Music and Lyrics by:
Cole Porter
Musical Numbers/Setting
Act One
Setting: Ford Theatre, Baltimore, June 1948
Scene One: The stage of Ford Theatre, Baltimore
"Another Op'nin' Another Show".........Hattie and the Company
Scene Two: The Backstage Corridor
"Why Can't You Behave"....................Lois and Bill
Scene Three: Fred and Lilli's Dressing Rooms
"Wunderbar"......................Fred and Lilli
"So In Love".........................Lilli
Scene Four: Padua
"We Open In Venice"....Petruchio, Katharine, Bianca, Lucentio
Scene Five: A Street in Padua (Piazza)
"Tom, Dick or Harry"......Bianca, Lucentio, Gremio, Hortensio
"I've Come to Wive It Wealthily In Padua"
........................Petruchio and the Men
"I Hate Men"........................Katharine
"Were Thine That Special Face"..... Petruchio
Scene Six: The Backstage Corridor
Scene Seven: Fred and Lilli's Dressing Rooms
Scene Eight: A Country Road in Padua
"Cantiamo D'Amore.....................The Ensemble
Scene Nine: The Church in Padua
"Kiss Me Kate".......Petruchio, Katharine, the Ensemble
Intermission
Act Two
Setting: Ford's Theatre, Baltimore, Immediately following
Scene One: The Theatre Alley
"Too Darn Hot"................Paul and the Ensemble
Scene Two: Before the Curtain
Scene Three: Petruchio's House
"Where Is the Life That Late I Led?.........Petruchio
Scene Four: The Backstage Corridor
"Always True to You (In My Fashion)".........Lois and Bill
Scene Five: Fred and Lilli's Dressing Rooms
"From This Moment On"............Harrison Howell and Lilli
Scene Six: The Backstage Corridor
"Bianca"....................Bill and Ensemble
"So in Love" (Reprise)..................Fred
Scene Seven: Before the Curtain
"Brush Up Your Shakespeare"........First Man and Second Man
Scene Eight: Baptista's House, Padua
Pavane............Bianca, Lucentio, and the Ensemble
"I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple"..........Katharine
"Kiss Me Kate" (Finale)............The Company
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