When “Spider woman“Opens in theaters in October, Theater fans will have a chance to see another work by one of Broadways most iconic composing duos on the big screen.
John Kander and Fred Ebb’s classic adaptation of Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel about a prisoner who spends his time fantasizing about a fictional movie star and his cellmate who could not tolerate the hallucinations, was a massive Broadway hit when it debut in 1992 and won the Sex Tony Awards including best musical. Bill Condon’s new film Adaptation, like stars Jennifer Lopezwas one of the liveliest titles to Debut at Sundance This year and can become a player in the upcoming Oscar race.
An official synopsis for “Kiss of the Spider Woman” reads: Valentín (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window agency convicted of public unfairness. The two form an unlikely band when Molina talks about the plot for a Hollywood musical with her favorite Silver Screen Diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez).
“Kiss of the Spider Woman” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2025, where many critics praised Lopez’s presence of greater than life in the film.
“Writer/Director Bill Condon’s ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ A New Screen Version of the John Kander and Fred Ebb Broadway Musical Itself Inspired by Manuel Puig’s Novel and Héctor Babenco’s 1985 Oscar Winner, Could Do No Better Casting Than Lopez AS AS AS AB Golden Age of Hollywood Actress, “IndieWire’s Ryan Lattanzio Wrote in His Sundance Review. “Ingrid only exists as a figure in the imagination of Luis Molina (tonatiuh), a gay prisoner in politically forged 1983 Argentina, who tells his cellmate Valentin (Diego Luna) The Plot of a Movie with her as Aurora. Fosse Musical Adaptation written by Condon and directed by Rob Marshall.
Refractions will release “Kiss of the Spider-Woman” in theaters on Friday 10 October. See the teaser below.
