Spider-Man Swings To Broadway At Last

Mike Gold

ComicMix's award-winning and spectacularly shy editor-in-chief Mike Gold also performs the weekly two-hour Weird Sounds Inside The Gold Mind ass-kicking rock, blues and blather radio show on The Point, www.getthepointradio.com and on iNetRadio, www.iNetRadio.com (search: Hit Oldies) every Sunday at 7:00 PM Eastern, rebroadcast three times during the week – check www.getthepointradio.com above for times and on-demand streaming information.

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16 Responses

  1. Brandon Barrows says:

    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.

  2. Jason M. Bryant says:

    “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.

    • Mike Gold says:

      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.

      • Brandon Barrows says:

        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.

  3. Jason M. Bryant says:

    “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.

    • Mike Gold says:

      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.

  4. Brandon Barrows says:

    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.

  5. Jason M. Bryant says:

    "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.

    • Mike Gold says:

      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.

      • Brandon Barrows says:

        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.

  6. Mike Poteet says:

    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!

    • Mike Gold says:

      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.

  7. Mike Poteet says:

    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!

    • Mike Gold says:

      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.

  8. Mike Poteet says:

    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!

    • Mike Gold says:

      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.