The run closed July 1, 1995
- Opened
- 1993
- Closed
- July 1, 1995
- Performances
- 904
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Broadhurst Theatre
Of the 368 productions we hold that opened in the 1990s and record a performance count, this is the 19th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Kiss of the Spider Woman 2 more that season
| 1992 | Transfer Transfer | |
| 1993 | Transfer Transfer |
Who was in it27 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
Bob Stillman
Mimi Turque
9 of these 27 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 18 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters3 roles recorded
Anna-Jane Casey Aurora
Juan Chioran Molina
John Dossett Valentin
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
- Director
- Harold Prince
- Choreographer
- Vincent Paterson
- Orchestrations
- Michael Gibson
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 7 from 11 nominations
| Best Musical | Won |
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.
- John Kander and Fred Ebb’s The Kiss of the Spider Woman (5/3/93; 906 performances). Terrance McNally contributed the book based on Manuel Puig’s novel. Chita Rivera, Brent Carver, and Anthony Crivello shone under Harold Prince’s exemplary direction. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 104
- Prince’s next musical appeared destined to be a complete failure. Kiss of the Spider Woman premiered about an hour from New York City at the City University of New York’s Purchase campus. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 445
- Lone with Dreamgirls, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Tommy Tune’s other visual extravaganza, Nine, Grand Hotel was one of the truly towering directorial achievements of the last twenty-five years. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 144
- Kiss of the Spider Woman played in los Angeles for a year before moving to Broadway. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 230
- Kiss of the Spider Woman, starring Chita Rivera in the title role and staged by Hal Prince, premieres at the Broadhurst Theater and runs for 904 performances. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 32
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for Kiss of the Spider Woman at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.