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World’s Least Surprising News: Spider-Man Musical Delayed Again


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?From the NY Post:

“Spider-Man:
Turn Off the Dark” its delaying its opening a third time, moving the
official debut of Broadway’s most expensive musical from Jan. 11 to
sometime in February so the creative team can work on the ending and
other issues, a production source said Thursday.

The musical was
originally set to start previews last February, but financial problems
put them off until the fall. Last month the show delayed previews again,
to Nov. 28, and bumped the Dec. 21 opening to January to allow more
rehearsal time.

The more than $60 million production, which features technically complex stage flying, is directed and co-authored by Julie Taymor with a score by U2’s Bono and the Edge.

The show recently received more scrutiny when a lead actress, Natalie
Mendoza, became the third performer to suffer an injury. She sustained a
concussion in an offstage accident, missed two weeks of performances
and returned to the show Wednesday.

The delayed opening would mean
an unusually long preview period of at least nine weeks as musical
previews typically last four to six weeks. The show declined to comment
on any possible delay or whether any performances would be canceled as a
result.

Remember, not only have they spent more than $60 mil on the musical already, but it reportedly costs a million bucks a week to run the show at all.

A lot of you guys have expressed concerned over the hard-working, probably talented guys working on the show under Taymor and Bono, and if the show folds, they’ll be out of a job. That will suck, and I’ll certainly hope for the best for those guys. But remember, the Spider-Man musical itself has Uncle Ben dying in a car wreck and a song by the spider who bit Peter Parker about how much she likes shoes. I can sure as hell hate the musical and the people in charge while pitying the poor guys who will be caught in the catackalysm.