"I've been waiting for this moment my whole life," the global superstar said during the film's Q&A after receiving a standing ovation alongside the filmmaker and breakout star Tonatiuh.

A lavish, MGM-style musical is not typical Sundance Film Festival fare. But Sunday night Bill Condon brought such a creation—well, part of one—to Park City, Utah, with his adaptation of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,

"Kiss of the Spider Woman" was the biggest premiere at Sundance 2025. Jennifer Lopez appeared in a Q&A, answering a question about the film's LGBTQ themes.

On Sunday night, the multi-hyphenate finally achieved a long-standing wish, starring in her first musical, care of Bill Condon's dazzling remake.

Sundance: Bill Condon On Revisiting 'Kiss Of The Spider Woman' After 40 Years & Turning Jennifer Lopez Loose In An MGM-Style Musical

Bill Condon offers a fresh take on Kander and Ebb's 1992 musical, casting Diego Luna and newcomer Tonatiuh as men who bond in an Argentine jail cell.

Jennifer Lopez is a vamping diva in Bill Condon's 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' a musical movie in search of something better.

The plot in the new film follows the original in that it is centered on a political prisoner (played by Diego Luna) in Argentina who shares a cell with a queer window dresser (Elizarraraz), where they talk about the plot of a Hollywood musical starring a talented actress (Lopez).

"There was a lot of things that I had always hoped that I could do and just wasn’t the right time. But this is the right thing," Lopez said at the premiere

Jennifer Lopez talked about 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' and why musical theater was her first true passion before pop music.

The upcoming Bill Condon-helmed musical film isn't just the star's most powerful performance yet—it's also her most political