"Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches," two lavish productions with gay themes, won the top 1993 Tony Awards Sunday night as best musical and best play.

"The Who's Tommy," an MTV-inspired adaptation of the classic rock opera, provided the main competition for "Spider Woman," which won most of the musical performance awards. "Tommy" dominated the production prizes.

Pete Townshend, author of "Tommy," and composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb of "Spider Woman" shared the Tony for best score.

"This couldn't really be better for me to be honored in this way," Townshend said of the unusual tie. "I've seen their show twice and loved it. I've seen my show 100 times — I hate it."

As expected, "Angels in America," Tony Kushner’s epic AIDS drama, was named best play of the 1992-93 Broadway season. It also won awards for best actor, Ron Leibman; director, George C. Wolfe; and featured actor, Stephen Spinella.

"I want to accept this award in behalf of my gay and lesbian brothers and sisters," said a jubilant Kushner, who also won this year’s Pulitzer Prize. "In the ’90s, I want to see the passage of a gay and lesbian bill of rights and an end to the AIDS crisis."

"Spider Woman," a stark tale of love and torture set in a Latin American jail, won seven Tonys in all. In addition to score and musical, it picked up prizes for its stars, veteran Chita Rivera and newcomer Brent Carver, as well as for featured actor, Anthony Crivello; book, Terrence McNally; and costumes, Florence Klotz.

"Tommy" also captured prizes for best director-musical, Des McAnuff; choreography, Wayne Cilento; set, John Arnone; and lighting, Chris Parry.

Four other shows picked up one prize each.

Madeline Kahn, who plays a ditsy Jewish matron in "The Sisters Rosensweig" was named best actress in a play.

Andrea Martin won best featured actress in a musical for her role as a wise-cracking comedy writer in "My Favorite Year," while featured actress in a play went to Debra Monk in the short-lived "Redwood Curtain."

The Roundabout Theater Company's production of Eugene O’Neill's "Anna Christie," was chosen as best revival.

It was a sweet victory for "Spider Woman." In 1990, the show died after receiving negative reviews in a lavish laboratory production in suburban Westchester County. Producer Garth Drabinsky resurrected the musical, had its authors rework the story and songs, and put it on last year in Toronto and London. That production came to Broadway.

The 1992-93 Broadway season ended with mixed results.

There were record ticket sales of $227.7 million and a rise in attendance to 7.86 million, up from 7.38 million the previous year.