As the pandemic continues*, I continue my weekly recommendation of a movie set in New York.
Tonight's offering: Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Fred Graham is producing, directing and starring in a Broadway adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Casting his ex-wife as well as his girlfriend and her boyfriend may prove to be his undoing.
KMK is a charming little love story with aspirations to be more than it is. Nonetheless, the music makes it an enjoyable romp. Give it extra points if you're into that whole show-within-a-show thing.
New Yorkiness Rating: 2 out of 4
Virtually the whole movie takes place backstage at a Broadway theater, on the roof of the theater or in the alley behind the theater. But it could otherwise be any city's theater world.
*At least there's no curfew now
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