When Hurricane Floyd raged outside as she choreographed "Kiss Me Kate" in 1999, Ms. Marshall drew from its manic energy and sideways-sweeping rain.

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Six years later, he was working in films, arranging and composing music for some of the great musicals Gigi, Kiss Me Kate and Silk Stockings.

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The producer of "Kiss Me Kate" even went so far as to rip up their closing notice in front of a live audience in the week that followed the tragedy.

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