"The can't miss theatrical event of the summer season! There is no question that the double-best reason to venture into the Dwire Theater to take a chance on this production is the unprecedented quality of its two leads, Kim Crosby and Robert Westenberg. Crosby and Westenberg are legitimate stars of Broadway's Great White Way, where Crosby played the lead in the recent revival of "Guys and Dolls" and originated the role of Cinderella in Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods opposite her husband, Westenberg, who also has "Company," "Les Miserables" and "Sunday in the Park with George" to his credit"...
"Though Crosby and Westenberg were contracted for a "concert" version of the play, the couple refused to rest on their laurels, pushing for a full production of the play and delivering the goods..."

"Crosby fully inhabits the dual role of Lilli Vanessi the actress and Kate the character, constantly engaging us in her character, enticing us to root for her unlikely, unadmitted love interest....Westenberg is equally compelling as actor Fred Graham and character Petruchio. He fills each gesture and subtextual inner thought with flair and enthusiasm, infusing the production with larger-than-life energy. Westenberg does for dialogue what Crosby does for score, and the two are particularly strong when they are onstage together in scenes rippling with the kind of chemistry directors yearn for between their cast members."

Owen Perkins, Colorado Springs Independent
July 1999

"I hated to see "Kiss Me, Kate" end. With a superb cast led by Broadway veterans Kim Crosby and Robert Westenberg, and brilliant direction by Rob Urbinati, Theatreworks production of Cole Porter's classic musical is one of the finest productions ever to grace a local stage....To experience Crosby as Lilli/Kate and Westenberg as Fred/Petruchio from 15 feet away is an unforgettable privilege. They are consummate performers, alternately melding their on-stage and off-stage characters. The depth of their characterizations gives "Kiss Me, Kate" its heart. Every musical theatre singer should hear Crosby to learn about tone, every opera singer should hear her to learn about diction. The rest of us should go just for the sheer joy of it..."

Mark Arnest, The Gazette
July 1999