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Monday, January 06, 2014

Low on Funds, ‘Spider-Man’ Dims Its Last Lights

NYTimes.com: The $75 million production of “Spider-Man,” the most expensive musical in history and one of the most troubled, ended a run of three years and two months on Saturday night with a final show that dazzled audience members as the superhero flew over their heads in the most elaborate aerial stunts ever on Broadway. But the special-effects-laden musical, which drew headlines for a string of technical problems and cast injuries, did endure one glitch on Saturday: a door handle failed to close properly on the villainous Green Goblin’s metamorphosis machine, causing a crew member to dash out on stage and snap it into place while a musical number was underway.

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