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The Kiss of the Spider Woman production design team sits down to discuss their and Bill Condon’s vision for the Broadway adaptation. Looking at the Kiss of the Spider Woman production design, viewers may be initially unaware of its deep connection to classic movie musicals. Sure, many discerning viewers caught the references to Singin’ in the Rain baked into Jennifer Lopez’s show-stopping performance of “Gimme Love!,” but there are deeper cuts imbedded within the film’s extensive production design. Director Bill Condon, production designer Scott Chambliss, and set decorator Andrew Baseman are all students of classic Hollywood musicals. This extensive knowledge perfectly meshed with Spider Woman‘s main character, Molina (Tonatiuh), who escapes the terrors of prison life for the cinematic life of their inspiration, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez). So, along with Singin’ in the Rain, we receive visual nods to other classic musicals such as Broadway’s Coco, Small