Sundance: Bill Condon On Revisiting 'Kiss Of The Spider Woman' After 40 Years & Turning Jennifer Lopez Loose In An MGM-Style Musical

Jennifer Lopez talked about 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' and why musical theater was her first true passion before pop music.

Ahead of Kiss of the Spider Woman’s premiere at Sundance, its director, Bill Condon spoke at length about working with Jennifer Lopez on this musical remake. The 1985 film and 1992 Broadway musical are big and sultry,

On Sunday night, the multi-hyphenate finally achieved a long-standing wish, starring in her first musical, care of Bill Condon's dazzling remake.

Bill Condon offers a fresh take on Kander and Ebb's 1992 musical, casting Diego Luna and newcomer Tonatiuh as men who bond in an Argentine jail cell.

There can be no question the Broadway musicals of John Kander and Fred Ebb have been charmed when it comes to movie adaptations. Bob Fosse’s 1972 film reinvention of Cabaret won eight Oscars. Director Rob Marshall and screenwriter Bill Condon’s cinematic interpretation of Chicago in 2002 is still the last musical to win the Best

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A lavish, MGM-style musical is not typical Sundance Film Festival fare. But Sunday night Bill Condon brought such a creation — well, part of one — to Park City, Utah, with his adaptation of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” starring Jennifer Lopez.

Entertainment Hollywood Jennifer Lopez teared up as her film Kiss of the Spider Woman received standing ovation at the ongoing Sundance Film Festival 2025.

At the premiere of Kiss of the Spider Woman, Jennifer Lopez shared that starring in a musical had long been her dream, and it was director Bill Condon who helped bring that dream to life.

The multihyphenate touched down in Utah for the premiere of Bill Condon's 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' and hyped up the nightclub set at TAO with a performance that included her 2002 hit "All I Have."

Jennifer Lopez is a vamping diva in Bill Condon's 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' a musical movie in search of something better.