It’s safe to say reviews of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark have been “mixed.” The Observer found the much-maligned production — now on its 66th performance, all previews – to be visually striking but musically bland, a surprise given the pedigree of the composers (Bono and The Edge, in case you haven’t heard).
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Will Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark ever actually open? Will it ever emerge from preview purgatory and unleash its acrobatic feats of web-slinging and derring-do upon devoted lovers of theater and spectacle? Will the endless delays ever beget a premiere?
Perhaps not! Today the producers of the most expensive show in Broadway Read More
With the myriad problems afflicting Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, the most talked-about Broadway production in ages, whether or not Julie Taymor’s web-slinging comic-book extravaganza is actually good seems an afterthought. The Observer handed over a cool $142 for a seat at a preview and found the visual design “amazing,” the songs “bland” and Read More
Julie Taymor’s web-slinging extravaganza Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has encountered its
It should also be pointed out that the cartoonist, Barry Blitt, has had some experience drawing Spidey before. We knew this looked familiar.
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With each new injury, poor review, or pushed-back premiere date, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark‘s once-massive hype edges closer toward notoriety. With the injury count at three, the stars of other Broadway shows have called for its cancellation. And when actress Natalie Mendoza vacated the role of lead villianess Arachne — an unruly rope Read More
When the lead stunt man fell from his harness, decked fully in the hero’s web-wrapped garb, at Monday night’s performance of the Julie Taymor’s disatrous and accident-plagued Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, it marked the fourth time a crew member had suffered an accident on stage. Producers have dumped $65 million into the musical, Read More
After a twisted, obstacle-fraught path to actually getting on the stage, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark took a step toward an actual premiere when it began previews last weekend. But perhaps it was only a matter of time before things started to go awry again.
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