Kiss Me Kate

by Cole Porter (Composer), Michael Lefferts (Editor)

(Vocal Score). The complete vocal score with 17 songs, including: Another Op'nin', Another Show * Brush up Your Shakespeare * I Hate Men * So in Love * Too Darn Hot * Why Can't You Behave? * Wunderbar * and more.

Genres: Plays, Music, Shakespeare, Drama, Theatre, Musicals

212 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter.

Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood films.

His works include the musical comedies Kiss Me, Kate (1948) (based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew), Fifty Million Frenchmen, and Anything Goes, as well as songs like "Night and Day", "I Get a Kick out of You", and "I've Got You Under My Skin". He was noted for his sophisticated (sometimes ribald) lyrics, clever rhymes, and complex forms.

He was one of the greatest contributors to the Great American Songbook.

Reviews

[Ruth Clegg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got to see a revival of this excellent musical on Broadway. It's sweet, breezy with a classic Cole Porter collection of songs. A real throwback to a time when musicals had panache and wonderfully crafted music.

[Letitia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Delightful to see, but please take care to turn off your brain in advance. Cole Porter's biggest serious miscall was thinking that "Wunderbar" was in any way an appropriate love song in which to get his ingenues back together.

[Maureen · Rating 3 out of 5]

What I learned is that even Cole Porter's amazing score can't make up for some very obvious problems with the book itself.

What I learned from DIRECTING this musical is another story entirely.

[Erin Horáková · Rating 3 out of 5]

Saw.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my first theater solo. I sanf Another Opening Another Show as "Hattie". 1995