Cork's golden age of musicals welcomes Kiss of the Spider Woman
Whether as conductor, musician, director or arranger, he has brought ambition and inspiration to dozens of productions. His Pagliacci won last year’s Irish Theatre Award for best opera, but his shows were previously long-recognised in his native Cork.
O’Brien’s next production is Kiss of the Spider Woman, which opens at Cork Opera House’s Half Moon Theatre on Nov 8. Based on a novel by Manuel Puig, the show was written by composer, John Kander, and lyricist, Fred Ebb, whose work together includes hit shows, Cabaret and Chicago. Kiss of the Spider Woman won seven Tony awards in 1993, including for best musical, best book and best score.
