"Roundabout’s big, boisterous, brawling Kiss Me, Kate is a revival to fall for.”
—NY1

At last, Broadway is sizzling again with musical comedy magic.

Roundabout’s Tony Award nominated Best Musical Revival of Kiss Me, Kate combines spectacular song, and megawatt star power, and the Tony nominated Best Choreography of the year in a “Too Darn Hot” blockbuster that has made the critics—and the whole city—fall so in love.

Best Actress Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara, Will Chase, and Corbin Bleu lead the cast in this evening of romance, passion and comedy about a fiery couple of co-stars feuding onstage and off. The result is a New York Times Critic’s Pick that’s “utterly, deliriously fun” (The New York Observer).

A sultry woman with red hair in a short, purple, Shakespearean-styled dress sits on a bench while three men in Shakespearean garb dreamily hold and caress her. — Will Burton, Rick Faugno, Stephanie Styles and Corbin Bleu
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The company of KISS ME, KATE
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A woman with red curls wears a white, royal Shakespearean dress on stage with a Shakespearean ensemble behind her. — Kelli O'Hara
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A group of dancers under red lighting jump up with their kneees tucked and arms outstretched in front of a New York City background. — James T. Lane and the company of KISS ME, KATE
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A blonde woman in a silky white nightgown rests her hands on the chest of a man in a long blue fancy dressing gown coat who holds her close. — Kelli O'Hara and Will Chase
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A man in a velvet red dressing gown clasps his hands together and sings on a dimly lit stage. — Will Chase
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A man in a light blue fancy dressing gown sits at desk as two men in 1940s suits and fedora hats lean towards him on either side. — John Pankow, Will Chase and Lance Coadie Williams
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A man in a pinstriped suit and a fedora dances in front of a laundry cart with a red-headed woman sitting on top of it as two people push her across the stage. — Preston Truman Boyd, Stephanie Styles, Corbin Bleu and Justin Prescott
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A blonde woman in a white dressing gown sings in a dimly lit bedroom next to a desk. — Kelli O'Hara
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A woman with red curls wears an off the shoulder blue top and a short navy skirt while a man in a pinstriped vest and trousers stands behind her and holds her close, placing his fedora over her chest. — Corbin Bleu and Stephanie Styles
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A woman with blonde curly hair wears a silky white nightgown and on the phone at a desk. A man in a blue dressing grown reads a newspaper in a chair next to her — Kelli O'Hara and Will Chase
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Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.

“ ” This is rated 4 out of 5 stars

"Four stars!"
Time Out New York & New York Stage Review

A group of people in tap shoes laugh in the rehearsal studio. — Corbin Bleu and Choreographer Warren Carlyle
Photo by Jenny Anderson

A man sits on a table in the rehearsal studio and a woman stands next to him while they both smile and laugh. — Will Chase and Kelli O'Hara
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A woman and man in the rehearsal studio look like they're dramatically arguing. — Kelli O'Hara and Will Chase"
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A man and a woman sit behind a table in the rehearsal studio and laugh while watching rehearsal. On their desk is a thick script in a binder, a laptop, and a pencil can. — Director Scott Ellis and Amanda Green
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A man laughs in the rehearsal studio. He wears a black flannel over a black t-shirt and jeans. — Will Chase
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A man in flannel holds a screaming blonde woman in a skirt and heels across his shoulders in the rehearsal studio. — Kelli O'Hara and Will Chase
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A man and woman sit on a table in a rehearsal studio while a man in a baseball cap speaks to the room and rests a hand on the man's knee. — Director Scott Ellis, Will Chase and Kelli O'Hara
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A man in a black shirt and pants dances smoothly in the rehearsal studio. — Corbin Bleu
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Kate/Lilli Vanessi: Kelli O'Hara
Petruchio/Fred Graham: Will Chase
Lucentio/Bill Calhoun: Corbin Bleu
First Man: John Pankow
Second Man: Richard Kind
Harrison Howell: Terence Archie
Harry Trevor/Baptista: Mel Johnson, Jr.
Paul: James T. Lane
Lois Lane/Bianca: Stephanie Styles
Hattie: Adrienne Walker
Ensemble: Darius Barnes
Ensemble, u/s Fred, First Man, Second Man: Preston Truman Boyd
Ensemble, u/s Bill: Will Burton
Ensemble, u/s Harrison, Baptista: Derrick Cobey
Ensemble, u/s Hattie: Jesmille Darbouze
Ensemble: Rick Faugno
Ensemble: Haley Fish
Ensemble: Tanya Haglund
Ensemble: Erica Mansfield
Ensemble, u/s Lilli Vannesi: Marissa McGowan
Swing: Sarah Meahl
Ensemble, u/s Paul: Justin Prescott
Ensemble, u/s Lois: Christine Cornish Smith
Ensemble: Sherisse Springer
Ensemble: Sam Strasfeld
Swing: Travis Waldschmidt

Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter
Book: Sam and Bella Spewack
Set Design: David Rockwell
Costume Design: Jeff Mahshie
Lighting Design: Donald Holder
Sound Design: Brian Ronan
Orchestrations: Larry Hochman
Dance Arrangements: David Chase
Additional Material: Amanda Green
Hair and Wig Design: David Brian Brown
Make-up Design: Christian McCulloch
Associate Choreographer: Jason A. Sparks
Production Stage Manager: Jeffrey Rodriguez
Fight Directors: Rick Sordelet and Christian Kelly-Sordelet
Music Director: Paul Gemignani
Choreographer: Warren Carlyle
Director: Scott Ellis

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Kiss Me, Kate benefits from Roundabout’s Musical Theatre Production Fund with lead gifts from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Perry and Marty Granoff, Michael Kors and Lance Le Pere, Diane and Tom Tuft and Cynthia C. Wainwright and Stephen Berger.