Friday, November 06, 2009
'Spider-Man' to face his future
Variety: "Producers of beleaguered tuner 'Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark' will meet in Gotham today about the fate of the production, just as estimates of the show's ballooning budget have hit a new height."
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How ridiculous would it be if after all this drama with Spiderman that the show wouldn't even open. What a terrible loss for the producer. Overall its pretty sad because the directors and designers involved in this show are so famous. Perhaps their eyes were a little bigger than their wallets. I'm still quite excited to see what this production is like or how epic-ly it fails.Maybe it will prove us all wrong yet.
Its too big. I have said before, they are going too far. There are some artistic visions that are just not possible, no matter how hard we try. A $52 million dollar musical with a $1 million weekly running cost. This is absurd. How much will the tickets cost, $500? Who can afford to see the show? With Brighton Beach closing just one week after opening, and now this show closing before it is finalized, I think we are trying to push too far at the wrong time. They should stop working on it and hold onto the idea for a later date. I don't think Spider man is going anywhere.
Part of me says they should just open it now with whatever flaws it has out of NY so they can make a little money back. Make changes if the audience likes gives good feedback. The out of town try out is somewhat antiquated but I think this is a good example of how useful it could be. They're pouring so much money into it, they might as well show it to someone before the whole thing gets scrapped.
It seems crazy that with this economic crisis and so many people in need of funds for basic ways of living that $52 million would be spent on this. Not only does it seem morally wrong, but to come up with that kind of money seems close to impossible. Although this could be a fantastic production, one would think that it would be possible to put it on without this kind of budget. However, this show has created so much buzz that if and when it finally opens, there won't be too much difficulty selling tickets.
IT takes a big concert producer to step up to save this 52 million dollar show. And he is only pledging 10 million taking this show to 62 million. Can the budget stay below that? Or no?
My guess- Taymour and crew will make it stay that way. But with the addition of Bono on Broadway, it seems he and Taymour have this idea this can be one big giant expensive U2 concert. Broaway can be that but I don't think that will be happening with Spiderman the Musical.
The more I hear about this show, the more I completely do not want to see it. I've heard so much about all the big names involved and the ludicrous amount of money getting thrown at it, but I haven't heard anything at all about the story, the concept of the production, or what the artists are trying to accomplish. This is ridiculous. This is not theater. It's a dumb idea to begin with; who wants their super heroes to sing?
I have to agree with Cody in that I think the vision of the Spiderman musical has just gone too far. There has to be a point where people realize that you may not be able to fully achieve what you set out to do. Spending $52 million on a show, and after that, maybe still not even getting it to open just is completely ridiculous. Unfortunately, the producers, and others involved need to make a decision on what to do, and that decision putting it off until a later time
In reply to Hannah:
Dear Hannah,
You have obviously not seen the musical episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold with NPH as the Music Meister. Batman has a bat auto-tuner amplifying device. He and Black Canary sing a duet. It is amazing.
So yes, superheroes can sing and we find it entertaining. However, your point about the lack of information regarding the actual production is worrisome. I mean, Eiko freaking Ishioka is doing the costumes! How have we not heard anything about the design? Julie Taymor is directing, where is the crazy, beautiful concept?
I think this could work. I think they have amazing people working on it. But from everything that I've heard about it? Spider-Man is going to fail.
I just really want it to work.
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