Inspired by the reputed battling of husband and wife actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne during their production of The Shrew, Cole Porter‘s most successful musical Kiss Me Kate is framed as a play within a play whose stars and co-stars can’t seem to settle down to love. A subplot involving a gambling debt to gangsters adds high humor. Porter’s musical opened on Broadway in 1948, running 1077 performances. The show garnered five Tony Awards, including the first for Best Musical and also for what was then called “Best Author” to book writers Samuel and Bella Spewak.
Thursday night at Feinstein’s/54 Below, Scott Siegel–the busiest cabaret show producer in town–hosted a tribute to Porter’s classic musical as part of the 2015 …
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