Spider-Man: The Musical, music by U2

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

"Best Scenic Design Of A Musical" and "Best Costume Design Of A Musical" - hey, two of the parts Julie Taymor is suing over

are the TONYs about as respected as the Oscars or way less or more respected? you know how say the Oscars are considered to get it wrong a lot of the time etc?

the TONYs cover a far, far smaller realm of potential nominees than any of the other big awards. Instead of an entire medium, it covers a multi-block radius, so getting it "wrong" in the nomination pool is tough.

ha, it's up against "Once," "Ghost" and "Newsies" for Scenic

Would like to see a version of "Once" with a superhero busker.

considering Once has rave reviews and the other three noms for "costume" (Follies, Porgy & Bess, that Matthew Broderick Gershwin thing) all have more than a shred of appreciation, it seems unlikely anyone from Spidey will be approaching the stage - or more likely having their name said in a scroll of "other awards given".

this was actually a massive snub; not getting a nom for best musical especially when Leap of Faith got one is a major fuck you to the whole produciton

it seems unlikely anyone from Spidey will be approaching the stage - or more likely having their name said in a scroll of "other awards given"

But Andrew Garfield is nominated for best supporting actor in a drama, so the movie Spidey winning an award is a possibility.

considering how well the musical is doing, it's pretty possible they'll find a way to shoehorn a spot for spidey in the festivities since the tonys are still a big national ad for Broadway. Or maybe they'll just show a lot of ads.

considering the recent spurt of musicals based on ridiculous early '90s movies, i'm shocked they haven't announced an adaptation of Swing Kids yet.

i predict a "Swingers" musical within the decade

considering the recent spurt of musicals based on ridiculous early '90s movies, i'm shocked they haven't announced an adaptation of Swing Kids yet.

Add on Velvet Goldmine and there could be a whole Christian Bale based musical genre.

is there an American Psycho musical yet

That would be so fun! There definitely should be.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/9221030/American-Psycho-the-musical.html

"Do you like Phil Collins?
His songs are the shit.
Ensemble playing's great.
Sussidio, a favorite hit!"

Duncan described the musical as "The American Psycho score is, so far, completely electronic. Prophet 5, Moog, various drum machines. Imagine Depeche Mode as the pit band!" on his Twitter feed.

it's good to know the composer for the American Psycho musical has no fucking clue about the source material

Yes, that gives me a sad. They should have got Phil Collins.

tbh I think Duncan Sheik is incapable of giving anything but a sad

C#
I have run
G#
I have crawled
G#
I have scaled these city walls
F#
These city walls
C#
Only to be with you

40 blocks further uptown on Thanksgiving Eve, title becomes Spider-Man, You Don't Have to Put On the Red Light

http://towleroad.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c730253ef017c33de81b4970b-pi

The $75 million Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” the most expensive theatrical production in history, will close in early January after months of declining ticket sales, one of the lead producers said on Monday night. A somewhat revamped version of the show is being planned for Las Vegas in 2015, according to the producer, Jeremiah J. Harris.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/nyregion/spider-man-to-shut-on-broadway.html

Incredible:

The new Australian musical “King Kong” has been considering a move to the Foxwoods after “Spider-Man” closes, but no official plans are in place. The Foxwoods is expected to undergo some renovations before its next tenant moves in.

!?!??!

A great bit:

Like many producers on struggling shows, Mr. Cohl made attempts through the summer and fall to recruit star names in hopes of reviving ticket sales — in the case of “Spider-Man,” talking to the rock musicians Alice Cooper and Gene Simmons about playing the villainous Green Goblin.

“We got fairly far along with Gene, but there just wasn’t time to get him into the show quickly enough to make a difference,” said Mr. Cohl, who knew both musicians from his years as a rock concert promoter.

longest-running $60 million flop ever

(that is 60 in the red)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9zzHnRYxtc

getaway stayaway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt52nJWik4A

We saw one of the Julie Taymor previews. The crowd was giddy, the show was crazy and carnival-like. A+

can we get an Ant-Man musical now