Presented by Russell Davies Theatre: Broadway meets Shakespeare this week, as Adrian Noble 's production of Kiss Me Kate opens at
Stratford, starring
Paul Jones , Nicola McAuliffe and Tim Flavin. The music was inspired by Shakespeare's
Taming of the Shrew, and its score is Cole Porter at his best. American Ron Field , who is choreographing for the first time in Britain, has worked with everyone from Fred Astaire to Michael Jackson.
Sculpture: The Tate Gallery is holding the most comprehensive exhibition ever mounted of the work of Naum Gabo (1890-1977), one of the great innovators in 20th-century art.
Music: For Valentine's Day an assessment of the man who wrote 'My funny
Valentine': Lorenz Hart.
Described by Irving Berlin as 'our first sophisticated word writer', Hart provided the lyrics for 'Manhattan', 'Blue moon' and more than 650 other Broadway songs. Mark Steyn discusses the qualities of Hart's lyrics which have just been published in a complete edition. Assistant producers
ANDREW EATON. KEVIN JACKSON Director ALEX MARENGO Producer KEVIN LOADER Editor JOHN ARCHER