KISS ME, KATE (2019 Roundabout Revival) - Previews

Kiss Me, Kate begins previews on Thursday, Feb. 14 (Valentine's Day) at Studio 54, and opens on Thursday, March 14. The limited run through Sunday, June 2 (as of 2/11) features a cast including Kelli O'Hara, Will Chase, and Corbin Bleu.

Anyone attending the first few previews?

Updated On: 2/11/19 at 01:12 PM

I just realized the run ends June 2nd, a week before the Tony Awards. Do you guys think the production will extend? Perhaps through 4th of July?

I hope to god they extend. I'll be there on June 8th-12th, so I'd just barely be missing it.

blaxx said: "Wonder if it will hold up to the Stokes Mitchell - Mazzie revival. That one was perfect."



That revival was my first Broadway show experience, it was a school trip and a friend who was also on the trip and I have tickets for March. We're excited to revisit a show we saw almost 20 years ago, not so excited for the terrible leg room in the rear mezz of Studio 54.

Also, loving that Playbill, though I do always wish for color.

Updated On: 2/12/19 at 12:57 PM

Will also be there Friday night, very excited

, Kate

Updated On: 3/4/19 at 03:28 PM

"Amanda Green...will contribute additional material to the book. Green will not be writing new music nor changing the structure of the show, according to a press representative, but her contributions are meant to add a more modern sensibility to the musical."

I get the feeling that the changes are going to be minimal and, hopefully, for the better. But we'll have a better idea in about 49 hours.

Green is quoted as saying, “With these tweaks,” she says, “a nine-year-old girl seeing Kiss Me, Kate can be empowered by it.”

I'm fairly old and out of it, but what can an empowered nine-year-old girl do that one non-empowered can't do? When my sister was nine, I was six and she used to hit me and pull my hair. Not hard. Was my sister empowered? She grew up into one of the sweetest people on the planet.

Kelli O'Hara, among her other gifts, is extremely intelligent and I don't think that she'll let anything get out of hand. Cole Porter led such a wide life full of experiences, yet in the 40s after his accident he found himself to be rather alone and in constant pain and with Broadway shows that did not produce the same great pop classics anymore. Overcoming so much sadness to write one last show that surpassed all his others in many ways is just a credit to the man.

If you can't perform the man's show without censoring it, then don't do it.

But I really don't think there will be any major problems. All the people here are sensible. We're not dealing with the Religious Right.

To correct myself, Cole Porter did not write the book to Kiss Me, Kate, only the book and lyrics, so any changes to the book do not reflect on him.

Trivia: The 1999 revival ran for over 900 performances and the song "From this Moment On" was taken from a 1951 Porter show.

From O'Hara's website: Why Her Turn in Kiss Me Kate Will Be Good for Her Soul

https://www.kelliohara.com/single-post/2018/11/15/Tony-Winner-Kelli-OHara-on-Why-Her-Broadway-Turn-in-Kiss-Me-Kate-Will-Be-Good-for-Her-Soul

Full understudy list

Most notably, Preston Truman Boyd covers Fred, Marissa McGowan covers Lilli, Will Burton covers Bill, and Christine Cornish Smith covers Lois.