How did drab New Jersey soundstages become as bright and bold as the Technicolor movie musicals of Hollywood’s Golden Age? And how did industrial buildings on the banks of the Hackensack River become ...

Jennifer Lopez says her latest project, a musical film exploring an unlikely bond between a transgender character and a political revolutionary, arrives at a moment when a message of acceptance is ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. During the conversation, Jennifer Lopez recalled her excitement upon reading the ...

There have been odder page-to-stage, stage-to-screen, screen-to-song-and-dance-extravaganza case studies than Kiss of the Spider Woman, which began life as Argentine writer Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel ...

Adaptations are a funny thing. In 1976, author Manuel Puig published the novel Kiss of the Spider Woman, which he then adapted into a stage play in 1983. 1985 saw the release of the film adaptation, ...

Bill Condon's Kiss of the Spider Woman challenges a belief I've long held: that in order for a musical to succeed, it must have memorable musical numbers. For these reasons alone, this movie shouldn't ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” a sexual and scatological dazzler about an inmate‘s obsession with a favorite musical, ...