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Broadway star Stephanie J Block performs So In Love from the new production of Kiss Me Kate, at London\u2019s Barbican. Tom talks to her and the Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher about creating the musical show within a show, which is based on Shakespeare\u2019s The Taming of the Shrew.

The BBC\u2019s Culture Editor Katie Razzall on what the political parties have included in \u2013 and left out of - their manifestos on the Arts and Culture. We also hear from The Lowry\u2019s CEO Julia Fawcett and The Times\u2019 Chief Culture Editor Richard Morrison about their thoughts on arts education, tax breaks for filmmakers, Arts Council England and economic regeneration.

And in Independent Bookshop Week \u2013 we hear from Persephone Books in Bath about 25 years of reprinting the work of neglected women writers, mostly from the mid-twentieth century, with recollections of the early days from publishing pioneer Nicola Beauman.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe\nProducer: Paula McGrath