Kiss of the Spider Woman

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Kiss of the Spider Woman is a Tony Award–winning musical, adapted from Manuel Puig’s novel, that blends political drama and fantasy within the confines of a Latin American prison.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
actStructure two-act musical
authorOfSourceWork Manuel Puig
awardReceived Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
basedOn Kiss of the Spider Woman (novel)
bookWriter Terrence McNally
broadwayOpeningDate 1993-05-03
broadwayTheatre Broadhurst Theatre
choreographer Rob Marshall
composer John Kander
countryOfOrigin United States
director Harold Prince
genre fantasy
musical theatre
political drama
hasBroadwayRun yes
hasWestEndRun yes
language English
lyricist Fred Ebb
notableCharacter Aurora
Molina
Valentin
notableSong Dear One
Kiss of the Spider Woman (song)
Only in the Movies
She’s a Woman
The Day After That
Where You Are
originalBroadwayProductionYear 1993
originalLondonProductionYear 1992
premiereCity London
premiereCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1992-07-18
premiereLocation Shaftesbury Theatre
producer Harold Prince
setting Latin American prison
subjectMatter fantasy and escapism
homosexuality
political repression

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Harold Prince
Terrence McNally
notableWork
Kiss of the Spider Woman ("Kiss of the Spider Woman (novel)")
basedOn
Martin Beck Theatre
notableProduction
Kiss of the Spider Woman ("Kiss of the Spider Woman (song)")
notableSong

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