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Happy Birthday, Will: Ten Broadway Musicals Inspired By Shakespeare's Plays by David Gewirtzman

The gangsters in Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate implore the audience to "Brush up your Shakespeare." In honor of William Shakespeare's 451st birthday, Playbill helps readers do just that — musical-theatre style — by taking a look back at ten Broadway musicals inspired by his plays, from Rodgers and Hart's The Boys From Syracuse to Joe DiPietro's All Shook Up (pl…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PM on April 23, 2015

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