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08 March 2011

I say the captain should go down with the ship. →[More:]The producers of Broadway’s “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” were negotiating on Monday with their director, Julie Taymor, for her to work with a newly expanded creative team to fix the critically derided $65 million musical or possibly leave the show...

The producers and Ms. Taymor and her co-creators, Bono and the Edge of U2, are also discussing how extensively to overhaul the script and music; how many outside consultants should be hired, and who; and when to open the show, which set a record at its Sunday matinee for the most preview performances ever, its 98th.

post by: Joe Beese at: 13:03 | 10 comments

My schadey (schadenfreude) sense is tingling...

posted by Atom Eyes 08 March | 13:08

Why they didn't just go with puppets, I'll never know.

posted by Madamina 08 March | 13:22

I love that they keep trying to fix this show without addressing what I see as the central problem: it's a Broadway play about Spiderman.

posted by Miko 08 March | 15:00

Exactly Miko.

posted by serazin 08 March | 15:10

It's amazing to me that they're still even trying to make it work, but I guess that's the power of the almighty dollar. The thing is supposed to be opening in *7 days*. I can't believe she made time to go to the TED conference!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 08 March | 15:18

Yeah. Throw a car-load of consultants at it. That always fixes things...

posted by Thorzdad 08 March | 16:37

Has anyone gone to it? Are the previews still selling well, even though apparently they have figured out how to keep the actors from getting horribly injured?

posted by danf 08 March | 16:45

It's been selling pretty well (see Broadway Grosses)- one of the top sellers any week. It was down this week, but so was everybody.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 08 March | 21:54

Spider-Man Overhaul to Delay Opening Until June. This cuts it off from eligibility for this year's Tony Awards.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 08 March | 21:56

You got your wish, Joe Beese! She's out. Though she'll probably still get a % of profits since she developed it to this point.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 10 March | 11:04

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