A new cast album of Cole Porters musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate, based on the current hit production from the Roundabout Theatre Company will be available for download and streaming this June. The show is directed by Scott Ellis, choreographed by Warren Carlyle with music direction by Paul Gemignani and features a book by Sam and Bella Spewack, and music and lyrics by Cole Porter.
Kiss Me, Kate stars Tony Award winner Kelli OHara as Kate/Lilli Vanessi, Tony Award nominee Will Chase as Petruchio/Fred Graham, Corbin Bleu as Lucentio/Bill Calhoun, Terence Archie as Harrison Howell, Mel Johnson Jr. as Harry Trevor/Baptista, James T. Lane as Paul, Stephanie Styles as Lois Lane/Bianca, Adrienne Walker as Hattie, Lance Coadie Williams as Gangster (Second Man) and John Pankow as Gangster (First Man). The cast also includes Darius Barnes, Preston Truman Boyd, Will Burton, Derrick Cobey, Jesmille Darbouze, Rick Faugno, Haley Fish, Tanya Haglund, Erica Mansfield, Marissa McGowan, Sarah Meahl, Justin Prescott, Christine Cornish Smith, Sherisse Springer, Sam Strasfeld, and Travis Waldschmidt.
In the constellation of musical comedy masterpieces, Kiss Me, Kate shines as perhaps Broadways most sparkling achievement. This is the winner of the first-ever Tony Award for Best Musical, alive with onstage romance, backstage
passion, comedy high and low, a dash of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew, and a stylish, sexy, sophisticated songbook that includes Too Darn Hot, So In Love and Always True To You In My Fashion. Once again, Roundabout catapults you to musical comedy heaven, with a brand-new Kiss Me, Kate.
The New York Times raves Kelli OHara is sublime. She sings so gorgeously it almost melts the theater. The Washington Post calls the show Unmissable. Scott Ellis first-class Broadway revival raises Kiss Me, Kates sparkle quotient to incandescence. According to the Observer, this blissfully-staged Roundabout revival packs a delightful comic punch.
Kiss Me, Kate marks the 24th cast album recording for Roundabout Theatre Company, since launching the musical theatre program with She Loves Me in 1993. The album is produced by Kurt Deutsch and Lawrence Manchester. Major support for this album generously provided by Susan and Ed Forst, Leni and Peter May, Katheryn Patterson and Tom Kempner, and Diane and Tom Tuft. Additional support provided by The Howard Gilman Foundation, Harry E. Gould Jr., Abby F. Kohnstamm, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, Nancy and Jay Nichols, and The Cole Porter Estate.
Tracklist
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1 Another Op'nin', Another Show - By the Kiss Me Kate 2019 Broadway Company
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2 Why Can't You Behave - By Stephanie Styles, Corbin Bleu
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3 Wunderbar - By Will Chase, Kelli O'Hara
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4 So in Love - By Kelli O'Hara
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5 We Open in Venice - By Kelli O'Hara, Will Chase, Corbin Bleu, Stephanie Styles
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6 Tom, Dick, or Harry - By Stephanie Styles, Corbin Bleu, Will Burton, Rick Faugno
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7 I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua - By Will Chase, the Kiss Me Kate 2019 Broadway Male Ensemble
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8 I Hate Men - By Kelli O'Hara
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9 Were Thine That Special Face - By Will Chase
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10 Kiss Me, Kate (Act 1 Finale) - By Will Chase, Kelli O'Hara, the Kiss Me Kate 2019 Broadway Company
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11 Too Darn Hot - By James T. Lane, Corbin Bleu, Adrienne Walker, the Kiss Me Kate 2019 Broadway Ensemble
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12 Where Is the Life That Late I Led - By Will Chase
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13 Always True to You in My Fashion - By Stephanie Styles
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14 Bianca - By Corbin Bleu, the Kiss Me Kate 2019 Broadway Ensemble
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15 So in Love (Reprise) - By Will Chase
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16 Brush Up Your Shakespeare - By John Pankow, Lance Coadie Williams
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17 I Am Ashamed That People Are So Simple - By Kelli O'Hara
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18 Kiss Me, Kate (Reprise) [Act II Finale] - By Will Chase, Kelli O'Hara, the Kiss Me Kate 2019 Broadway Company
