Vortex's 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' Releases More Tickets

Due to the high demand for advanced ticket sales resulting in a number of sold-out shows, the Vortex Theater Company is releasing additional tickets for every performance of its upcoming production, Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical.  The Vortex has also created a select number of obstructed view seats for a discounted ticket price of $12.  All additional tickets will be available for purchase on September 3 at www.theatermania.com.

For the second production in its 2007 season of musicals, the Vortex Theater Company will premiere its radical new vision of Kander and Ebb's Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical, directed by Gisela Cardenas with musical direction by Milica Paranosic. Performances will officially open on Monday, September 10 at 8PM at the refurbished Sanford Meisner Theater, 164 Eleventh Avenue (between 22nd and 23rd Streets). The production will close Saturday, October 6.

The cast for Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical includes Liza Baron, Michael Beatty, Gabe Belyeu, Damian deShaun Smith, Max Ferguson, Marc Ginsburg, Harold Lewter, David Macaluso, Kim Shipley, Nikki Van Cassele, Rolfe Winkler, Michael Yeshion.

Following its 2007 Drama Desk nomination for "Outstanding Revival of a Musical" (H.M.S. Pinafore), the Vortex Theater Company will collaborate once again with Drama Desk nominee Gisela Cardenas to reinvent one of the most classic musicals of the last twenty years, Kander and Ebb's Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical. "Based on the best-selling novel by Manuel Puig, this dark tale of torture and imprisonment has become a cult hit among musical theater fans since it opened in 1993 and won seven Tony Awards.  By pairing this traditional musical with a creative team well-versed in experimental theater, the Vortex will create a unique theatrical event that joins political ideology with a cabaret aesthetic.  The result will be a provocative new staging of this testament to the power of imagination under the most extreme circumstances," state press notes.

The complete schedule for Kiss of the Spider Woman - The Musical (September 10 - October 6) will be:  Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8PM with Sunday matinees at 5PM.  There will be one additional performance: Opening night Monday, September 10 at 8PM.   The show will run 2 hours with one intermission. TDF vouchers accepted. 

Tickets ($18) for all performances are available at 212-352-3101 or www.theatermania.com.  The Vortex Theatre Company performs at the Sanford Meisner Theatre located at 164 Eleventh Avenue.  For more information visit www.VortexTheater.com.