His screenplay for the 2002 Oscar-winning “Chicago” helped reinvigorate the genre after a long fallow period. He then stepped behind the camera to write and direct 2006’s “Dreamgirls,” a movie that won Jennifer Hudson an Academy Award for her debut feature role. In 2017, he pulled double-duty, directing the live-action “Beauty and the Beauty” and sharing writing credit on “The Greatest Showman,” both massive hits. And today, he sees the release of his latest movie musical, “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” featuring Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna and newcomer Tonatiuh.
The secret to a good musical adaptation? Condon has a seemingly simple answer. “The crucial question you have to ask when you are revisiting something is: is it necessary?” he admits. “Why do it?”
In the case of this new “Spider Woman,” there were several factors. Condon had read the 1976 Manuel Puig…
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