Spider-man: The Musical

[EliSnow]

Looks like the Spider-man Musical (http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.7014.First_Look%7Ecolon%7E_Spider-Man_2010_Broadway_Musical)is going to happen.

http://marvel.com/i/content/st/7014/7014story_banner5496365.jpg

Directed by Julie Taymor with music by Bono and Edge.

I do not know what to think.

[~Katja~]

really?
who would watch that? I am trying to escape from spiderman in my own house... maybe this will be suited for toddlers.

[mikeyboy]

I do not know what to think.

I do. :wallbash:

[Don Stugots]

Retarded.

[boonanas]

I'll probably see this if they offer student rush, but they probably won't knowing the budget if this fucking thing.

[EliSnow]

I do. :wallbash:

My initial thought was:

http://www.redboots.net/smusical/smus03.JPG

Okay, it was my second, third and fourth thoughts. But it is Julie Taymor, and no one thought the Lion King would work.

[Misteriosa]

my first thought when i saw this was: Stop it.

[mikeyboy]

My initial thought was:

http://www.redboots.net/smusical/smus03.JPG

Okay, it was my second, third and fourth thoughts. But it is Julie Taymor, and no one thought the Lion King would work.



Well, the Lion King movie (and all of the Disney movies that have been adapted for Broadway) has at least the skeleton of a musical. Adding music to Spiderman just seems silly.

Edit: Jack Cassidy as Superman? So bizarre.

[EliSnow]

Well, the Lion King movie (and all of the Disney movies that have been adapted for Broadway) has at least the skeleton of a musical. Adding music to Spiderman just seems silly.

Good point.

[EliSnow]

Well, the Lion King movie (and all of the Disney movies that have been adapted for Broadway) has at least the skeleton of a musical. Adding music to Spiderman just seems silly.

Edit: Jack Cassidy as Superman? So bizarre.

Actually, it appears that Jack Cassidy played the villain (http://www.redboots.net/smusical/musical.htm), but got top billing.

[Furtherman]

Turn off the dark?

What does that even mean?

Wouldn't that be... turning on a light?

:wacko:

[JustJon]

http://www.littlestuffedbull.com/images/comics/adff288-capbway.jpg

[lleeder]

The fact that this is happening and that the Obama Spiderman team up is on of the hottest issues in recent memory proves Spiderman is done. The book has become stale and boring. The only way people talk about this comic is through gimmicky bullshit.

[Captain Rooster]

I am ALL for this idea. Why not? This sort of show can expose more kids to the story and bring a decent production together for parents who are secretly still lil 9-yr-old boys and girls running around in their Underroos.

What's a better story? Phantom? CATS!?

The nly problem I have is that serious drama has gone the way of the Donner Party--Arthur Miller never would have been big if the whole lights nd sound extravaganzas were the rage in the 40s and 50s.

[boonanas]

I don't see this as being any different than Young Frankenstein or Lion King or any of that. I've seen some pretty awful things on broadway (Spring Awakening and 39 Steps being a couple, and the critics loved them), but I'm sure this won't be awful. I'm also hoping that it takes a sort of campy direction but with "Turn Off The Dark" as a subtitle, it doesn't look that way.

[Gritty]

Looks like the Spider-man Musical (http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.7014.First_Look%7Ecolon%7E_Spider-Man_2010_Broadway_Musical)is going to happen.

http://marvel.com/i/content/st/7014/7014story_banner5496365.jpg

Directed by Julie Taymor with music by Bono and Edge.

I do not know what to think.

Wonder if it will be based on this --> http://www.samruby.com/Entertainment/rockreflections.htm

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7888/spidermanrock.jpg

Yes, I am that old.

[Thebazile78]

It's an interesting mix of people for the created-by lines. But Julie Taymour's last non-Disney backed outing didn't go over so well ... on the flip side, not all Disney On B'Way shows are worth the transfer. (See Tarzan and The Little Mermaid for examples.)

Although, the Hilton Theatre is an ideal venue for a comic book crowd - the seats are bigger, there's more legroom and they let you bring snacks back into the seats during intermission.

It really looks interesting, but has the distinct possibility to BOMB big-time.

[Furtherman]

Well, after three years and $60 million dollars, it starts previews this week.



I'm predicting this will be a major flop.

[booster11373]

Well, after three years and $60 million dollars, it starts previews this week.



I'm predicting this will be a major flop.

There was a fluff piece about this on 60 minutes last night

[KnoxHarrington]

Apparently the preview was something of a disaster.

Last night's opening pre view of Broadway's most expensive production ever, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," was an epic flop as the $65 million show's high-tech gadgetry went completely awry amid a dull score and baffling script, theatergoers griped.
Stunned audience members were left scratching their heads over the confusing plot -- when they weren't ducking for cover from falling equipment and dangling actors at the Foxwoods Theatre on West 42nd Street, some said.
At various points, overhead stage wires dropped on the audience, scenery appeared on stage missing pieces -- and the show's star was even left swaying helplessly over them midair during what was supposed to be the climatic end to the first act.


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/bugs_beset_spider_man_on_stage_NfctVtDnuFc5Lv0XNc8 f0J#ixzz16hzx9eqr

Seriously, Broadway, not everything needs to be made into a shitty musical.

[jennysmurf]

I read about this in New York Magazine last night on the plane. I can't imagine this being good. Not even a bit.

[Furtherman]

Conan O'Brien's no-budget preview of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (http://blastr.com/2010/12/conan-obriens-no-budget-p.php)

[Furtherman]

I f'n love this bit.

Conan Shows Spider-man Musical Still Having Problems (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/conan-spider-man-musical_n_793721.html)

[Space Edge]

Reading some tweets looks like a performer fell 20ft into the stage pit tonight. The stopped the production and called 911 as the actor screamed.

http://goo.gl/R9CWi

[Furtherman]

I f'n love this bit.

Conan Shows Spider-man Musical Still Having Problems (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/conan-spider-man-musical_n_793721.html)

Reading some tweets looks like a performer fell 20ft into the stage pit tonight. The stopped the production and called 911 as the actor screamed.

http://goo.gl/R9CWi

Conan predicted that would happen!

[Freitag]

I've asked this a few times, so I'll ask again:

Apparently the woman who is directing this show has a background in puppetry? That said, why the hell did NO ONE think of talking to engineers or people from Cirque du Soleil for the wire work?

[Misteriosa]

I've asked this a few times, so I'll ask again:

Apparently the woman who is directing this show has a background in puppetry? That said, why the hell did NO ONE think of talking to engineers or people from Cirque du Soleil for the wire work?

idk. thats a good question. maybe they were trying to do this on the cheap. this whole fucking thing is 65 mil dollars. im guessing they ran overbudget. im sure they were asked to cut corners. :wacko:

[Freitag]

Conan predicted that would happen!

Denis Leary was on Imus a few days ago and did a great rant on Spider-Man and about how he'd pay extra money to see people fall. "I don't want to see people get hurt; just fall. I'd pay like 500 extra to see that. And if they fall on top of someone in the audience close to me? That's 1000 extra."

[Freitag]

idk. thats a good question. maybe they were trying to do this on the cheap. this whole fucking thing is 65 mil dollars. im guessing they ran overbudget. im sure they were asked to cut corners. :wacko:

Where exactly does 65 million go on a broadway show?

I mean, I know U2 doesn't come cheap.

[Judge Smails]

Where exactly does 65 million go on a broadway show?


A lot of Mimosas, condoms and anal lube.

[Willmore]

Reading some tweets looks like a performer fell 20ft into the stage pit tonight. The stopped the production and called 911 as the actor screamed.

http://goo.gl/R9CWi

He screamed? Fucking pussy. He wasn't an actor, he was a stuntman, a Broadway stuntman, so he was probably gay, but still, you don't scream.

[Willmore]

I've asked this a few times, so I'll ask again:

Apparently the woman who is directing this show has a background in puppetry? That said, why the hell did NO ONE think of talking to engineers or people from Cirque du Soleil for the wire work?

She's the chick that directed Lion King, she don't need no stinking wires. Shit should fly on its own.

[TripleSkeet]

Im dying to see this show now.

[Dude!]

Im dying to see this show now.

literally

[MagillaGorillaz]

Spider Man, the Blue Blazer of Broadway.

[Freitag]

He screamed? Fucking pussy. He wasn't an actor, he was a stuntman, a Broadway stuntman, so he was probably gay, but still, you don't scream.

lazy journalism. From what I read, the actress playing MJ was the one who was screaming; he was out cold.

[Freitag]

Spider Man, the Blue Blazer of Broadway.

Kansas City is off-off-off-off-OFF Broadway

[Judge Smails]

Apparently, someone had a cellphone camera in the audience and caught the accident.

Honestly, I'm not that impressed with the set everyone seems to be raving about.

http://www.colectiva.tv/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/spidermanFAIL-2996.gif

[Fugitive]

The NY Times article today seemed to be saying that someone captured the fall on their cell phone. Has this popped up anywhere on the internet?

The video above is not it, because they say he fell into some kind of pit where MJ was.

[Judge Smails]

The NY Times article today seemed to be saying that someone captured the fall on their cell phone. Has this popped up anywhere on the internet?

Yeah, see previous post

[Judge Smails]

The video above is not it, because they say he fell into some kind of pit where MJ was.

The hell you say!

[Furtherman]

Word on the street, that's Broadway, is the show has been canceled indefinitely.

[Furtherman]

Nuclear Bomb Detonates During Rehearsal For 'Spider-Man' Musical (http://www.theonion.com/articles/nuclear-bomb-detonates-during-rehearsal-for-spider,18743/)

[fezident]

This show is a lost cause.
I think they should have a fire sale and just charge, like, $25 per ticket. Get people in the door. If it gets bad word-of-mouth.... oh well.... the show's reputation is already in the toilet. If people actually LIKE it... then maybe the show will manage to recoup a handsome chunk o' change over the next few weeks/months.

[Recyclerz]

NY Times Review of Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark (http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/theater/reviews/spiderman-review.html?hp)


Don't want to give it away but "Aw Shit, Son..." :wink:

[Judge Smails]

http://thespideyproject.blogspot.com/


Feb. 16 2011, New York, NY: ____ Veteran humorist and playwright, Justin Moran, launches “Spiderman Smackdown”, a guerilla theatre project to write, rehearse, and perform a fully realized musical based on the character Spiderman in under 30 days with a budget of $0. Set to open one day before the $65 Million Broadway musical “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark”, Moran’s musical will be the first Spiderman Musical to officially open in New York City.

[Dude!]

http://thespideyproject.blogspot.com/

[/I][/CENTER]

that's great!
i love guys like that

[Judge Smails]

The Spidey Project that was conceived, written and performed in under a month for $0 is now available on Youtube. It premiered on March 15 - the same night the $65 million version was supposed to premier. I bet you its actually better than the Turn Off the Dark version.

It's in four parts. Here's Part 1. If you're really interested I'm sure you can figure out how to find the other ones.

http://<IFRAME title="YouTube video player" height=390 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/s1pvdr_RpWg" frameBorder=0 width=640 allowfullscreen></IFRAME> (http://<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/s1pvdr_RpWg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>)