The Department of Performing Arts returns to the stage this weekend with its production of the award-winning Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate, which tells the story of two feuding romantic couples during a touring production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The show runs Oct. 29-31 and Nov. 6-8.

Department of Performing Arts presents Kiss Me, Kate

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Bella and Sam Spewack

Directed by Catherine McNeela, Choreography by Lynne Kurdziel Formato, Music Direction by Nathaniel Fox Beversluis

McCrary Theatre, Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m. - Sunday, 2 p.m.

Sparkling with 18 classic Cole Porter songs — including "Another Op'nin, Another Show," "Always True to You in My Fashion" and "Too Darn Hot" — Kiss Me, Kate epitomizes the Broadway musical comedy at its irresistible best.