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`Spider Woman' weaves a web of schlock
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KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
Musical in two acts. Adapted by Terrence McNally from the
novel by Manuel Puig. Score by John Kander and Fred Ebb.
Directed by Hal Prince. Set design and projections, Jerome
Sirlin. Costumes, Florence Klotz. Lighting, Howell
Binkley. Sound, Martin Levan. Choreography, Vincent
Paterson, Rob Marshall.
At: the Shaftesbury Theater, London.
LONDON -- In 1985 when Manuel Puig's "Kiss of the Spide...
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`SPIDER WOMAN' CHALLENGES THE CONVENTIONS OF MUSICAL THEATER.(Entertainment)(Review)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ``Kiss of the Spider Woman'' breaks all the rules of musical theater. The story line is political and challenging. There's more dialogue than dancing, the tunes aren't particularly catchy, and the hero is a homosexual. That last exception makes the musical - currently running at the 5th Avenue
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`Spider Woman' tamed for the theater
The Boston Globe
; KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Musical by Terrence McNally, John Kander, and Fred Ebb, directed by Harold Prince At: the Colonial Theatre through Dec. 31 You're a character!" exclaims Valentin, the political prisoner, to his cellmate, Molina, a gay window dresser imprisoned for a sexual offense. "And
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NSMT's 'Spider Woman' deserves a big kiss.
The Boston Herald
; Kiss of the Spider Woman presented by the North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly, through Sept. 26. Kiss of the Spider Woman is easily one of the most daring musicals of the decade. Adapted from Manuel Puig's 1978 novel, it takes a grim subject matter - the abuse of prisoners in an unnamed Latin
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Vanessa Williams is enchanting in `Kiss of the Spider Woman'
New York Amsterdam News
; Mel Tapley New York Amsterdam News 07-30-1994 Vanessa Williams is enchanting in `Kiss of the Spider Woman'. Arts and Entertainment Editor he Spider Woman spins a ...
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Theater; The Kiss of Death; `Spider Woman' Is Tangled in a Web of Bad Taste
The Washington Post
; A camp horror? One of the great sick classics? A Mel Brooks musical come to terrifying life? How to describe "Kiss of the Spider Woman," which opened last night at the Broadhurst Theatre and which is, contrary to what the previous remarks may imply, No Fun At All. The show comes buoyed by four
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