{"id":42503,"date":"2016-03-25T10:43:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T17:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=42503"},"modified":"2016-03-25T10:43:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T17:43:59","slug":"nau-lyric-theater-presents-comedy-kiss-kate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-lyric-theater-presents-comedy-kiss-kate\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU Lyric Theater presents comedy &#8216;Kiss Me, Kate&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42519\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/kiss-me-kate-5782.jpg\" alt=\"Lyrical theater production\" width=\"289\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/kiss-me-kate-5782.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/kiss-me-kate-5782-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/kiss-me-kate-5782-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2016\/03\/kiss-me-kate-5782-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NAU School of Music students bring the mischievous comedy of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/jan.ucc.nau.edu\/cto-p\/event\/kiss-me-kate-nau-lyric-theater\/\">Kiss Me, Kate<\/a><\/em> to Ardrey Memorial Auditorium April 1-3.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Directed by <strong>Eric Gibson<\/strong>, the award-winning musical combines Cole Porter\u2019s music and lyrics with William Shakespeare\u2019s <em>Taming of the Shrew<\/em> for a dazzling lyrical production.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 1940s story is about divorced Broadway actors Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessa who agree to act together in the Shakespeare production. They play their roles alongside rising young actors Lois Lane and Bill Calhoun. A series of romantic misunderstandings launch a parallel backstage story, complicated further by the antics of mobsters showing up to collect Bill\u2019s gambling debts. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This is the first musical theater production for\u00a0Gibson, who brings years of professional experience to the university. Shakespearean costumes, professional lighting, top-notch set design and vintage-era clothing crafted by NAU faculty bring the fully-staged production to life.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kiss Me, Kate<\/em> will be performed at 7:30 p.m. April 1-2 and 2:30 p.m. April 3. Tickets are $22 for adults; $18 for seniors; $10 for NAU employees; $6 for children and NAU students with an ID. Tickets can be purchased from the Central Ticket Office by calling (928) 523-5661 or by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ev11.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetEventList?groupCode=OP&amp;linkID=twnau&amp;shopperContext=&amp;caller=&amp;appCode=\"><strong>nau.edu\/cto<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The production is part of the NAU College of Arts and Letters Shakespeare Festival, commemorating the 400th year of the death of the renowned poet and playwright William Shakespeare.<\/p>\n<p>For a behind-the-scenes look into the making of <em>Kiss Me, Kate,\u00a0<\/em>watch the segment below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Getting to Know Eric Gibson, NAU Lyric Theater Director\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WcwmC4LaAgc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-lyric-theater-presents-comedy-kiss-kate\/\">NAU School of Music students bring the mischievous comedy of Kiss Me, Kate to Ardrey Memorial Auditorium April 1-3. Directed by Eric Gibson, the award-winning musical combines Cole Porter\u2019s music and lyrics with William Shakespeare\u2019s Taming of the Shrew for a dazzling lyrical production. The 1940s story is about divorced Broadway actors Fred Graham and&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":42519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}