Spider-Man Swings To Broadway At Last
After an infinite number of delays, the Wonderful White-eye Webster will be swinging his tunes on Broadway at last.
Why am I not thrilled? Oh, I don’t know. Maybe because the idea of a Spider-Man musical is stupid. Maybe because the Superman musical sucked. Maybe because Spider-Man 3 was too much of a musical for comfort. Or maybe because it’s called Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.
Directed by Julie Taymor (The Magic Flute, Salome, Titus Andronicus and, oh yeah, The Lion King) and written by Taymor and Glen Berger, the Spider-Man musical will sport toe-tapping tunes by Bono and The Edge, evidently because Elton John was busy. It stars Reeve Carney in the lead, with Jennifer Damiano as Mary-Jane and Patrick Page as Norman Osborn and, of course, The Green Goblin.
What, you were expecting the otherwise unburdened Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and Willem Dafoe? No such luck. If you were expecting Rachel Wood and Alan Cummings, they bailed out of this thing some time ago.
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark opens at the Foxwoods Theatre,
formerly known as the Hilton Theatre, on December 21; previews start November 14. Ticket prices for this $50,000,000 extravaganza have yet to be announced, but the going rate these days for seats on Broadway is about $125 – $135 per. Take a family of four to Spider-Man after dinner and you’ve spent close to a grand.
You’ll be shocked to learn they’ve got a web-site.
I honestly thought this was a joke when I first heard about it who knows how long ago. Now I know it’s a joke after looking through that website.
“but the going rate these days for seats on Broadway is about $125 – $135 per. Take a family of four to Spider-Man after dinner and you’ve spent close to a grand.”Dinner for a family of four costs $500? If they’re eating that well, they can probably afford the tickets.
I was including taxi and a tip. No, seriously, that’s what it’s like in New York City. Sure you can go to McDonalds, but anything north of that is going to cost four people at least $250 and if you want to go to a decent non-franchise restaurant in Times Square you’re looking at $45.00 for a steak (or lobster, or whathave you), maybe $10.00 for a side dish (you know, potatoes and a veggie), $12.00 or so for dessert, five bucks for a couple of soda pops each, include tax and a standard tip, and you’re talking $400.00 for a mid-range Broadway dinner.This message was brought to you by the Times Square Tourism Board, whose message is “Stick ‘Em Up!”Fact is, most of those tickets and meals are on somebody’s expense account. So remember that the next time you go to Wal*Mart or Best Buy: we’re all paying for those meals.
I’ve never been to NYC, and now I know if I do, I won’t be eating anything that doesn’t come from a cart if those are typical prices.
Which may add to the adventure or possibly shorten the trip considerably.
“but the going rate these days for seats on Broadway is about $125 – $135 per. Take a family of four to Spider-Man after dinner and you’ve spent close to a grand.”
Dinner for a family of four costs $500? If they’re eating that well, they can probably afford the tickets.
I was including taxi and a tip. No, seriously, that’s what it’s like in New York City. Sure you can go to McDonalds, but anything north of that is going to cost four people at least $250 and if you want to go to a decent non-franchise restaurant in Times Square you’re looking at $45.00 for a steak (or lobster, or whathave you), maybe $10.00 for a side dish (you know, potatoes and a veggie), $12.00 or so for dessert, five bucks for a couple of soda pops each, include tax and a standard tip, and you’re talking $400.00 for a mid-range Broadway dinner.
This message was brought to you by the Times Square Tourism Board, whose message is “Stick ‘Em Up!”
Fact is, most of those tickets and meals are on somebody’s expense account. So remember that the next time you go to Wal*Mart or Best Buy: we’re all paying for those meals.
I honestly thought this was a joke when I first heard about it who knows how long ago. Now I know it's a joke after looking through that website.
"but the going rate these days for seats on Broadway is about $125 – $135 per. Take a family of four to Spider-Man after dinner and you've spent close to a grand."Dinner for a family of four costs $500? If they're eating that well, they can probably afford the tickets.
I was including taxi and a tip. No, seriously, that's what it's like in New York City. Sure you can go to McDonalds, but anything north of that is going to cost four people at least $250 and if you want to go to a decent non-franchise restaurant in Times Square you're looking at $45.00 for a steak (or lobster, or whathave you), maybe $10.00 for a side dish (you know, potatoes and a veggie), $12.00 or so for dessert, five bucks for a couple of soda pops each, include tax and a standard tip, and you're talking $400.00 for a mid-range Broadway dinner.This message was brought to you by the Times Square Tourism Board, whose message is "Stick 'Em Up!"Fact is, most of those tickets and meals are on somebody's expense account. So remember that the next time you go to Wal*Mart or Best Buy: we're all paying for those meals.
I've never been to NYC, and now I know if I do, I won't be eating anything that doesn't come from a cart if those are typical prices.Which may add to the adventure or possibly shorten the trip considerably.
Just so you know, regardless of the Spider-Man musical, the recently closed revival/revisal of the Superman musical in Dallas (“It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman!” most definitely did NOT suck. It was a sparkling, smart show with a great cast and a new book that does comic book fans proud. So it is possible to make a good superhero musical — the folks in Dallas can probably teach the Spidey crew a thing or two!
Certainly, a new book would help. Not having to justify that massive total price would help as well. I’m a big fan of theater that’s so off-Broadway the zip code is higher than “1.” I’ve spent some of my best times in a chair watching Stuart Gordon’s Organic Theater. I used to go to Broadway shows several times a year, no matter where I lived. Now, hardly at all, and it’s been the better part of a decade since I’ve gone to an on-Broadway musical.
Just so you know, regardless of the Spider-Man musical, the recently closed revival/revisal of the Superman musical in Dallas (“It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman!” most definitely did NOT suck. It was a sparkling, smart show with a great cast and a new book that does comic book fans proud. So it is possible to make a good superhero musical — the folks in Dallas can probably teach the Spidey crew a thing or two!
Certainly, a new book would help. Not having to justify that massive total price would help as well. I’m a big fan of theater that’s so off-Broadway the zip code is higher than “1.” I’ve spent some of my best times in a chair watching Stuart Gordon’s Organic Theater.
I used to go to Broadway shows several times a year, no matter where I lived. Now, hardly at all, and it’s been the better part of a decade since I’ve gone to an on-Broadway musical.
Just so you know, regardless of the Spider-Man musical, the recently closed revival/revisal of the Superman musical in Dallas ("It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!" most definitely did NOT suck. It was a sparkling, smart show with a great cast and a new book that does comic book fans proud. So it is possible to make a good superhero musical — the folks in Dallas can probably teach the Spidey crew a thing or two!
Certainly, a new book would help. Not having to justify that massive total price would help as well. I'm a big fan of theater that's so off-Broadway the zip code is higher than "1." I've spent some of my best times in a chair watching Stuart Gordon's Organic Theater. I used to go to Broadway shows several times a year, no matter where I lived. Now, hardly at all, and it's been the better part of a decade since I've gone to an on-Broadway musical.