So what’s happened to the “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” musical on Broadway, now just a few months away from opening?
“It’s still a $45 million mess,” says an insider who confirmed that Jim Stern and a group of investors including Norton Herrick are supposedly coming in as angels to save the day.
Will this show be happening? “Yes, definitely,” says my source, who knows as much as anyone. “It’s too good not to.”
But in the meantime, “Spider Man” — directed by Julie Taymor with music by U2 — is sort of drifting.
“They had just enough money to get the theater ready. That’s what’s going on right now, preparations. But they don’t have the money to really start beyond that. They’re just waiting.”
Five months remain — short months for a big show — to get “Spider-Man” ready for action. Come on, money guys, the ball is in your…web! And Evan Rachel Wood (who will play Mary Jane) isn’t getting any younger!
October 20th, 2009 at 5:29 am
Investors shouldn’t be wary of this, it’s Spider-Man in NY, you think they’re not gonna make their money back?
October 20th, 2009 at 6:47 am
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October 20th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Julie Taymor + Bono = laughably bad.
October 21st, 2009 at 11:26 am
From “Little Mermaid” to “Shrek” to “Spiderman,” it’s sad that an art form that was once the province of giants like Rodgers & Hammerstein, Cole Porter and Steven Sondheim has now been reduced to “Disney On Ice.” This sounds like it’s going to be a blaring cacophony of idiocy, and I hope it dies quickly so it discourages anyone else from ever doing the same thing again.
October 21st, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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