Kiss Me, Kate (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (687)
See it if You love great music, great voices, great dancing,
Don't see it if Musicals are not your thing. You are turned off by the anti-feminist premise of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Read more
See it if You want to see a delightful revival of a classic musical with strong performances and staging.
Don't see it if You prefer more dramatic shows. Read more
See it if You enjoy a throwback to classic musical theater.
Don't see it if You want music that is more than classic show tunes.
See it if ... you love classic shows brought to new life; or just love great musical comedies because this was superb!
Don't see it if ... you don't like musical comedies or great tap dancing.
See it if You love Kelli O'Hara, a fabulous book, score, orchestrations, and dancing, and smart takes on older musicals.
Don't see it if You only like contemporary musicals with modern themes and viewpoints.
See it if You want to see some incredible dancing from Corbin and the ensemble. Kelli O'Hara singing is incredible. Beautiful sets and costumes.
Don't see it if You're not into classics. You don't care for a battle of the sexes.
See it if If musicals are your thing, it would be a tragedy to miss this wonderful show
Don't see it if I can't imagine anyone not enjoying this show, but if you're total hater of musicals, save your money and get some therapy instead.
See it if you love a great musical ! i have seen this show several times - the music is timeless. this production is fresh, fun and fabulous.
Don't see it if you dont love classic musicals! although this once could convince you to rethink that.
Critic Reviews (56)
"Kelli O’Hara sings Cole Porter’s score gloriously...One of my favorite musicals, with a strong score and a timeless story and though there is much to like here, the second act after 'Too Darn Hot,' seems to fall apart...The choreography by Warren Carlyle is top notch...The orchestrations here seem to pale to other productions, yet this score is timeless...I miss this kind of lush melody with witty lyrics, that are oh so naughty and oh so right...'So In love'...no, but So In Like."
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"The only word less appropriate than 'diva' for O’Hara would be 'shrew.' Her masterful rendition of 'So in Love' is so heartfelt that we may overlook her rather genteel take on the Bard, but maybe not...By the way, O’Hara is in great voice throughout and has never sounded more thrilling...Scott Ellis can be credited with keeping his two leads playing from the same slightly jaded Valentine’s Day poem. He wisely keeps the more manic comedy to the show’s secondary couple."
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"Kelli O’Hara reaffirms her status as the reigning queen of the American musical with her wonderful performance...Scott Ellis once again shows a flair for directing a musical revival. The tweaks to Sam and Bella Spewack’s book may make it more palatable for today’s sensibility, but it remains old-fashioned and clunky even by 1948 standards. However, with its gorgeous score and a splendid production, it is easy to overlook the shortcomings of the book."
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"It’s so damned entertaining, joyously staged and performed that the minor politically correct tweaks to its book hardly matter. Cole Porter’s classic score is given the evergreen treatment by music director Paul Gemignani, Scott Ellis’ production is crisp, clean, and sleek and Warren Carlyle’s choreography is athletic, humorous and sexy. The fabulous Kelli O’Hara and the comically virile Will Chase lead a dazzling cast full of snappy dancers, riotous clowns, and clashing lovers."
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"The revival seems to prove, yet again, that it’s possible for a visionary creative team to whip up a fresh confection from ingredients that have surely passed their expiration date...Director Ellis...dishes up gobs of flash and sizzle. Dazzling choreography by Carlyle does too...Ellis smartly finesses the dated story so that our sympathies lie firmly with its heroine...But the production shines thanks in large part to O’Hara, who remains one of the finest vocalists working today."
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"Features the splendiferous Kelli O’Hara whose voice is a national theater treasure...That Director Scott Ellis’s take on the role of Lilli replaces pithy diva qualities with gentility takes the edge off, however...Brightness is an issue...Songs are neither loud nor crisp enough to make performance shine...Director Scott Ellis moves his company well but misses the acerbic spirit and sweep of more successful productions, making it disappointing to those of us who have seen better."
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“The Roundabout Theatre Company’s new Broadway revival of ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ is occasionally too darn hot, but mostly just too darn meh. Some key casting mistakes keep this well-appointed production from soaring where it should, but the choreography is a knockout and the musical itself so structurally sound and well-written that it cannot fail to entertain—uneven as it is, but still satisfying.”
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“A slightly-revised version of the iconic musical comedy...Performed with inexhaustible pizzazz by a dazzling cast...Delivering the comedy and heart of the narrative and wowing with their extraordinary talents...Roundabout’s smartly-tweaked presentation of ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ gives new life to an undeniable Broadway classic, while subtly reminding us of the progress women have made, since Shakespeare’s time and the 1940s. Win/win. Don’t miss it.”
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