Shows · Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Opened 1993
904 performances
Musical, Megamusical
Tony Award for Best Musical, 1993
In a Latin American prison cell, Molina, a gay window dresser jailed on a morals charge, shares a cell with Valentin, a political revolutionary. To survive the brutality of prison life, Molina escapes into fantasies about Aurora, the glamorous Spider Woman of B-movies, and gradually forms an unlikely bond with his cellmate as the prison warden tries to use Molina to extract information about Valentin's fellow revolutionaries.
- Music
- John Kander
- Lyrics
- Fred Ebb
- Book
- Terrence McNally
Productions3 productions: 1 on Broadway, 2 in the West End
Songs4 songs
Kiss of the Spider Woman, Dressing Them Up, Where You Are, Dear One
Recordings 4 recordings
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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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