Kiss Me, Kate!

Join Intermountain Opera at the Bozeman Public Library on Sunday, February 2, at 2:00 to learn about the connections between Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate" and Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" from Emeritus MSU English Professor, Sharon Beehler. Attendees will also get behind-the-scenes insights to Intermountain Opera’s production of Kiss Me, Kate from the director, conductor and guest artists. You may also be treated to a sneak peek some of the amazing voices that will grace this productions.

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“In writing the book of “Kiss Me, Kate,” Bella hoped not only to create a sort of contemporary answer to Taming in the character of the actor Lilli; she also wanted create a more progressive “Taming of the Shrew” for the play-within-the-musical. Though her alterations to Shakespeare were eventually erased, both Spewacks remained clear-eyed about the essential nature of the material, referring in a Saturday Review piece five years after Kate’s opening to Taming as Shakespeare’s “slap your wife around, she’ll thank you for it” play.”

-Anne Potter for “American Theatre,” 2018

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