It moved practically intact to the New Century Theater on Broadway, premiering only two days before the beginning of 1949. “Kiss Me, Kate” gave Porter the greatest hit of his career ...
Best Musical: Kiss Me Kate won. Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Cole Porter won. Producer (Musical): Saint-Subber won. Producer (Musical): Lemuel Ayers won.
Kiss Me, Kate! centers on a cast putting on a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director ...
Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Brian Stokes Mitchell won. Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Marin Mazzie won. Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Michael Berresse was nominated but did not ...
Airy, Porter’s 1948 ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ ran for over 1,000 performances on Broadway, won the first Tony Award for Best Musical, and was turned into an MGM film musical five-years later.