Broadway choreography

Who choreographed Kiss Me, Kate?

Kathleen Marshall, Stephen Mear, Warren Carlyle were credited for the choreography recognized by the Drama Desk Award, Tony Award, Olivier Award.

1 choreography award6 nominationsFirst honored 2000

Choreography awards for Kiss Me, Kate

YearAwardChoreographerResult
2000Drama Desk AwardKathleen MarshallNominated
2000Tony AwardKathleen MarshallNominated
2002Olivier AwardKathleen MarshallNominated
2013Olivier AwardStephen MearNominated
2019Drama Desk AwardWarren CarlyleWon
2019Tony AwardWarren CarlyleNominated

Productions are listed under the year of the award; revivals can bring new choreography — and new nominations — for the same show.

About the show

Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi. A secondary romance concerns Lois Lane, the actress playing Bianca, and her gambler boyfriend, Bill, who runs afoul of some gangsters. The original production starred Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang.

Kiss Me, Kate was Porter's response to Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! and other integrated musicals; it was the first show he wrote in which the music and lyrics were firmly connected to the script. The musical premiered in 1948 and proved to be Porter's only show to run for more than 1,000 performances on Broadway. In 1949, it won the first Tony Award for Best Musical.

From the Wikipedia article “Kiss Me, Kate”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Award data from Wikipedia lists of Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier choreography awards (CC BY-SA 4.0).