Kelli O'Hara led Kiss Me Kate 2019 Broadway Revival!!! — Page 4

Zachary Levi perhaps?

Any casting updates? I'm so interested to hear who will be joining Ms. O'Hara!

MBFan said: "I know this early but when do you think tickets will go on sale? Is it usually about 6 weeks before previews?"

Tickets for Kiss Me, Kate will go on sale to the general public on June 25, but Roundabout Subscribers and donors get first access to tickets and other special benefits.

Opening spring'19

Yeah, I wish she was doing something new too, but this will be fun. Is it a limited engagement?

RippedMan said: "I kind of wish O'Hara would do something new. But I will def be buying tickets."

I was hoping she would continue with the Tom Kitt Superhero musical, but Kate Baldwin was announced instead.

All dates listed below!

First Rehearsal: January 1, 2019
First Performance: February 14, 2019
Opening: March 14, 2019
Max Run: June 30, 2019

I've been hearing rumors of the Sondheim lately. My guess is that Roundabout is taking its time to announce the venue because they must be waiting on Beautiful to announce closing. We'll find out soon enough though!

Almost everything at Roundabout is a limited engagement...until it’s a hit.

BTW, James T. Lane is reprising his role as Paul from the concert (he's also going to be in King Kong this fall? A little weird that King Kong would sign someone just to open their show in the ensemble then leave). Source is Charlotte D'amboise's Instagram.

https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Kiss-Me-Kate.aspx

Kelli was pretty good, but not completely there in terms of comedy. I think she can get there, however, with more rehearsal and without a script in her hand. I think Ellis will be able to pull a good performance out of her, he's so good with musical comedy. She was better than I expected, though (and I loved her with Norm and Will! They all clearly were having so much fun together). She was definitely best when she was working off of people, as opposed to her solo comedic moments, like "I Hate Men"

The highlight was definitely Will Chase, however. I hope he's doing it next season because his "Where is the Life I Once Had Led" was spectacular and got the biggest applause of the night (along with "Too Darn Hot".


Honestly, I'm happy to know Helené Yorke will not be Lois Lane. I'm not 1000% sure of that, but they were looking for a Lois at the recent auditions, so I think her TV schedule is probably preventing her from doing it. My favorite song in the show is "Always True to You" and I found hers incredibly dull. We've seen her Lois a million times, I want someone to do something new with it for this revival.

Updated On: 6/11/18 at 10:42 PM