Kiss Me, Kate originally showed in 1948 in late December, at the New Century Theatre. The musical was written and produced with a similar scenario having happened to the playwright in his previous acting time, giving it a unique stage perspective as they began writing the acts. How this went about was Arnold Saint-Subber going to Samuel and Bella Spewack sometime in 1947 to have them begin writing it, they then went to Cole Porter who began to write the musical numbers. Then with choreography by Hanya Holm all the performers had to be strong triple threats to maintain character, vocals, and theatricals through the whole show.
I was not able to tell what period this piece was set directly in given that it is in fact a play with in a play, however, I was guessing around the late 1950’s given the costuming when they were not in show, they did however did have a portion of swing during Too darn hot which would lead me to believe it took place earlier. I am …show more content…
Cole Porter wrote the music to be played with a small orchestra, which the Kent State school of music did with ease. The variety of musical numbers was large as it is a well-produced musical. Too Darn Hot showed signs of swing music, Always True to You (In My Fashion) was very ballroom-esque with the choreography and the music was unique combination of swing and burlesque to a small degree.
Kiss Me, Kate was well cast and expertly performed, almost everyone cast was a triple threat and they had excellent execution of the steps in the musical, after having class with them I can see how they work differently in a show setting versus a class room setting, surprisingly enough. However, I applaud the well thought out theatrics, they did an excellent job with all the portions of the musical. My two favorite scenes were probably Too Darn Hot and Always True to You (In My
I was not able to tell what period this piece was set directly in given that it is in fact a play with in a play, however, I was guessing around the late 1950’s given the costuming when they were not in show, they did however did have a portion of swing during Too darn hot which would lead me to believe it took place earlier. I am …show more content…
Cole Porter wrote the music to be played with a small orchestra, which the Kent State school of music did with ease. The variety of musical numbers was large as it is a well-produced musical. Too Darn Hot showed signs of swing music, Always True to You (In My Fashion) was very ballroom-esque with the choreography and the music was unique combination of swing and burlesque to a small degree.
Kiss Me, Kate was well cast and expertly performed, almost everyone cast was a triple threat and they had excellent execution of the steps in the musical, after having class with them I can see how they work differently in a show setting versus a class room setting, surprisingly enough. However, I applaud the well thought out theatrics, they did an excellent job with all the portions of the musical. My two favorite scenes were probably Too Darn Hot and Always True to You (In My