choreographed by Douglas Yeuell with music direction by N. Thomas
Pedersen
directed by
Hal Simons
February
28 to March 17, 2007
Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, & Saturday evenings at 8:00
Saturday and Sunday afternoon at 2:30
at the Atlas Performing
Arts Center
"magic"
"an orchestra that spins out beautifully"
"theatrical comfort food"
"The 1999 revival of Cole Porter's greatest musical began with a magical sound— a chime with string tremolo as the worklight on stage yields to working cast members. The sound announces the intention to begin creating magic on the stage. Using the same sound for the first moment of the Savoyards' first production on the stage of their new home, the lovely 250-seat theater of the new Atlas Performing Arts Center, seems entirely fitting. They intend to make magic here." — Brad Hathaway, Potomac Stages
"Michael Nansel puts his rich voice to powerful use as a bluff and barrel-chested Fred. Sandy Bainum, as Lilli, has the vocal chops to make 'So in Love' as haunting as it deserves to be. (It’s a love song, sure, but all those minor chords are in there for a reason, and Bainum makes sure you feel each one in your chest.)" —Glen Weldon in City Paper
KISS
ME, KATE – the cast
Lilli
Vanessi/Katharine Minola
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| Fred
Graham/Petruchio
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MICHAEL
NANSEL |
Lois
Lane/Bianca Minola
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ROSIE
SOWA |
Bill
Calhoun/Lucentio
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ROBERT
MINTZ |
Harry
Trevor/Baptista Minola
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JOHN
DOW |
General
Harrison Howell
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DOUG
BOWLES |
First
Man/Second Man
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RON
SARRO and AUSTIN WOLFE |
Hattie
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TOSIA
SHALL |
Paul
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DON
KENNETH MASON |
Flynt/Gremio
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VISHAL
VAIDYA |
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MATTHEW
McGLOIN |
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DANIEL
PUSHKIN |
Dance
Captain/Gregory |
NATHANIEL
RUSS |
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THOMAS
HEDGPETH, JEREMY KING, and JOHN-PAUL MAKOWSKI
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GUILLAUME
TOURNIAIRE |
Ensemble
dancer/Bianca Quartet/wardrobe lady
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EMILY
LEVEY |
Ensemble
dancers/Bianca Quartet |
JEANNIE
HOSLER and TIFFANY GARDNER |
Ensemble
dancers |
MICHAEL
GREW, STACIE HERING, KAYCE ALLISON, STEPHANIE
MEYER, and JUSTINE MORAL |
KISS
ME, KATE – the songs
| 1. |
Another Op’nin’, Another Show |
Hattie and Ensemble |
2. |
Why Can’t You Behave? |
Lois and Bill |
3. |
Wunderbar |
Fred and Lilli |
4. |
So In Love |
Lilli |
5. |
We Open In Venice |
Katharine, Petruchio, Bianca, and Lucentio |
6. |
Tom, Dick or Harry |
Bianca, Gremio, Hortensio, and Lucentio |
7. |
I’ve Come To Wive It Wealthily in Padua |
Petruchio and Men |
8. |
I Hate Men |
Katharine |
9. |
Were Thine That Special Face |
Petruchio |
10. |
Cantiamo D’Amore |
Ensemble |
11. |
Finale Act One |
Petruchio, Katharine and Ensemble |
12. |
Too Darn Hot |
Paul, Musicians, and Ensemble |
13. |
Where Is The Life That Late I Led? |
Petruchio |
14. |
Always True To You in My Fashion |
Lois |
15. |
From This Moment On |
General Howell and Lilli |
16. |
Bianca |
Bill and Ensemble |
17. |
So In Love: Reprise |
Fred |
18. |
Brush Up Your Shakespeare |
The Two Men |
19. |
I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple |
Katharine |
20. |
Finale Act Two |
Petruchio, Katharine, and Ensemble |
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