Spider-Man: The Musical, music by U2

idk if it's that easy to shift blame onto Bono and The Edge in this case though....

I'm pretty sure it was known well in advance they'd be on tour during Previews

it's just the show was supposed to have been opened by then, and not be in previews anymore

Wasn't the U2 tour postponed for a year when Bono had a back operation? So maybe that wasn't on the original slate. Anyway, it sounds like their participation was passive at best until the shit hit the fan, then they decided to place the blame squarely on Taymor to save face/money.

idk, from what I read in the theatre community, she was extremely resistant to make changes suggested to her from the outside, ones that were eventually made after her ouster (ie, the removal of the Geek Chorus, the stupid song about shoes, etc)

According to that article, she was extremely resistant to make changes ... after all those months and months of development and previews. But no one asked her to make major changes until the very, very, very end, after it had shut down. There were plenty of opportunities to change the production in the months (and years!) preceding that, but the U2 guys (who OK'd her vision) were apparently AWOL.

I mean, if you read that article, even Bono seems bored of the whole thing by now, and was likely obligated to see this through to fruition. Anyone remember U2's aborted stage version of "A Clockwork Orange?"

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.

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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