Kiss Me, Kate at Opera Theater SummerFest

It's so fun to "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" at SummerFest, with Cole Porter's fiery romantic musical, Kiss Me, Kate! The show within the show is a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. A "first couple of the theatre" are playing the lead roles, so the off-stage conflict between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi make for hot summer fireworks. Add in gamblers and gangsters and great songs ("Wunderbar", "So in Love", "Brush Up Your Shakespeare"), and you have a show which the New York Times praised as "a remarkable melodious score with an occasional suggestion of Puccini, who was a good composer, too." The Opera Theater SummerFest company pulls out the all the stops for four performances through July 23 in our intimate 400-seat venue! Food, pre-show entertainment. AAA, Group, student discounts available.

July 8 at 7:30 pm, July 10 at 2 pm, July 16 at 7:30 pm, July 23 at 2 pm

Authors

• Bella Spewack
• Cole Porter
• Sam Spewack
• William Shakespeare

Tony Awards and Nominations for Kiss Me, Kate