The Spider-Man Musical Is Put On Hold
It turns out that even your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is not immune to the tough economic times that has gripped our country these days as new word today reveals that the Broadway musical due for release next year which is based on the web-slinging comic book hero, titled Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, has been put on hold due to soaring production costs. HMMM, I wonder if Spidey’s spider sense gave him a head’s up beforehand:
Spidey’s Broadway debut may be hanging by a thread. “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” is entangled in a web of cash-flow problems that have forced a temporary halt to the reported $45 million production. Hello Entertainment, one of the show’s producers, released a statement confirming that “due to an unexpected cash-flow problem,” the show “has been forced to suspend its activities.” The show features music by Bono and is directed by Julie Taymor of “Lion King” fame. Producers insist the show, starring Evan Rachel Wood as Mary Jane Watson and Alan Cumming as the Green Goblin, remains set to launch into previews in February.
Yeah, this ain’t a good sign. I’m not sure what could fix the production’s “cash-flow problem” these days so I wouldn’t go holdin’ your breath that the musical will debut as promised. Broadway shows are closing left and right as less and less people are willing and/or able to fork out the money for these expensive shows. Last I heard, 9 to 5: The Musical is the latest show to close on Broadway, less than 6 months after it officially opened. To be honest, despite the fact that the amazing Julie Tamor is directing Turn Off the Dark, I never had high hopes that this Spider-Man musical would be a smashing success … it still sounds like a bad idea to me. Reports of their financial difficulties ain’t very encouraging. I guess we shall see … but if I were a betting man, I wouldn’t put my money on the success of this musical production.
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August 11th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Spider-Man in general is played out let alone a musical about it.
August 11th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Bono could open his wallet a bankroll this mess for 20 years without breaking a sweat.
August 11th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Thank the laws they didn’t bother! Did you ever see the musical/action show at Universal Studios a few years back that was kinda the same idea? I can’t remember if it was just Spidey or a bunch of superheroes, but even though we’d only gone in to get out of the SoCal sun for a bit, we still couldn’t handle it and walked out to take our chances on sunburns. ;)
August 11th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I only like Bob Fosse.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
lol i seen this one a mile away, seriously…a Spiderman Broadway show?! Broadway has sold out enough to crappy productions, how about something original and worthy of being a Broadway production instead of crap like this…