Saturday, March 13, 2010
Alan Cumming Says Spider-Man Musical Is ‘Like A Lover Who Dumped You’
MTV.com: "The troubled history of Julie Taymor's 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' musical took another hit this week with the news that Evan Rachel Wood, the production's Mary Jane Watson, had exited stage right after the premiere was pushed back. Currently scheduled for a Fall 2010 premiere, the massive production's future remains somewhat uncertain, despite assurances from many involved (including U2 bandmates Bono and The Edge) that Spider-Man will eventually swing into theaters."
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Haha I think Alan Cumming has the least to lose in this scenario. On the upside for him, he's the star villian in a hit, ground-breaking broadway show. On the down side he's a role in a total failure, but really all the failure will probably have very little to do with Cumming's role and he'll be totally overlooked. And he's still getting paid either way. Granted I'm not an actor, but I guess if this is a massive failure it could look pretty bad on one's resume. Really with this show keep being pushed back and actors dropping and all the other boatloads of problems, i am incredibly excited to see either a gargantuan success or complete failure. It would be great if the show was just so-so, just to spite everyone thinking it's going to be amazing/awful. Time will tell.
I am sure this musical is going to be something else, but you know you have a problem, when your actors start walking out on you. That doesn't help business or sales, but at least rehearsal dates have started back up. The ball is finally moving. I think this show is going to compete with Love Never Dies though. They both have the same projected, opening and it will be interesting to see who wins. My, prediction is this, as long as tickets are low. Not only will it create a new form of "Broadway" theater audiences will come to expect, but it will build upon technology and thus push all theater into the new age. As Michael said in his comment, "Time will tell."
It must be a pretty big heart attack for those who are really invested with this production to go through such a roller coaster. SO many people have been talking about it, good and bad, and I wonder if them waiting this long to open has hurt them. I dont think I care as much about this "mega musical" anymore, the hype for me is gone.....I kinda forgot.
Alan Cummings as the Green Goblin is news to me. I hope he will be good
All the anticipation for this show with its struggles has begun to become a bit too ridiculous. However, I am starting to really become interested in this performance, especially because of its intensive and expensive design. You know if the actor says that the scenic design is impressive it really must be.
Like Mary said, I'm surprised that the actors have so much hesitation about staying with the show. If it does succeed, it could really be a great advance for live theater. I only hope it is not a let down after all this work.
I feel like this musical keeps taking a step forward and like two steps back. Every time the have a set back and get over it, a new problem happens. In the end I think it will be worth it. The technology it brings is great and I can't wait to see it's impacts on upcoming shows.
while unfortunate, the actress had a right to walk away after they pushed it back. Besides, there is probily another actress who would be perfect for the part.
I agree with Alana and Bryce, only so much anticipation is actually effective. At this point I don't have time or the effort to care about when this show will actually happen. If they opened about three months ago, the anticipation would have probably aided sales regardless of the quality of the show. While I expect this to happen when the show finally does open, I doubt it will be as effective.
I think this show will prove to be like the classic children's book, the little engine that could. There is so much against it, but it has smart people, and a reputation that is going to draw people out, not to mention comic book fans.
I do agree though that at this point in the game, the level of anticipation and excitement has diminished to the point where the producers can't really expect that factor to draw in crowds. Even if the show has spectacle, it will need to be the plot, music, and quality that brings audience members to spread the word that it is worth the expensive ticket. After all, how many theater techs, anxious to see the technology behind it all have the kind of money to splurge on a ticket like this. Come to think of it, how many of us even exist?
If Spider-Man ever actually sees the light of day, I'm willing to bet that it does far better then it probably should. At this point, the show has become nothing short of the greatest, ugliest, and most attention grabbing train wreck that I've heard of in theater, and despite all that's gone wrong, people can not stop following this show. With the time and money it's taken to get this show up you could have shot a fourth Spider-Man movie. I think if/when this show actually opens, everyone's going to come see it just to try and understand if it was worth it's unending will to go on.
This show has so much potential, and would have a great fan base, if it would just be able to go into production. I've been hearing about Spider-Man's problems for quite some time now, and it's no wonder that some of the actors are beginning to lose hope, or move onto more lucrative roles. This creates an even bigger issue now for the Spider-Man team. Not only is the budget creating all kinds of problems with scheduling, but now they have to worry about finding new actors and keeping the current ones reassured.
If Spider-Man ever actually happens, it could be really cool, but I don't really think it will ever happen, at least not by this fall. It's hard to believe the show is actually going to happen when the opening date keeps being shifted to a later date. It must be extremely expensive to keep pushing the date of opening later and later, and as we can all see now from Evan Rachel Wood dropping out of the production, it makes people not want to be a part of the project. I think that this is a good lesson for all of us that if you set a date for something, it's important to stick to your word, because after a while people involved will start to get pissed off at you and the situation.
I wish that there weren't so many problems surrounding this musical's development. It seems like it will be a truly amazing piece of theatre to experience and will be groundbreaking in terms of how it uses scenery and flying choreography in the limited space of a theater, so I think that it's really unfortunate that the show should be delayed so long and have such an uncertain future.
Spiderman has been absolutely doomed from its start, and I'm beginning to worry about this becoming the production that never was. A large sinkhole of bankruptcy will take its place, and shamefully peel off of the billboards in New York without much of a fight.
When actors themselves are wary of a production they've been working on will become indefinitely delayed, that even more chaos could ensue, it is difficult as a theatre-goer to have any faith that the production is worth seeing, and more importantly to them, paying for. Its good to see that they're still optimistic that the show will go through, and that it is a joy to work on something so vastly different from what is on broadway now, but I maintain my doubts.
It's a little disquieting to see one of the main actors on a major production like this leave. All the delays and the money put into this production are putting me off more and more. While it would be great to see this production finally get put on and see what the technology and the hard work on this play have produced, it seems less and less likely to happen.
I agree that this show will be stunning. Theatre became accept movie image while technology developing. Of course it might have a lot of technical challenges. But after overcome challenges will become one of the amazing show in the world.
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