Kiss Me, Kate (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (687)
See it if you enjoy classic musical entertainment where the ensemble is able to shine and the stars do not disappoint.
Don't see it if musical theater is not for you.
See it if You want to be thoroughly entertained! Every actor is at the top of their game in the production packed with showstoppers. Sets, lights=A+
Don't see it if You’re looking for a dark and disturbing interpretation of the original. This has been joyfully embraced and the wow factor kicked up to 10! Read more
See it if You want to see a classic musical with great, well known songs sung by an all star cast.
Don't see it if You are not a fan of classic musicals.
See it if you like musicals and Cole Porter
Don't see it if you like dark, heavy musicals (go see Oklahoma...) Read more
See it if You love great musicals with brilliant choreography.
Don't see it if You dislike big Broadway musicals.
See it if this show has it all:glamour,great score,dazzling choreography, solid book, & memorable performances from Kelli O'Hara and Will Chase.Bravo!
Don't see it if everyone in the audience was captivated.The actors created an emotional connection with the characters.I highly recommend this show. Read more
See it if you like: an old fashioned (but updated) Broadway musical with great singing, high energy choreography & that Cole Porter score.
Don't see it if you don't like big production Broadway musicals. (Really no negatives.)
See it if you want to experience the BEST Broadway can be. A classic musical brilliantly brought into the 21st century. An absolute MUST SEE!!!
Don't see it if you've lost your mind....there's no reason not to see this show. Pay whatever you have to and GO SEE IT NOW....before it's gone!!!
Critic Reviews (56)
"While many of the greats have tackled 'Kate' over the years ever since it premiered in 1948, O'Hara brings a subdued charm to the usually more boisterous part of Lilli, even if she is positively beaming when she first arrives on stage. The first was Patricia Morison, and the most recent on Broadway--before O'Hara--was the late Marin Mazzie, who received a Tony Award for the 1999 revival, as did the revival itself. And then there was Kathryn Grayson in the 1953 film version."
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"A musical that carries its own weight. It is a fully formed old fashioned extravaganza of a musical that sweeps you up into its arms and carries you off. Especially when the cast is lead by the gracious and skilled O’Hara. She opens her mouth and you swear you can hear the angels singing...Chase comes from behind and catches up to her at the finish line for a surprising and perfect conclusion. This is a jaunty piece of theatre that aims no higher than your heart and scores a direct hit."
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"The musical treat hits it high in the sky, and keeps this clever musical version of William Shakespeare’s 'The Taming of the Shrew' neatly wrapped up beautifully within a musical that soars strong until the happy ending...'Kiss Me Kate' never feels stodgy, at least not as directed here at Studio 54 Theatre with buckets of bravado by Scott Ellis...The show and its cast doesn’t miss one well placed pratfall or prance."
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“Ellis’s production...couldn’t buy an ounce of charm...The retrograde nature of a show which, after all, unrepentantly takes place in a pre-woke age emerges as the least of anyone’s problems...The new treatment loses many lines that are sharp...Even if the material had remained, I’m not sure Roundabout has assembled the right cast to deliver it...The large ensemble is devoid of period style, and the four principals seem siloed in different plays – with only one getting things right.”
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"In Scott Ellis’s anemically directed production, neither has the staying power or depth to celebrate (or reimagine) the 1949 Tony Award-winning hit...O’Hara is the only one who earns the sentiment. So dynamic is her performance, which soars in operatic glory...Choreographer Carlyle injects passion into Ellis’s otherwise mostly nondescript staging...Fleeting moments aren’t enough to compensate for the mostly lifeless faces of the ensemble while their bodies are wholly expressive."
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"'Bellissimo,' sings Kelli O'Hara towards the end of the Scott Ellis' exuberant revival of 'Kiss Me, Kate,' and I can think of no better word in any language to describe the beauty of this Broadway megastar. I'm not just speaking of her stunning face and figure (costumed to perfection by Mahshie) or her flawless vocalizing (you'll never hear a better version of Cole Porter's heartbreaking 'So In Love') but also her (admittedly surprising) comic timing and (not so surprising) smoking passion."
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"O'Hara can sing the phone book and I'll be entranced. Looking as lovely as ever, she does spellbinding things with a voice that moves from register to register as easily as eating ice cream...Will Chase makes a suitably fatuous but handsomely romantic lead, providing acting and singing talents that make the most of numbers like 'Where Is the Life that Late I Led?'…Dancing wizard Corbin Bleu shows off his rat-a-tap-tap (even upside down!) and other terpsichorean skills."
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"I had trouble fully embracing this 'Kiss Me Kate.' Every element arguably works in its favor...The whole enterprise doesn’t make much sense. It felt analogous to 'The Play That Goes Wrong,' a farce that doesn’t aim to make sense; it aims to entertain. Roundabout’s 'Kiss Me Kate' asks us to put aside our intellect, and just yield to our endorphins...There are several fun numbers and pleasing bits in this 'Kiss Me Kate,' although not as many as I would have liked."
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