Vortex Theater to Present Kiss of the Spider Woman Musical

For the second production in its 2007 season of musicals, the Vortex Theater Company (Joshua Randall, Artistic Director) will premiere its new version 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 8:00 p.m. at the refurbished Sanford Meisner Theater, 164 Eleventh Avenue (between 22nd and 23rd Streets). The production will close Saturday, October 6.

"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 ('Outstanding Director of a Play,' Agamemnon, 2006) 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.

Vortex Theater Company, in residence at the Sanford Meisner Theater since 1983, is dedicated to creating and producing a diverse range of classical texts reconstructed for a contemporary audience.  

The complete schedule for the show (September 10 - October 6) will be:  Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 5:00 p.m.  There will be one additional performance: Opening night Monday, September 10 at 8:00 p.m.   The show will run 2 hours with one intermission.  Tickets: $18.  TDF vouchers accepted.  Tickets for all performances are available at 212-352-3101 or www.theatermania.com.

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