Fred Graham News

Further casting has been announced for one of the all-time classic musical comedies, KISS ME, KATE,  which is making a long awaited return to the London stage this summer for a strictly limited 15-week run from 4th June until 14th September at the Barbican Theatre.

In the video here, watch Stephanie J. Block strike a pose as Lilli Vanessi in a photoshoot for Barbican Theatre's Kiss Me Kate!

Watch a trailer for Kiss Me Kate, starring Stephanie J. Block, Adrian Dunbar, and more, coming to the Barbican Centre in London this summer!

Actor Adrian Dunbar has said that today's audiences 'don’t know about the fourth wall' and need to turn their devices off.

One of the all-time classic musical comedy farces, Kiss Me, Kate is making a long awaited return to the London stage this summer for a strictly limited 15-week season at the Barbican Theatre, starring the multi-award-winning Adrian Dunbar and Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block.

75 years ago on December 30, 1948, Kiss Me, Kate opened on Broadway. Check out some videos to celebrate the show!

This time, the reader question was: which actors have done multiple Broadway shows together?

Kiss Me, Kate! is a musical written by Bella and Samuel Spewack ,with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story involves the production of a musical version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi.

All new photos have been released from Kiss Me, Kate at the Curve Theatre, Leicester. Kiss Me, Kate runs 9-12 August 2023. Check out the photos here

A highly entertaining evening.

This summer, National Youth Music Theatre will present three major musicals. Learn more about the full lineup here!

BroadwayHD will be bringing the 1999 revival of Cole Porter’s masterpiece to their platform for its exclusive worldwide release on January 15, 2023.

Today's top stories include Lea Michele out of Funny Girl for 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19. Learn more about Julie Benko's upcoming schedule. In other Funny Girl news, Barbara Tirrell made her debut in the show one day after she was hired as an offstage cover for Mrs. Brice, Mrs. Strakosh, and Mrs. Meeker.

Recognizing a strong return to the spotlight over the 2021-2022 Equity theater season, the Joseph Jefferson Awards in Chicago announced its nominations for theater excellence. This year’s nominees include 201 theater artists across 38 categories of excellence in theater production among shows from 43 companies.

The Joseph Jefferson Awards have announced this year's Equity nominations, including 201 theater artists across 38 categories.  The 54th anniversary Equity Jeff Awards will take place October 17, 2022, at Drury Lane in Oakbrook, IL. 

The Cole Porter classic 'Kiss Me, Kate' comes in hot as it makes its grand return to the Mac-Haydn Theatre for the first time in a decade.

Another classic from the 1940s is gracing the stage at Broadway at Music Circus.  This time, it’s Kiss Me, Kate, the musical-within-a-musical that cemented Cole Porter’s return to Broadway as a successful lyricist and composer.  It ended up being Porter’s longest-running Broadway show and won the very first Tony Award for Best Musical. 

Cortland Repertory Theatre presents another 'revival' for the third show in their 50th Anniversary season, the well-known backstage musical 'Kiss Me, Kate'. Last produced at CRT in 1984, this hilarious and tuneful show has music and lyrics by Cole Porter with book by Sam and Bella Spewack.

Cortland Repertory Theatre presents another “revival” for the third show in their 50th Anniversary season, the well-known backstage musical “Kiss Me, Kate”. 

Cortland Repertory Theatre has announced their 2022 5-show summer season to be held at the Little York Pavilion in Preble, NY, as a celebration of their 50th Anniversary. The season will run from June 8 – August 20 and will contain three musicals and two plays.