TV EXCLUSIVE: SPIDER-MAN: BEHIND THE WEB, Hosted by Paige Davis - Episode 1

Today, in honor of the show's first preview tonight, BWW is thrilled to introduce the first episode of the exclusive, behind-the-scenes SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark webisode series, hosted by Broadway vet (and wife of SPIDEY's Green Goblin), Paige Davis. Do you know how many tons of steel were used to reconstruct the Foxwoods theater for the SPIDEY stunts?  What does Patrick Page do prior to transforming himself into the Green Goblin? What are some of Julie Taymor's hidden talents? Find out each week until SPIDEY opens on Broadway, when Paige and BroadwayWorld go inside the Foxwoods Theatre to explore the carefully shrouded secrets of the production in SPIDER-MAN: Behind The Web. 

Click below to meet Paige and take your first trip "behind the web"! We'll have lots more special coverage in the coming days and weeks after the show's first preview tonight!

Also, don't forget to set your DVRs for tonight as Lesley Stahl and "60 Minutes" cameras get the first look at the rehearsal and production of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," the most ambitious and expensive musical ever brought to a Broadway stage. Sunday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Paige Davis is best known as the effervescent star of Trading Spaces, TV's groundbreaking design-reality show. Her book, Paige by Paige, A Year of Trading Spaces, spent severAl Weeks at the top of the New York Times Bestseller list. Most recently Paige received rave reviews for her performance in the Broadway revival of Boeing Boeing, and before that she traveled the country performing the title role of Sweet Charity in the show's Broadway tour. She starred on Broadway as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago. She also performed in the U.S. national tour, and the Las Vegas and Portugal productions. Before Chicago, Paige played Babette in the first national tour of Broadway's Beauty and the Beast. She also enjoyed a stint in the national tour of the Vagina Monologues. Regionally she most recently appeared opposite her husband, Patrick Page, in The Old Globe's production of I Do! I Do!. She has also appeared as Maria in The Sound of Music at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Val in A Chorus Line at the Austin Musical Theatre, April in Company at the Missouri Repertory Theatre, Irene in Hello, Dolly! and Katherine in Pippin. She has even toured as a dancer with The Beach Boys! She recently debuted her solo cabaret act, Taking a Chance.

SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark will begin preview performances on Broadway on Sunday, November 28, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. Opening Night is now set for Tuesday evening, January 11, 2011. Directed by Julie Taymor and featuring a book by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger, and new music and lyrics by U2's Bono and The Edge, SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark will open at Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre (213 West 42nd Street). The first images of the show have surfaced in a series of photos taken by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue.

Featuring direction by Tony® Award-winner Julie Taymor (The Tempest, Across The Universe, The Lion King), music and lyrics by 22-time Grammy® Award-winners Bono and The Edge, a book co-written by Taymor and Glen Berger (Underneath The Lintel) and one of the most iconic title characters of all time, SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark is the most ambitious production ever undertaken on Broadway and finds astonishingly fresh ways to tell a story inspired by over 40 years of Marvel comic books. The show follows the story of teenager Peter Parker, whose unremarkable life is turned upside-down when he's bitten by a genetically altered spider and wakes up the next morning clinging to his bedroom ceiling. This bullied science-geek suddenly endowed with incredible powers soon learns, however, that with great power comes great responsibility as villains put both his physical strength and strength of character to the test. SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark will thrill the audience through a unique entertainment experience in ways never- before-dreamed-possible in live theater.

Tickets are priced from $67.50 - $135 for weekday performances and $67.50 - $140 for weekend performances and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com or by calling (877) 250-2929. Tickets are also available at the Foxwoods Theatre box office Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

For more information, visit www.SpiderManOnBroadway.com.