The Gender Politics of "Kiss Me, Kate"
b'A new production of Kiss Me, Kate is on Broadway now. It features Cole Porter\\u2019s memorable music and Kelli O\\u2019Hara and Will Chase as Lilli Vanessi and Fred Graham, a bickering divorced couple thrown together when they\\u2019re booked to star in a production of Shakespeare\\u2019s Taming of the Shrew. But 1948\\u2019s Kiss Me, Kate also duplicates the sexism of the Shakespeare play at its center. You aren\\u2019t alone if you\\u2019re wondering, \\u201cDoes Kiss Me, Kate work in 2019?\\u201d We asked Will Chase and Amanda Green. Chase (TV\\u2019s Nashville and Broadway\\u2019s Something Rotten) stars in the production as Fred Graham, Kiss Me, Kate\\u2019s Petruchio figure. Amanda Green is the Tony-nominated lyricist and composer who wrote additional material for the production, a key decision-maker when it came to updating the musical\\u2019s book and lyrics. Chase and Green talk to Barbara Bogaev about wrestling with Kiss Me, Kate treatment of women and finding the love at the heart of its script.'