Photo Coverage: SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK Takes Final Flight on Broadway; Inside Closing Night Curtain Call!
By: Jennifer Broski Jan. 05, 2014
SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK, the Broadway spectacular that defied odds and expectations to conquer New York, played its final performance at the Foxwoods Theatre yesterday, Jan. 4, 2014, after being seen by approximately two million fans, and 1,268 performances. Since it began previews on November 28, 2010, and even before they bagan, the show's high and lows were in the news, making it one of the most talked about shows in theater history. Last night, BWW was on the scene to capture Spidey's final moments on the Great White Way - check out photos from the show's last curtain call below!
The fastest show in Broadway history to reach one million audience members, SPIDER-MAN also shattered the record for the highest single-week gross of any show in Broadway history for the week ending Sunday, January 1, 2012; shattered the Broadway single-week attendance record that same week, playing to 17,375 audience members (100.02% capacity of The Foxwoods Theatre); set the weekly box office record of $2,941,790.20; and shattered the annual box office record of the Foxwoods Theatre by almost $35 million.
SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark features music and lyrics by 22-time Grammy Award-winners Bono and The Edgeand a book co-written by Julie Taymor, Glen Berger and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, with direction by Ms. Taymor and additional direction by Philip William McKinley. Scenic Designer George Tsypin and Costume Designer Eiko Ishiokaare winners of Outer Critics Circle Awards and were nominated for Tony Awards for their work on Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark.
Justin Matthew Sargent, Rebecca Faulkenberry
Christina DeCicco, Justin Matthew Sargent, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Robert Cuccioli
Christina DeCicco, Justin Matthew Sargent, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Robert Cuccioli
Ken Marks, Isabel Keating, Jason Gotay
Patrick Page, Isabel Keating, Jason Gotay
The cast of SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark
The cast and crew of SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark
The cast and crew of SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark
The cast and crew of SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark
The cast and crew of SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark
The cast and crew of SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark
The producers, cast, and crew of SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark
Justin Matthew Sargent, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Reeve Carney
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