"Kiss Me Kate" May 9, 2008

 
Boulder Broadway Company presents
Kiss Me Kate
Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter
Libretto by Sam and Bella Spewack
Directed by Carolyn D. Miller
Music Direction by Michael Tilley
Choreography by Stephen Bertles
 
Boulder Broadway Company presents Cole Porter’s Tony Award-winning “Kiss Me Kate” May 9-18 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Pkwy (Wadsworth & Alameda). Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 (senior, student, child, group rates available) and available online at www.Lakewood.org or by calling 303-987-7845.

While cast members of a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew celebrate "Another Op'nin', Another Show", the show's stars, Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, celebrate the first anniversary of their divorce. They take time from their bickering to recall they had once sung "Wunderbar" in a long-forgotten operetta.  Lilli receives a bouquet from Fred, leading her to believe he still loves her, and she confesses she is still "So in Love" with him, but when she learns the flowers are meant for Lois, the show's ingénue, she determines to be revenged.  Fred's problems are compounded when Lois' boyfriend, Bill Calhoun, signs Fred's name to a gambling debt.  Opening night is peppered by warfare between Fred and Lilli, and by demands from two comic hoods for payment of the debt.   In the course of the evening Fred and Lilli recognize they still do love each other.
The cast includes John Riggs (Fred Graham / Petruchio),Katie Miller (Lilli Vanessi / Katherine),Bryan Bell (Bill Calhoun / Lucentio), Jessica Hindsley (Lois Lane / Bianca) with Shirene Provenza (Hattie), Clark Brittain (Baptista), Eric Sammons (Ralph), Garrett Smith (Paul), Don Deveux (First Man), Matthew Baxter (Second Man), John David Cleveland (Harrison Howell), Aaron Quintana (Gremio), Colin Roybal (Hortensio) and Kendra Jacobs (Dance Captain). The ensemble members are Jessica Clayton, Marian Davis, Shannon Dunagen, Katie Feld, Shannon Hodgson, Kendra Jacobs, Eve Lowinger, John Mothershead, Anne Murphy and Victoria Rayburn.
 
Winner of 5 Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Produced Show, Best Script, Best Score and Best Costumes.
 
Listing/PSA info:
Boulder Broadway Company presents “Kiss Me Kate”
Cole Porter’s Tony Award-winning musical version of “Taming of the Shrew”
May 9-18 - Fri.\Sat. at 7:30 p.m.; Sun at 2 p.m.
Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Pkwy (Wadsworth & Alameda) - Box Office: www.Lakewood.org or by calling 303-987-7845. Tickets: $20 (senior, student, child, group rates available)

Official Website: http://www.lakewood.org