, and a third television production was made in 1968 with [[Robert Goulet]] and Carol Lawrence. In 2003, a ''Great Performances'' television production starred Brent Barrett and Rachel York. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Cole Porter}} {{performing-arts-stub}} [[Category:1940s musicals]] [[Category:Broadway musicals]] [[Category:Musicals based on plays]] [[Category:Tony Award winning musicals]] [[Category:West End musicals]] [[Category:Cole Porter]]