Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
macbeth
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/03
#1Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/5/20 at 5:38pm
Am I crazy or was there talk of this a few year's back. It's the one Kander & Ebb show that I've been dying to see...
matt1982
Understudy Joined: 2/3/12
#2Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/5/20 at 5:55pm
Yes, I thought I remembered Roundabout doing a reading. Wasn't Audra involved? maybe Roundabout will mount it down the road.
#3Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/5/20 at 5:59pmYeah Audra, Alan Cumming and Steven Pasquale. A starry cast but none of them is necessarily the best fit for the characters imho.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#4Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/5/20 at 7:43pmFirst reopen Broadway. See how distancing and masks work out and what to do about those who ignore it. Than and only than think of a specific show
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ElphabaGoodman
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/10
#6Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/5/20 at 9:17pmI would love to see Katrina Lenk play Aurora, if the show were ever to be revived.
#7Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/5/20 at 9:20pmAfter having gotten a little taste of it in Prince of Broadway, I’d love to see Janet Dacal as Aurora.
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#8Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/5/20 at 10:49pm
There were rumours of Heather Headley (and an all African-American cast version) years ago that never materialized.
Also if you haven't seen Donna Murphy sing the title song at the Kennedy Center Honors, then get yourself to Youtube :)
#9Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/5/20 at 11:02pm
Mr Roxy said: "First reopen Broadway. See how distancing and masks work out and what to do about those who ignore it. Than and only than think of a specific show "
Yeah, No. You have no authority here, now, be gone before someone drops a house on you too.
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Updated On: 5/5/20 at 11:02 PM
#10Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 12:01am
Heather Headley would be my DREAM for a revival, with Katrina Lenk, Stephanie J. Block, and Naya Rivera up there.
I also think a film adaptation would easily get Jennifer Lopez an Oscar nomination, and it's the perfect vehicle for her.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#11Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 12:21amI’d love to see an all-Latino production.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#12Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 1:52am
HeyMrMusic said: "I’d love to see an all-Latino production."
Yes, please! Is that too much to ask?
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Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#13Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 2:58am
Mr Roxy said: "First reopen Broadway. See how distancing and masks work out and what to do about those who ignore it. Than and only than think of a specific show"
Don't be silly Mr Roxy---what else can we do except create our own fantasy show? Now is the perfect time.
You loved that film fantasy Hollywood [I hated it] so why not fantasise about Broadway right now?
#14Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 3:43am
imeldasturn said: "Yeah Audra, Alan Cumming and Steven Pasquale. A starry cast but none of them is necessarily the best fit for the characters imho. "
I personally love casting! It would be an absolute dream.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#15Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 12:13pm
If I remember correctly, there was a workshop/reading with Audra, Alan Cumming, and Steven Pasquale at Roundabout. However, there was talks of a revival of the play version. Not sure if it was before of after the Roundabout reading.
I just remember people here lamenting that it wasn't the musical, and the play should (in theory) be dead, now that the musical was larger.
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nasty_khakis
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#16Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 12:46pm
Someone I know who works for Kander said the Roundabout reading was part of. "retooling" the show to work for Audra and not in the same "song and dance siren" way it was for Chita/Bebe/Vanessa Willams.
The play is (was?) on Classic Stage Company's season next year. I remember getting a few excited texts and then had to say it was the play not the musical and everyone's response was basically "oh...why?"
Theatrefanboy1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/15
#17Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 12:54pm
I would love to see a version with Alice Ripley or heather headley or Donna Murphy.
With Johnathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan or (once again I’ll throw him into the mix) TImothee Chalamet. But I would love the first two
#18Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 12:56pm
My current dream cast for this would be starring Amber Gray, with Ben Winshaw as Molina and Raúl Esparza as Valentin.
(sorry about that gasp you just uttered).
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Updated On: 5/6/20 at 12:56 PM
#19Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 12:56pm
HeyMrMusic said: "I’d love to see an all-Latino production."
Me too! Karen Olivo would be fabulous, but she's more of a "mover" than a dancer. Moulin Rouge did an excellent job of concealing her limitations and highlighting what she is capable of dance wise. Acting and singing wise, she'd be perfect.
#20Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 12:59pm
I’m surprised the play sticks around; I haven’t read it for years but isn’t it very very close, almost too close, to the musical?
Much like the Christopher Bond Sweeney Todd was rendered almost entirely obsolete by the musical.
#21Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 1:32pm
Karen Olivo & Raul Esparza sound like really inspired choices, too. I'm surprised that this show has taken so long to get a revival.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#22Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 2:23pm
I'd also love an all-Latino production.
And I second the recommendation of Donna Murphy's performance. She makes it sound like a Bond theme!
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blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#23Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 7:41pm
darquegk said: "I’m surprised the play sticks around; I haven’t read it for years but isn’t it very very close, almost too close, to the musical?
Much like the Christopher Bond Sweeney Todd was rendered almost entirely obsolete by the musical.
God no, the play only has two characters. The musical almost takes the piece into fan fiction mode; it added so much that wasn't there - including the main character. It works, but it has little to do with the minimalist tone and size of the play.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#24Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/6/20 at 8:32pmThanks for the clarification. I seem to have confused it more with the novel or film...
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#25Kiss Of The Spiderwoman Revival?
Posted: 5/7/20 at 10:37pm
ljay889 said: "HeyMrMusic said: "I’d love to see an all-Latino production."
Me too! Karen Olivo would be fabulous, but she's more of a "mover" than a dancer. Moulin Rouge did an excellent job of concealing her limitations and highlighting what she is capable of dance wise. Acting and singing wise, she'd be perfect."
Didn't she win a Tony for playing the " female dance LEAD" in West Side Story?
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