• 'Spider-Man' musical set to open Tuesday on Broadway
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[img]http://cmsimg.citizen-times.com//apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=C4&Date=20110611&Category=ENT05&ArtNo=106110338&Ref=AR&MaxW=640&Border=0[/img] Reeve Carney plays the title character in "Spider-Man" on Broadway. / MICHAEL LOCCISANO/Getty Images [quote] The first time Reeve Carney flew in the air -- without a boarding pass or flight attendants -- was last year, in a Las Vegas warehouse. Director Julie Taymor had erected a preliminary set, and the young rock band singer was strapped into a harness and hoisted skyward. "It was kinda scary doing it over a cement floor," says Carney, who plays Peter Parker and Spider-Man in the Broadway musical. "I figured these guys know what they're doing. They wouldn't put their lead actor in the air without it being safe." Carney now flies over audiences' heads at the Foxwoods Theatre six times a week. Matthew James Thomas, a Brit actor, takes over at the Wednesday and Saturday matinees. Both are eager for Tuesday, and the long-awaited opening night. They're not alone. "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" is finally opening, after a record-breaking $65 million (and counting) investment, plus two directors, two choreographers, five highly publicized actor injuries, six opening-night postponements, lousy reviews. And, oh yeah, music and lyrics by U2's Bono and The Edge. The show seems critic-proof, hoisted -- like its actors, without a net -- into the cultural zeitgeist. Ask anybody to name a Broadway musical and the answer will likely be "Spider-Man." Such awareness is ultimately good for Broadway. Maybe. But the fact that many audience members see the show hoping to glimpse another injury seems troubling. To some. Patrick Page, who plays scientist Norman Osborn and the villainous Green Goblin, downplays the danger. "This particular show was not the deathtrap it's been portrayed as being," Page says. "I've been in a lot of shows. Injuries happen." True. Thomas himself was knocked unconscious at age 9 in a West End production of "Oliver!" More recently, Bobby Cannavale, star of "The Mother(expletive) With the Hat," received stitches after hitting his head backstage. Injuries or no, this seems a musical that's too big to fail, as the saying goes. When critics (and Twitterers) noted problems with the book and score, the producers called in focus groups. Then they shut down "Spidey" for three weeks, ousting Taymor and hiring a new "creative consultant" (Philip Wm. McKinley) and choreographer (Chase Brock). They promised changes. [/quote] Source: [url]http://www.citizen-times.com/article/C4/20110611/ENT05/106110338/-Spider-Man-musical-set-open-Tuesday-Broadway?odyssey=nav|head[/url] Are they fucking serious. This is going to fail.
What is this, the third or fourth time? [editline]13th June 2011[/editline] [quote] Ask anybody to name a Broadway musical and the answer will likely be "Spider-Man."[/quote] NOPE
Spiderman Spiderman Unable to sing Like a spider can't
inb4 neat image. [b]Edit[/b] [img]http://www.meh.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/meh.ro6405.jpg[/img] Probably going to get me banned, but worth it.. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Image Macro - Knew he was going to get banned" - Craptasket))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Fata;30428362][img]http://www.meh.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/meh.ro6405.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] AHAHAHAHAHA ITS ON NOW
We got a sneek preview in Spider-Man 2: [img]http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2004_Spider-Man_2/Thumb/004SPT_Elyse_Dinh_001.jpg[/img] [B][I]WHOOK OUUT! HERE COMES THE SPIDEY MAN![/i][/b]
They've been making this play for 10 years because everyone who plays spiderman dies.
I might go see it for the fuck of it. Lots of hype around it.
It's terrible, everyone already knows it's terrible. There's been ridiculous amounts of money poured into it and it's failed to open a good four times now. Should have just cut their losses and moved on.
well I guess I will see. It might actually be good.
All that I can imagine is spider-man dancing ballet while singing "SPIDER MAN, SPIDER MAN"
inb4ropebreak
Didn't the last guy fall from a harness?
This is one of the most highly plugged full of cash musicals. Green Cash Gobbler more like it.
A preview of the music, featuring Bono himself :downs: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l2n0e9ZOuA[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q_R0Luj98k[/media]
Largest budget of any play ever. Yet it will still suck. Where have we seen this before? *cough Avatar cough*
I guess George Takei didn't get in then... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUrQWsUjTA[/media]
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