KISS ME, KATE (2019 Roundabout Revival) - Previews- Page 7
KISS ME, KATE (2019 Roundabout Revival) - Previews
#150KISS ME, KATE (2019 Roundabout Revival) - Previews
Posted: 3/14/19 at 2:15pm
It's interesting to me that so many find Kelli miscast in this. I understand it, though I didn't feel the same way. To me, she brought some much needed subtlety to a part that almost begs to be overplayed. Now, I love a hammy actress, but her decision to tone her Kate down, for me, rooted the production in a feeling of genuine fondness between the two leads. It wasn't sizzling hot chemistry, but it had the lived-in quality of a relationship that's put both folks through the ringer and left them still hating and loving each other years later. It took the kind of sexist comedy of yesteryear and found a new way in. And I loved it. I thought the production was effortless and lovely. Seeing it compared here to the abomination that was Jack O'Brien's Carousel makes me want to be very defensive. :) But to each their own! I think if you're open to a new take, this production has tons of very sincere pleasures (even if the design isn't as fun as the same team's work on She Loves Me).
hellosydney
Swing Joined: 4/28/18
#151KISS ME, KATE (2019 Roundabout Revival) - Previews
Posted: 3/14/19 at 2:22pm
I saw KMK two nights ago and they had window cards that are in color (unlike the playbill cover). I didn't think the stage door was too bad. Kelli was taking pictures with people as long as it was fast. She seemed to get a little annoyed when a family kept taking pictures with her as they were moving slowly. Completely understandable because it was really cold out.
LuPita2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/11/18
#152KISS ME, KATE (2019 Roundabout Revival) - Previews
Posted: 3/14/19 at 2:32pm
Such a wonderful, truly enjoyable show.
#153KISS ME, KATE (2019 Roundabout Revival) - Previews
Posted: 3/14/19 at 2:36pm
That was certainly more than enough for me. I went in hoping to have a blissful time and I did.
I'm not against it. I enjoyed it. Twice. I'm wary of the critics. Most still remember the 1999 revival with Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie. That's a tough target to hit.
If I compared it to the last Roundabout big budget comedy, On the Twentieth Century, I'd put Kiss me Kate a bit behind it. I wonder what kind of Anna Kristin Chenoweth would have made. (totally joking).
When the last revival went to the West End, the production was taped. In London, the show starred Brent Barrett and Rachel York. Sets and all of the rest were the same...
This is up on Youtube in 22 six minute parts. I watched it to compare. Of course Blu_ray much better.
