Saturday, November 07, 2009
‘Spider-Man’ Is Given a New Lead Producer
NYTimes.com: "A rock concert promoter with ties to the Rolling Stones and U2 said on Friday that he was taking over as the lead producer of the coming Broadway musical “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” and that the troubled multimillion-dollar show would open sometime in 2010."
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It's good to hear that Spider-Man is still limping along. And that someone is still willing to throw money into the black hole that is Spider-Man the musical. I keep saying i hope this show proves me wrong, just to shutup my cynicism, but a rock concert producer does not bode well for a well developed musical production. Not that most broadway musicals even have very meaningful, developed stories....I feel like Spider Man is really going to be a glorified rock concert over a musical.
Its great that the Spider-Man project will continue. All I can hope is that the show comes out to be worth all the hub-bub and money that it has taken up so far. Its amazing that the show has taken this much hullabulloo. For as much money and publicity that its taken this show is going to have to be the best show ever done in the history of theatre. Its interesting that this producer has stepped up, since this show seems to be such a mess as far as money goes. Its a daring move, to say the least.
Oh dear. Racing to hold on to that finish line. I give them credit, they're working their little bums off to keep this thing alive. I'm always going to be cynical, like Mr. Stein, towards this show, just because I don't like this musical. I don't like the idea, and I'm not sure I like the rock direction that it is going in now. I feel like completely switching producers this close to the supposed opening date just screams, "We don't have enough money, we're trying to do everything possible to stay afloat." Call me crazy or completely incorrect, but I think that if you're tanking before the show has even opened, you might want to reconsider something about the production.
Now don't get me wrong, I really do want the best for the production team and the cast, I'm just not crazy about the project. I wish all the best of luck to the team, hope we can see your efforts on the stage soon.
I'm happy to hear that Spiderman may succeed in getting himself out of the tangled web he has created for himself. As much as I don't really understand why this show is being done now, I really am excited to see how the technology and design is incorporated. This has got to be a historic show if/when it is performed, and I think some interesting technology will probably be created for this show. Hopefully with a new producer things will be pulled together.
On another note, why on earth would you go into production on something you know you probably will fail at? I understand maybe in regional theatre or something experimental, but this is a commercial production. From a producing standpoint, I'm confused.
With the amount of money and talent that producers have been throwing at this project it is slated to be one of the biggest productions Broadway has seen in a long time. I am concerned that all this hype is going to be all for not. I feel like sometimes Broadway producers believe that throwing money at an show will solve all the problems with it. In this case, I don't know if it is true. It seems like this show is almost doomed to fail and that perhaps all these setbacks monetarily should be a sign that it is not going to go over well. However, now that I have said this, Spiderman will be poised to win a few tonys this season.
Beyond the fact that I think the concept of Spider-Man the musical is one part abomination and one part really bad idea, it feels like too much as been done to try and bring this show to light. I honestly can not say that other then the initial announcement of Spider-Man have I heard any news about this play that does not make it seem like a train wreck just waiting to happen. At this point, it just seems like an almost impossible task to recover the financial losses the show has created in a reasonable amount of time, let alone actually open.
I am honestly really happy that new developments are being made on this show. I think at this point it has created enough of a media buzz that people are going to be really curious to see it when it actually opens. The article makes it sound like the opening date but be rushed in time for the Tony awards, but I hope that with such a large investment, everything is really worked out before it opens. I was really intrigues by a little blurb of this article that finally revealed the name of the actor playing Spiderman, since it is basically someone unknown. With all the big names involved, I was not expecting that at all.
I still think this is a bad idea.... its amazing what they try to turn into musicals. This show, from what i have heard, is a black hole when it comes to money. i just don't think it is worth it. i really wish there would be new creative material other than the shows based off of big franchises like spiderman or shreck. its like they are trying to make every last cent they can off of them. I know this isn't true for all of those kinds of shows, but still...
I found this article particulrly interesting because it deas with the interworkings of the role of a producer. Prior to this I thought that the producer simply gave mony for a production. And that was the extent of his job. But from this article, I have realized the producer is much more involved than that. That he takes an active part in the production and decision mking. On anoher note....Spiderman? I will be very intersted as to how this productions manifests.
Oh, Spider-Man musical. I really, really want this musical to succeed; I thinl there is a market for incredibly well-designed comic-book entertainment. Imagine the Batman musical episodes successfully transported to the stage, or even our rendition of Dr. Horrible for playground. There are so many interesting concepts one can pull from the history of super heroes!
But that's my personal opinion. It really seems like this is a desperate move to keep a desperate production going.
Oh Spider-Man. You deserve better.
This is such a bad idea for a musical. It is just another broadway moneymaker. I cannot imagine working on a show with one producer. To me it means that the show would be bound to have problems. Once again this is a terrible idea. I cannot believe it seems as if it is actually going to happen.
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