Reviews and Interviews
Kiss Me Kate Fulfills Sweet Valentine CravingSteve Winn's review of the current production (2/8/02), which says that "A fresh revival of Cole Porter's 1948 charmer delivers a big, bright valentine to the flop-sweat joy of making musicals the way they used to make musicals."
From the Arena to the Great White Way
An interview with Rex Smith, former rock star and now star of the SF production of "Kiss Me Kate".
At the Theater: Kiss Me Kate
A review of the original Broadway production in 1948.
About Cole Porter
Cole Porter, one of America's best-known popular composers, wrote the music and lyrics for "Kiss Me Kate". Learn more about him here. Read the lyrics to the songs you'll hear in the musical
Cole Porter Biography
Todd's Cole Porter Page
The Taming of the Shrew
Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
Book-a-Minute Classics
Vocabulary University
Shakespeare Online
An interesting and detailed biography of "Kiss Me Kate's" composer.
Find the lyrics to most of Cole Porter's songs here.
"The Taming of the Shrew"
You may or may not know that the plot for "Kiss Me Kate" was borrowed from "The Taming of the Shrew", written by William Shakespeare. Learn about it here, and compare the plot to "Kiss Me Kate"
and William Shakespeare
An easy-to-read (well, compared to the original!) plot summary of the play
Another, longer retelling of "The Taming of the Shrew", from a collection of tales written by Charles and Mary Lamb.
Here's the original Shakespeare, including a nice plot summary.
No time for Shakespeare? Here's a funny, one-minute summary.
SAT-College Prep vocabulary taken from "The Taming of the Shrew", as well as from many other required high school/junior high school reading books.
Haven't had enough Shakespeare yet? This "fan's site" offers a biography, interesting historical details, articles on Shakespeare's works, and much more!
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