Behind The Web: Bill Condon on Revisiting “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
Few stories loom as large in the canon of page, stage and screen as Kiss of the Spider Woman. Adapted from Argentinian writer Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel, there is a 1983 stage play version, a 1985 film, directed by Héctor Babenco, and the unforgetable 1993 Broadway musical. They each broke barriers with their depiction of sexuality, political resistance, love, isolation, and the unlikely friendship between two ideologically different cell mates.
Now, acclaimed writer/ director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Chicago, Dreamgirls) brings his unique perspective to a new adaptation, weaving fresh emotional threads into the intricate web of Puig’s classic novel. In the 2025 film, Tonatiuh (as Luis Molina) and Diego Luna (as Valentin Arregui) step into the iconic roles first immortalized by William Hurt and Raul Julia.
Bill Condon’s visionary new cinema adaptation is based on the acclaimed novel Kiss of the Spider Woman and the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical of the same name by the multiple Tony Award®-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime) and composer/ lyricist team John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago).
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