Friday, February 25, 2011
A Second Spider-Man Musical Swings Into Town
NYTimes.com: "Frustrated by the web of delays engulfing “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” the $65 million Broadway spectacle that is now to open on March 15 (if not later), Mr. Moran, an improv comedian and a composer, has decided to beat Julie Taymor and her team to the punch by opening his own show about that comic-book wall-crawler one day earlier, on March 14.
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Justin Moran, you've read my mind. Often times when I see or hear about an expensive flop I find myself thinking 'I could do better. Much better.' Especially when the problem is story related. I guess thats why I'm in theater. Because I want to make something that's better than what's already out there. Taymor may be the most famous person spending money on a Spiderman show right now but that doesn't ensure she's the best for the story.
What a great cause. I can imagine the glory of completing the project by deadline, speeding no money, and maintaining a better integrity than this commercial broadway endeavor. The only question is if he can live up to this challenge. It's possible that this amateur musical will thrive off spiderman's failure, but alone as a musical not be all that much better. I'd love to be a part of a project like that though. A show written to push the buttons of a "sellout". To prove you can do better with less. It just takes a few grounded people with good ideas and a vision. I don't know what part of that equation is missing from the broadway production.
While i have been feeling kind of bad about all the talk thats been going on about SPider-Man, this is pretty damn funny. Its going to be hard to produce AND create a musical in such a short time frame. Its great that Moran has gotten such a great response from designers, actors, crew, etc willing to help even if it is for a performance. In the article before this one they talk about a third spider-man musical... Lets not overkill it...
What a great idea! I think this should become the new standard, if a show that is costing a million dollars is doing horribly on Broadway then just make a cheaper version of it and actually open! So clever. Well I'm glad that at least one Spiderman musical will open on time and I kind of want to see this one more than the billion dollar one that just can't seem to open. It must be crazy though putting a show together in that short of time but it still must be less crazy then working on Spiderman: Turn off the Dark.
I feel that The Spidey Project gets at exactly what is wrong with Spiderman on Broadway. The spectacle has completely taken over the story. Spiderman has a great plot line that has appealed to audiences for decades. I feel like the musical is just messing up a good thing. A return to the real story of Spiderman is exactly what will make The Spidey Project a good show, and the $0 budget may be just the wakeup call Broadway needs.
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