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'Kiss Me, Kate': A mixed bag filled with classics

If it had nothing else to recommend it, Act II Playhouse's production of Kiss Me, Kate would still have the winning combination of Cole Porter and Shakespeare on its side. That mix - Porter's music and lyrics, paired with Sam and Bella Spewack's reimagining of The Taming of the Shrew - was, in fact, so winning that it took the first Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949.

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