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Too Darn Hot : Kiss Me, Kate and the Making and Remaking of a Broadway Musical.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robbins, Hannah.
- Series:
- Broadway Legacies Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.
- Summary:
- A behind-the-scenes look at the creation and legacy of Kiss Me, Kate, Too Darn Hot explores the musical's rapid development, enduring success, and controversial aspects.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Kiss Me, Kate: A Commercial Force
- The Plot
- Unpacking the Story
- 1 Critical Approaches to a Broadway Hit
- The Shakespeare Musical
- A Cole Porter Musical
- Screwball and the Comedy of Remarriage
- Reviving Classic Musicals
- Kiss Me, Kate in the Archive
- Constructing a Narrative
- 2 Early Drafts of Kiss Me, Kate
- First Beginnings
- A Songwriter and a Singer
- Backstage: The Musical
- A First Complete Draft
- 3 Adapting The Taming of the Shrew
- Sam's Shakespeare
- Manipulating the Material
- Porter's Taming of the Shrew
- Collaborating on Katherine
- 4 Crafting the Score
- Sourcing the Score
- Porter's Process
- Musical Intertextuality
- Porter's Love Songs
- Manifesto Music
- 5 Preparing Kiss Me, Kate for Broadway
- Finding Lilli
- Creative Tensions
- Casting Fred
- Choreographing Kiss Me, Kate
- The Rehearsal Period
- Visualizing Kiss Me, Kate
- Testing a Hit
- 6 Kiss Me, Kate after Broadway
- Kiss Me, Kate in London
- Kiss Me, Kate in Vienna
- Returning to London
- 7 Kiss Me, Kate on film
- Framing Kiss Me, Kate for Screen
- Casting Kiss Me Kate
- Adapting the Songs
- Censoring Kiss Me, Kate
- Technological Matters
- 8 Kiss Me, Kate and the Contemporary
- Introducing New Sexisms
- Alternative Approaches
- A Classic Musical for Modern Times
- Notes
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-008243-7
- OCLC:
- 1582164546
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