Spider-Man: The Musical, music by U2

Heartwarming.

Mr. Clinton applauded after every song and laughed heartily during a scene in which the villain Green Goblin becomes irked by an elaborate voice mail system.

sesame street spidermonster is beyond classic. bono muppet!

The mega-expensive musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” is no longer the ungodly, indecipherable mess it was in February. It’s just a bore

NY Times

I saw Bono and the Edge on NBC news last night saying the show was 90% ready. Still 10 % away?

"You'll applaud after every song if you're seated next to Bono!" - Bill Clinton

LOL michael musto

The tonal shifts are uncomfortable, but what's worse is the fact that most of the times someone opens their mouth to sing, you want to reach for the Raid can. Bono has moaned that Julie Taymor was too close to the material to accept criticism, which is what I've said all along, but his and the Edge's score is not exactly inspired, so should he be the one to complain? Maybe they should have called Elton John for lessons on how to write pop-rock music for the theater—or perhaps just trotted out their old hits and set the show on "New Year's Day."

you end up humming the scenery

Is that even legal.

But I feel they should retool this show one more time and use music by Adam and the Ants.

I WOULD SEE THIS.

"Broadway extrava-gorgonzola"

http://twitter.com/jacksonlewislee/status/80743577969377280

He hasn't posted since. Crushing.

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/7/2011/06/xlarge_0615_spidermannew_01.jpg

More Maleficient than Green Goblin, I'd think.

holy shit i just realized that guy in the far right is supposed to be J.Jonah Jameson and not some Dick Tracy mobster

if those are Spidey's natural thighs I am envious of MJ (they're a couple now apparently)

Best Song Title From SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK

xpost A couple of what, ha ha.

So has this closed yet?

Also, if you didn't hate Bono enough:

http://gawker.com/5817275/glenn-becks-final-broadcast-he-left-because-of-spider+man-and-bono

Oh boy, a video!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/07/spider-man-star-reeve-carney-in-new-video-with-bono-the-edge.html

Reeve Carney sounds like a Spiderman villain name.

Skeeve Carney would be too perfect.

btw over the theater doors is this quote;

"What an amazing night on Broadway!"
-President Bill Clinton

Is this thing still going?

I was going to post more or less the same thing. I totally forgot about it.

On the plus side, that means no one else has been hurt.

Yet.

That's because they've switched to an all-Nerf cast.

Took in $1.5 M last week, 3rd to The Lion King and Wicked.

http://broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

sad that a stupid show like Wicked continues to rake in the green

si sad. Met the drummer once, lives in my neighborhood, seemed like a pretty nice guy

i thought this bump was going to be about south park. i didn't know there was a spiderman musical until 10 minutes ago.

But of course.

just set a single-week Broadway record for gro$$es and asses in seats.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-04/-spider-man-sets-broadway-record-with-2-9-million-box-office.html

Its success feels similar to that of "Avatar," just this sort of gormless achievement. It's like citing the longevity of Twinkies or whatever. At a certain point you just have to throw up your hands and sigh.

pretty sure that's the end of act 2

Its success feels similar to that of "Avatar," just this sort of gormless achievement. It's like citing the longevity of Twinkies or whatever. At a certain point you just have to throw up your hands and sigh.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, January 4, 2012 3:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

man i hate to be prick but this is the kind of glib nonsense that us real people hate you city folk for.

spiderman fucking means something to these people. yet you mock them for it.

just GTFO with your godless twinkie talk and say something meaningful

latebloomer, are you ... Spider-Man?

Or Glenn Beck?

*tears up*

mmmmm, twinkies

"Taymor refused to develop a musical that followed the original, family-friendly Spider-Man story, which was depicted in the Marvel comic books and the hugely successful motion picture trilogy based on them. Instead, Taymor, who admits that she was not a fan of the Spider-Man story prior to her involvement with the musical, insisted on developing a dark, disjointed and hallucinogenic musical involving suicide, sex and death."

http://www.nme.com/news/u2/61500

And dangerous falls and stunts.

i'm as amazed that they wanted a musical based on 'the hugely succesful motion picture trilogy' of Spiderman as i am by the fact that the director wasn't a Spiderman fan. to say nothing of her only being fired after the previews, if the entire story she was telling wasn't what they wanted!

TWO Tony nominations!

:/

is that a lot? not being sarky. i'm assuming it's surprising they got any?

yeah two technical noms - that's like Alice In Wonderland getting Best Visual Effects at the Oscars