Monday, December 6, 2010

Spider-Man - Turn Off The Dark - flop or wonderful Broadway?

"Spider-Man – Turn Off The Dark" is a Broadway play with its own excitement. Written by U2 stars Bono and The Edge, "Spider-Man" is probably the most expensive play in Broadway history. Many Broadway critics have already called the show a major flop. Technical issues and cost overruns are a large issue for the musical. Article source – Spider-Man – Turn Off The Dark – flop or fantastic Broadway? by Money Blog Newz.

'Spider-Man – Turn Off The Dark’ fundamentals

A Broadway musical depending on the “Spider-Man” movies and comic books, “Spider-Man – Turn Off The Dark” is a “rock and roll circus excitement.”. Julie Taymor, as the Broadway legend, is directing the show while Bono and The Edge are composing the music. A new villain is added while you will find lots of flying scenes and set pieces using gigantic LED screens. The show required many new masks to be made by Taymor. Her success from "The Lion King" has helped her a lot

The reason the reason why ‘Spider-Man’ was delayed at all

January 2010 was when "Spider-Man" was really designed to come out. A producer perished during the project causing a delay. There have been also delays in "Spider-Man" because of cost overruns and safety concerns. The first preview performance already happened. Nov 28 was when it taken place too. January 11, 2011 could be when "Spider-Man – Turn Off the Dark" will officially be opening. The first performance practices led to some injuries. Some of the actors and actresses had this problem. The show was stopped four times for technical issues during the preview performance.

The cost of producing ‘Spider-Man’

There are many factors the "Spider-Man" music is fighting. Musicals on Broadway have a very difficult time in Jan. Most tourists have already gone home. About $65 million has been spent on "Spider-Man" already. The show is also reported to cost about $1 million per week to keep on stage. The producers may need to get payday loans no faxing in order to keep the production alive. This is only if they don't start selling seats like crazy. This makes “Spider-Man” probably the most costly Broadway show ever produced. It might cost $65 million but that is less than the original “Spider-Man” movie. The move cost $35 million more.

Articles cited

LA Times

latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/11/broadways-spider-man-musical-begins-previews-on-a-shaky-note.html

Billboard

billboard.com/news/u2-s-spider-man-musical-gets-off-to-rocky-1004130953.story#/news/u2-s-spider-man-musical-gets-off-to-rocky-1004130953.story



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