Choreography awards for Kiss Me, Kate
| Year | Award | Choreographer | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Drama Desk Award | Kathleen Marshall | Nominated |
| 2000 | Tony Award | Kathleen Marshall | Nominated |
| 2002 | Olivier Award | Kathleen Marshall | Nominated |
| 2013 | Olivier Award | Stephen Mear | Nominated |
| 2019 | Drama Desk Award | Warren Carlyle | Won |
| 2019 | Tony Award | Warren Carlyle | Nominated |
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.
Award data from Wikipedia lists of Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier choreography awards (CC BY-SA 4.0).