Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark 2011 - Articles Page 18

With all things SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK making headlines, the show has spurred more than the usual amount of talk for a Broadway production. It's especially unusual for one that hasn't even officially opened yet. Since November, SPIDER-MAN has been in previews at the Foxwoods Theatre, with an opening date currently set for March 15th - for now. Rumor has it that the production will push back its opening once again, this time until June.

According to the New York Times this weekend, another delay in the opening of SPIDER-MAN: TURN OF THE DARK may be imminent. A sixth postponement is being considered by the producers of the $65 million musical.

According to the New York Times, another delay in the opening of SPIDER-MAN: TURN OF THE DARK may be imminent. A sixth postponement is being considered by the producers of the $65 million musical.

CBS's 'The Late Show with David Letterman' will feature a performance by SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK this Tuesday, March 1. Catch the cast in its first-ever late night television performance, featuring stars Reeve Carney, Jennifer Damiano, and T.V. Carpio, debuting the show's Act I anthem, 'Rise Above.'

According to the New York Times, yet another Spider-Man show will be making its New York debut this March. The Tank (W. 45th Street) will welcome Seattle import SPIDERMANN on March 13 for three performances. News of this third Spidey show comes just days after THE SPIDEY PROJECT: WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBLITY was announced for a run at People's Improv Theatre on March 14.

Having a credited new bookwriter added to make wholesale changes while a show is previewing has been done before with mixed results.

The hits just keep on coming for SPIDER-MAN, but some help is on the way to the show. The New York Times is reporting and we've confirmed that the show has officially brought on Paul Bogaev, a multi-award winning music director-producer, arranger and composer to work on improving the show's many sound issues, including to 'help improve the performance, vocal and orchestration arrangements, and sound quality of the songs and numbers'. Word has also been coming from multiple sources that it's expected that the production will officially announce another delay later in the week (it's sixth) that might push the official opening as far forward as AFTER this year's Tony Awards. The Times is also reporting that 'Bono and Edge are writing new music for 'Spider-Man' now, but Mr. Miramontez said that Mr. Bogaev's role was far greater than adding that music once it is ready. No significant additions have been made to the score so far.'

It's Roger Friedman at Showbiz411 vs. Michael Riedel at the New York Post today. Friedman writes that 'I spoke to Julie Taymor this morning. She was working on some changes with her own co-writer, Glenn Berger. She told me she's had lots of input about changes from friends and colleagues. 'No one has been hired or is being hired,' Taymor said. 'The director they mentioned is a friend of Michael Cohl's. I'm sure he asked his opinion. When a show's in previews, everyone gives their opinion. Try this, that. And the other guy, I've never even heard of him.'

Lahr writes 'Taymor has a dynamic, painterly sense of space; she can marshal all the sensual elements of movement, light, and perspective into amazing stage pictures. (Two minutes after the show had ended, I couldn't recall a line of dialogue, a song lyric, or a melody, but I do remember any number of the show's images.) Before our eyes, for instance, the New York sky line is tipped ninety degrees, so that what begins at street level ends up a bird's-eye view, with buglike yellow cabs skittering below; in another scene, the spider chorines dance before us, with their eight syncopated limbs. In these moments-and there are plenty of them-the audience finds itself exactly where Taymor wants it to be: in a waking dream. The technicians of wonder are the real stars of 'Spider-Man': George Tsypin and his ravishing angular cityscape, with its monumental Cubist and Constructivist touches; Kyle Cooper and his ingenious projection design; Eiko Ishioka and her witty, beautifully made costumes (I loved Swarm, a one-man killer-bee hive, and the Green Goblin's scaly carapace). The stagecraft is about as good as it gets: all 'Spider-Man' needs now is a new book and new songs. Call me, Mister Mercury, this show will never be frozen.'

Michael Riedel reported this morning in the New York Post that SPIDER-MAN producers had reached out to Philip Wm. McKinley to potentially join the production as co-director along with Julie Taymor. In response, a production spokesperson for SPIDER-MAN has issued a statement that 'There is no truth to the rumor of a co-director. The production has not brought anyone on and the original creative team remains firmly in place, with Julie Taymor at the helm.'

Some have compared the situation of SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK to that of a circus, so perhaps it's fitting today that Michael Riedel reports in the New York Post that the production has reached out to Phil McKinley, who has a background directing the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He is also known however, for directing THE BOY FROM OZ on Broadway along with THE DESERT SONG at the New York City Opera, THE MOST HAPPY FELLA and more.

According to a report by Deadline.com, producers of SPIDER-MAN : TURN OFF THE DARK have asked Roberto-Aguirre-Sacasa to rewrite the book to the show. The original book was a collaboration between Julie Taymor and Glen Berger. THis time around, the show will be reworked by a Spidey expert, as Aguirra-Sacasa has written Spider-Man comics for Marvel in the past. Additionally, he penned the book for Dallas Theatre Center's IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN!

The UK Guardian is the latest paper to review SPIDER-MAN, here's what they had to say: These ominous portents are borne out by the production itself, which is baffling in its ineptitude. Never has $65m looked so cheap. Leaving aside the lazy illogicality (secretaries in Peter Parker's newspaper office use typewriters yet his editor makes jokes about the internet - sorry, which decade is this?), it's the failure of the play's two strongest assets that puzzles: Taymor's visual sense and Bono and The Edge's music. The scenery is dull and the much-vaunted flying sequences are no more spectacular than any cut-price circus. The actors have the look of the orchestra aboard the Titanic, valiantly doing their best though they know this ship is going down.

From last night (February 12)'s episode of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE... 'The law firm of Gublin and Green will represent anyone injured watching or acting in 'Spider-Man' on Broadway.'

The New York Times is reporting that the New York State Department of Labor has issued two safety violations against SPIDER-MAN over accidents that occured in 2010 including Christopher Tierney's incident and those actors who were injured while rehearsing.

Syndicated columnist Cindy Adams is the latest to weigh in on SPIDER-MAN, write in her column that:

Reeve Carney performs songs by one iconic rock group every night with SPIDER-MAN, Turn Off the Dark's score being written by U2's Bono and The Edge, but he recently sang another famed group's song when he performed Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' for Rolling Stone. View Carney's performance below!

With SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK's less-than-appealing reviews hitting newsstands this week, the producers of the $65 million giant have sifted through the critiques to find their pull-quotes for marketing. Were the chosen quotes used in context of the original reviews? BroadwayWorld lets you decide by offering the following comparison!

With SPIDER-MAN's less-than-appealing reviews hitting newsstands this week, the producers of the $65 million giant are looking to see what the average audience member thinks of the production by offering 'goodie bags' to those who participate in focus groups. According to the New York Times, however, participants will not be viewing the entire show. They will view one act only - either act one or act two, not both.

So what does the SPIDER-MAN cast think of the harsh reviews the show received earlier this week? Click below to hear what Green Goblin Patrick Page had to say on MSNBC's Morning Joe earlier today.