The problems plaguing the ambitious $65 million dollar Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark continue to hurt the musical because today we learn that the show’s official opening date has been pushed back from January 2011 to February 2011.

As you may recall, the show was originally scheduled to officially open on Broadway in December of this year before it was pushed back to January 11 due to technical difficulties. Apparently, those difficulties continue to hinder the show’s ability to open because the opening date has been pushed back again to February 7. Producers promise (cross their hearts and hope to die) that the show WILL open on February 4 but … at this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if the show never gets to officially open at all:

The opening date for director Julie Taymor’s financially and aerially ambitious musical about the superhero web-slinger has been moved to Feb. 7, according to spokesman for the production. As to any speculation that the date could change yet again, spokesman Rick Miramontez assured Culture Monster this date is set. “The show is ABSOLUTELY going to open on February 7th,” he said in an e-mail. The $65-million show, the most expensive in Broadway history, is currently in previews, and its opening has been delayed repeatedly. The official opening had previously been set for Jan. 11. The production, featuring music by U2′s Bono and the Edge, has been beset by any number of financial and staging delays, and Taymor has said she and her creative team have been working to revise the show’s final scenes.

As you may recall, the show opened to preview performances in November and really suffered from major technical problems that caused massive delays in show performances. It really sounds like the show is just too ambitious to come off without a hitch. Julie Taymor, as visionary as she is, may have bitten off more than she can chew … and is eating thru millions and millions of dollars to try and put on a show that seemed doomed from the start. I am very much interested in seeing Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark myself and I was hoping to see it in NYC after it officially opens in January (i.e. after it works out the bugs) but now that its opening date has been pushed back again … I’m really starting to fear the show will close before I’ll get a chance to see it. Spider-Man has been cursed with nothing but problems since the moment it went into production … I’m not sure anything can be done at this point to save the show and make it a profitable venture. I guess we’ll have to wait and see if it even opens on February 7 at all :/

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