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Kiss of the Spider Woman

Melbourne Theatre Company

Event Date: 28 August 2018 05:00 PM

Winner of 7 Tony Awards
including Best Musical

From Kander & Ebb, the team behind smash-hit shows Chicago and Cabaret, comes a provocative tale of love and imagination starring musical legend Caroline O’Connor.

In a dark South American prison, two very different men share a small cell. Valentin is a Marxist revolutionary who refuses to betray his comrades. Molina is a gay window dresser who distracts himself by escaping to a fantasy world of movies starring the glamorous diva, Aurora. Valentin can’t stand Molina’s cinematic fantasies and so draws a line on the floor to stop Molina from coming near him. Surely that will keep them apart.

From Kander & Ebb, the team behind smash-hit shows Chicago and Cabaret, and acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class), comes a provocative tale of love, imagination, and the friendship that develops when humanity is pushed to its limits. It’s a powerful and emotive story made famous by the original novel and an Oscar-winning film, brought to life here as a dazzling major musical production for the first time ever in Australia.

Musical legend Caroline O’Connor (Bombshells) returns to MTC to take on the role of exotic film goddess, Aurora, in a show that’s set to sizzle and surprise, directed by Helpmann Award-winner Dean Bryant (Sweet Charity).

‘One of Broadway’s most
thrilling musicals.’
The New York Times

Caroline O’Connor discusses the first ever professional production of Kiss of the Spider Woman in Australia.

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