Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
being.jeremiah
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
being.jeremiah
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#2re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 3:20pm
"Initial casting has been announced for the new musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark.
Evan Rachel Wood will play Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker's girlfriend, and Tony winner Alan Cumming stars as Norman Osborn (aka Green Goblin), Spider-Man's most notorious nemesis.
Directed by The Lion King's Julie Taymor, Spider-Man will begin previews at Broadway's Hilton Theatre Jan. 16, 2010, with an official opening scheduled for Feb. 25, 2010. Casting will be announced shortly."
Updated On: 6/26/09 at 03:20 PM
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#2re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 3:22pmSurprising.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#3re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 3:24pmThis is the nerd in me but, I CAN'T WAIT!! Good or bad, it doesn't matter.
#5re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 3:31pmI am not a fan of Evan Rachel Wood's "acting", and truly wonder if she can vocally handle the 8 shows a week schedule.
#6re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 3:39pm
Again, gotta say. I'm skeptical of the show...but Alan Cumming is PERFECT casting for this role. 
Updated On: 6/26/09 at 03:39 PM
singalongsong2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/11/08
#7re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 3:47pmAlan Cumming as the villian? This has definitely got my attention! Although, I'm most interested in finding out who will play Peter Parker and Harry.
#8re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 3:48pmBWW says that previews are pushed back to 2/25
#9re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 4:26pm
Previews were indeed pushed back and they still haven't announced an opening night. I actually think I'm going to wait to buy tickets when previews have actually started since I have the feeling they might push previews back again as well.
I must say that I'm at least intrigued.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#10re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 4:53pmI'm intrigued, but neither are great singers, so that doesn't bode well for the score.
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#11re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:18pmConsidering there are three villains and they're retelling the whole origin story (which is very much Peter's personal journey), I wouldn't be surprised if both of these characters only get a song or two each.
#12re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:20pmAnd I thought Spider-Man 3 was over-stuffed...
#13re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:23pmWood has been attached to this project from the get-go so I imagine that Bono has written Mary Jane's numbers around Wood's limitations as well as her talents. I'd be more concerned about how she handles herself on stage but she's doing (or did) ROMEO & JULIET and I imagine she has previous stage experience.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#14re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:27pmHow long is this show going to be? Will it be like the Norman Conquests?
#15re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:32pmMy heart skipped a beat 'cause I thought for a second Cumming was going to play Spider-Man.
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Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#16re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:37pmI got an inward chuckle from seeing "Wood" and "Cumming" in the same subject line, but aside from that ... Alan Cumming as a villain? I'll go.
"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams." - Doctor Who
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
#17re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:43pm
I'm intrigued, but neither are great singers, so that doesn't bode well for the score.
Tell that to Jerry Herman, Charles Strouse, Jule Styne, Jerry Bock, Stephen Sondheim, Marc Shaiman...
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#18re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:58pm^Those are composers, not singers?
-Benjamin
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#19re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:04pm
I assume the reference is "just because attached performers aren't much cop at singing doesn't mean the composers are going to turn in crappy tunes".
#20re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:19pmI think there are a lot more then three villians in this show. There are some new ones added which is basically Julie peeing on the Spiderman material.
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
#22re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:28pmThe Furies
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
jagfkb
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/29/07
#23re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 9:04pmCity, building, even landmark permits? What are they doing, turning it into an ice rink? Perhaps the rumors of them turning the theatre into a theatre in the round setting are true after all.
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#24re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 9:07pmWhat the hey? I didn't even see that jagfkb. I'm really curious to see what they've got going at the HIlton.
#25re: Wood and Cumming Cast in SPIDER-MAN
Posted: 6/26/09 at 9:12pmThis will be the MUST SEE show of 2010, whether it's good or not.
