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  1. Kiss Me, Kate is a musical written by Samuel and Bella Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story involves the production of a musical version o...

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  2. Bella and Samuel Spewack. Bella (25 March 1899 – 27 April 1990) and Samuel Spewack (16 September 1899 – 14 October 1971) were a writing team. Samuel, who also directed many of their plays, was born in Bachmut, Ukraine. [1] He attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City [2] and then received his degree from Columbia College.

  3. Feb 26, 2003 · The first Broadway revival in nearly 50 years of the musical comedy masterpiece by composer Cole Porter and authors Sam and Bella Spewack not only enchanted critics and delighted audiences, but ...

  4. Jun 19, 2024 · Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter. Book: Sam and Bella Spewack. Director: Bartlett Sher. Cole Porter’s 1948 Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate, the first-ever recipient of a Tony Award for Best Musical ...

  5. Jun 19, 2024 · Sam and Bella Spewack’s Kiss Me, Kate takes metatheatre both capriciously and seriously. Inspired by the real-life story of squabbling husband and wife actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, ...

  6. Kiss Me, Kate! Music by Cole Porter. Book by Sam and Bella Spewack. Kiss Me, Kate is the Tony Award winning musical comedy that reinvigorated American composer and songwriter Cole Porter’s career with its ridiculous Shakespearean antics and a score of witty, hummable hits. A play within a play, where passions run high as leading lady, Lilli ...

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  8. Bella Spewack, in collaboration with her husband Sam, is known for writing some of the most memorable works of musical theater history, including Leave It to Me (1938) and Kiss Me Kate (1948). The Spewacks also wrote screenplays for several 1940s Hollywood hits, such as Weekend at the Waldorf. The couple contributed to many Jewish organizations and founded the Spewack Sports Club for the ...

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