Productions3 on Broadway
| 1992 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. · predates this show | |
| 1993 | Broadhurst Theatre Original. · Harold Prince | 904 performances · 7 Tony wins |
| 1993 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. May 4, 1993 |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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In the literature51 passages
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. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p104
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. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p445
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. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p144
Kiss of the Spider Woman played in los Angeles for a year before moving to Broadway. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p230
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. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p32
Shows that either have major characters who are homosexual or in which homosexuality is a significant feature of the plot include Hair (1968), Your Own Thing (1968), A Chorus Line (1975), La Cage aux Folles (1983), Falsettos (1992), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), Victor/Victoria (1995), Rent (1996), The Producers (20… book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p193
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