
Kiss Me, Kate (1948 Original) - repro
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The original 1948 Broadway premiere of Cole Porter and Sam & Bella Spewack’s 'Kiss Me, Kate' stands as an epochal cultural phenomenon that permanently reshaped the modern stage landscape, running for an astonishing 1,077 performances and capturing the historic first-ever Tony Award for Best Musical. Opening at the New Century Theatre, the brilliant backstage musical comedy follows a divorced theatrical couple whose backstage bickering and mob gambling debts collide on the opening night of a Shakespearean musical. Directed by John C. Wilson with choreography by Hanya Holm, the premiere starred Alfred Drake and Patricia Morison.

