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.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
actStructure two-act musical
authorOfSourceWork Manuel Puig
awardReceived Laurence Olivier Award
surface form: 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 Featured Actor in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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bookWriter Terrence McNally
broadwayOpeningDate 1993-05-03
broadwayTheatre Broadhurst Theatre
choreographer Rob Marshall
composer John Kander
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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
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surface form: 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, England
surface form: London
premiereCountry United Kingdom
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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