6th Street Playhouse Presents KISS ME, KATE, Closes 9/4

6th Street Playhouse presents "Kiss Me, Kate", featuring music & lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack

1999 Broadway Revival Version

William Shakespeare's timeless battle-of-the-sexes "The Taming of the Shrew," combined with the incomparable music and lyrics of the great Cole Porter becomes "Kiss Me, Kate," a sophisticated musical comedy.

It's a play within a play, where the interior play is a musical version of "The Taming of the Shrew," produced and directed by the egotistical FrEd Graham, who co-stars as Petruchio along side his ex-wife (the less than wooable Lilli Vanessi) as the "shrew," Kate.

The couple engage in an emotional war that threatens the production's success. The only thing keeping the show together are threats from a pair of gangsters, who have come to collect a gambling debt. The show must go on and in classic musical-comedy fashion, slapstick madness ensues. Throw in a score of memorable tunes and more than 15 Tony Awards and you've got "Kiss Me, Kate."

Directed by Craig A. Miller

WHEN: Aug. 5 - Sept. 4, 2011
8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays;
2 p.m. Saturdays (beginning Aug. 13) and Sundays

LOCATION: 6th Street Playhouse
GK Hardt Theatre, 52 West 6th Street, Santa Rosa. Located in historic Railroad Square

TICKETS: $15 to $35
8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays & 2 p.m. Sundays: General $35, Senior (62+) $30, Youth (13-21) $30, Children (5-12) $15. 8 p.m. Thursdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays: General $28, Senior $23, Youth $23, Children $15.

PHONE: 707-523-4185
Order tickets by telephone, online or purchase at the door. Reservations recommended.

CAST: Starring Barry Martin as Fred and Taylor Bartolucci as Lillie. Also featuring Jeremy Berrick, Rahman Dalrymple and an experienced and talented ensemble cast.

6th Street Playhouse kicks off it's 2011-2012 Season with "Kiss Me, Kate." Season tickets are still available for this award-winning theater company's full season of seven main stage and five studio stage productions. 6th Street Playhouse is also presenting an intimate, elegant Cabaret series; three theatrical guest presentations; and it's popular monthly 6th Street IMPROV! series.

For more information call 707-523-4185 or visit www.6thstreetplayhouse.com

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