Exclusive Early Screening of Kiss of the Spider Woman With Live Talkback – September 16th Palm Springs Art Museum

Exclusive Early Screening of

Kiss of the Spider Woman With Live Talkback

Featuring Academy Award Winner

Bill Condon and TCM Host Dave Karger

Produced by Michael Childers &

Scott Nevins to Benefit Annenberg Theater

Palm Springs Art Museum – September 16th, 2025

(Palm Springs, CA) Thursday, August 14, 2025… One of the most highly anticipated films of the season, Kiss of the Spider Woman, starring global icon Jennifer Lopez, international sensation Diego Luna, and rising star Tonatiuh, is getting an exclusive, early screening, as well as a live talkback with the film’s Academy Award winning writer/director, Bill Condon, on Tuesday, September 16th as a fundraiser for the Annenberg Theater at Palm Springs Art Museum.

Produced by Michael Childers and Scott Nevins, in association with Palm Springs Art Museum, this one-night-only fundraiser offers Coachella Valley audiences an exciting first look —nearly a month before its official October 10th theatrical release – at the film USA Today hails as “The Best Movie Musical in Years”. Following the screening, the Annenberg Theater will host an unforgettable live talkback featuring Academy Award winner Bill Condon—director of Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast, and writer of Chicago and The Greatest Showman— in conversation with TCM host and author of 50 Oscar Nights…, Dave Karger.

“Michael Childers and I are thrilled to join forces and produce this fundraiser for the Annenberg Theater—a place we both love so much. Having seen the film, I can promise that anyone lucky enough to attend the screening is in for an exquisite experience. Even people who don’t love musicals can’t help but fall under the spell of Bill Condon’s Kiss of the Spider Woman.” — Scott Nevins (TV Personality & Producer, Cabaret 88)

VIP tickets are $110 and include a hosted reception at 5pm inside the museum, catered by Eight4Nine, as well as prime seating in the theater. General Admission tickets are $65. The film screening and talkback begin at 6pm inside the Annenberg Theater. Tickets can be purchased online at psmuseum.org/spiderwoman

When: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | 5PM: VIP Reception | 6PM: Screening & Talkback.

Where: Annenberg Theater, Palm Springs Art Museum (101 N. Museum Dr. Palm Springs, CA 92262)

General Admission Tickets: General admission tickets are $65.

VIP Tickets: VIP Tickets are $110 and Include a hosted reception catered by Eight4Nine, as well as prime seating for the screening and talkback.

Ticket Link: psmuseum.org/spiderwoman

Museum Contact: MarJon Hudson |  mhudson@psmuseum.org

Media contact: Jeff Hocker (760) 409-1530 | jeffhocker1@gmail.com

Official Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/X38mG7IW4mo?si=FFDIGPrI7eB7dk8V

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About “Kiss of the Spider Woman”

Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast director Bill Condon returns to the movie musical in this dazzling Technicolor-hued fantasy. Valentín (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez). Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical hit.

Bill Condon’s visionary new adaptation is based on the acclaimed 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig and the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical of the same name by the multiple Tony Award®-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime) and composer/lyricist team John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago). Written for the screen and directed by Bill Condon, this visually stunning and emotionally charged adaptation stars Emmy Award® nominee Diego Luna (Andor, Y tu mamá también), Tonatiuh (Carry On, Promised Land), and Emmy® and Grammy® Award-nominated superstar Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers, Out of Sight), who also serves as an executive producer alongside Diego Luna. Produced by Barry Josephson, p.g.a., Tom Kirdahy, p.g.a., and Greg Yolen, p.g.a

About the Palm Springs Art Museum

Palm Springs Art Museum is the largest cultural institution in the Coachella Valley. The flagship building, located in downtown Palm Springs, features compelling art exhibitions, a vast permanent collection, and the Annenberg Theater, all in a 150,000-square-foot, architecturally significant building. Five blocks away, the Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion, features exhibitions and programming that explore the rich topics of architecture and design. The museum’s collection also contains two icons of modernist design: Frey House II on the mountainside behind the main building and Aluminaire House™ on museum grounds. Palm Springs Art Museum is a 501c3 Federal Tax ID # 95-1809576.

About the Annenberg Theater

Located on the lower level of Palm Springs Art Museum, with nearly perfect acoustics, the intimate 430-seat, state-of-the-art theater was built in 1976, designed by E. Stewart Williams.