Kiss Me Kate

VLOG finally sings Cole Porter in librettists Sam and Bella Spewack’s Tony-award winning musical, Kiss Me Kate. Set in Baltimore in 1948, this perfect marriage of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew and Cole Porter’s witty, sophisticated lyrics and unforgettable melodies is considered one of the greatest musicals ever produced, and probably Porter’s finest. It’s a play-within-a-play where the actors and the characters they play mirror each other’s lives. Who’s going to get what they want? Will Lois get her Bill to settle down and stop gambling? Or is she going to have to settle for marrying him onstage each night? And who is Fred wooing, Lois or Lilli? Can Lilli who is “so in Love,” hope that his role as Petruchio will influence Fred will influence Fred to renew their vows? Does Kate want Petruchio to realize that no man is worthy of her, or does she really want his love? Will the stagehands survive the Baltimore weather in “Too Darn Hot?” And the biggest question of all, who is the mob going to rub out: Fred or Bill? Which Bill, Calhoun or Shakespeare?