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Shows · Kiss of the Spider Woman · Broadhurst Theatre, 1993

Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1993

Opened 1993

Closed July 1, 1995

904 performances

Broadhurst Theatre

Original

Broadway

7 Tony Awards

Of the productions that opened in the 1990s, this had the 19th longest run.

Other stagings of Kiss of the Spider Woman 1 more

1993
ProductionLondon

Who was in it30 named

Kirsti Carnahan
Colton Green
Robert Montano
Dan O Grady
Aurelio Padron
Gary Schwartz
John Norman Thomas
Maria Conchita Alonso
Jeff Hyslop
Brian Mitchell
John Aller
Adrian Bailey
Jeff Bannon
Vincent D Elia
Robert Dusold
Troy Myers
Mimi Turque
Anna-Jane Casey as Aurora
Juan Chioran as Molina
John Dossett as Valentin

Creative team

Director
Harold Prince
Choreographer
Vincent Paterson
Orchestrations
Michael Gibson 3

Tony Awards 7 from 11 nominations

Best Musical
Won

Recordings 1 released while this run was on

1995
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1994 Broadway cast) Mercury Records 314 526 526-2, released March 7, 1995
United States

3 more exist for other runs of this show: see Kiss of the Spider Woman for all of them.

Around this production

Kiss of the Spider Woman is a musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig. Directed by Harold Prince, the musical had runs in Toronto (1992), the West End (1992-93), and Broadway (1993). It won the 1993 Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score, as well as acting awards for all three principals in the cast. A film adaptation starring and co-executive produced by Jennifer Lopez and written and directed by Bill Condon premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2025.

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