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
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 03:09 (eleven years ago) link
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
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 November 2012 06:23 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link
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.
!?!??!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 16:03 (ten years ago) link
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.
“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.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
longest-running $60 million flop ever
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 November 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
(that is 60 in the red)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9zzHnRYxtc
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 November 2013 03:38 (ten years ago) link
getaway stayaway
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 22 November 2013 06:51 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt52nJWik4A
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 11 February 2016 21:32 (eight years ago) link
We saw one of the Julie Taymor previews. The crowd was giddy, the show was crazy and carnival-like. A+
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 11 February 2016 22:10 (eight years ago) link
can we get an Ant-Man musical now
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Monday, 4 November 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
keep Reed on, make it a crossover with Down With Love
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 4 November 2019 23:04 (four years ago) link
Up with Ant-man?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 November 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
Up With Giant-Man
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 00:20 (four years ago) link
i miss when this was all that was going on in the world
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 17 May 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCBjJwjgTgW
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 May 2021 15:54 (two years ago) link
Crap. This gets you there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkLi5F0G0Hw
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 May 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
https://aux.avclub.com/how-youtube-is-keeping-the-memory-of-spider-man-turn-o-1846832894
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 May 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
I still can't believe that this happened
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Monday, 17 May 2021 15:57 (two years ago) link
guess we'll never get follow-up musical Hulk Hop Hooray
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 17 May 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
I mean, I do and I don't want to get lost in that Archive, but shit like this is like Batman & Robin: The Movie, The Musical:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK46JScH2XI
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 May 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
god bless those archivists
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 17 May 2021 16:02 (two years ago) link
i'm sure once his harness failed, he became Brown Goblin
Goblin doing stand-up, then transitioning into a dance-pop tune. never knew I wanted this in my life. well because I didn't. but watch I do
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 17 May 2021 16:05 (two years ago) link
On November 19, 2013, producers announced that the show would close on January 4, 2014, citing falling ticket sales[26] and no longer being able to get injury insurance for the production as reasons for closure.[27]
lmao
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 17 May 2021 16:07 (two years ago) link
It's mentioned once upthread but the Lord of the Rings musical just missed out a bit on this kind of archival coverage -- a couple of years earlier in social media existence and more importantly never did play Broadway, only Toronto and the West End. We had a blast on our podcast talking about it and I think our show notes actually pull together the most documentation about it all around:
https://www.megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/16
But yeah, nothing will top this and I'm with Neanderthal's post for the revive. Admittedly I was having a total blast on this thread.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 May 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
This is some straight up “Zoo Animals On Wheels” horror.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 17 May 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
i regret not seeing that LotR musical in toronto but i figured it would play for more than a few months, ha
there's a 10-min video on that spider man youtube channel just called "all recorded accidents", not sure if i have the nerve to watch it
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, 17 May 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
The archive might as well just be called "all recorded accidents."
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 May 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
They chose that song when they went on Letterman (watch the ending if nothing else)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RgR0-EWuNY
Which inspired this Comedy Bang Bang sketchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZOcPFoT6T8
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 17 May 2021 23:33 (two years ago) link
cant believe they couldnt sneak Grinder Girl onstage in that Letterman clip
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 00:29 (two years ago) link
lol i used to work next door to this but watching that "bouncing off the walls" video is the first time i've ever heard any of the music.sounds like what i thought it would sound like
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:22 (two years ago) link
What
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-03/george-santos-produced-broadway-s-spider-man-musical-at-least-he-claims-he-did
Add Broadway producer to the long list of George Santos’s fabrications.While running for Congress in 2021, Santos told some potential donors he was a producer on the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, according to people familiar with the discussions. That show, which ran from 2011 to 2014, was an ill-fated production that lost tens of millions of dollars and suffered from technical mishaps and actor injuries.
While running for Congress in 2021, Santos told some potential donors he was a producer on the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, according to people familiar with the discussions. That show, which ran from 2011 to 2014, was an ill-fated production that lost tens of millions of dollars and suffered from technical mishaps and actor injuries.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 4 February 2023 00:08 (one year ago) link
Here’s a guy who thought he knew how to fix the one problem with the scam in The Producers: you gotta raise money on the production *after* it fails
― omar little, Saturday, 4 February 2023 00:25 (one year ago) link