Spidey Gets Broadway Opening Date

COMMENTS (5)

• props to Bono for being so prolific. Not many rockers would take on a project like this. Hope it’s a success. Not many action heroes have survived on Broadway. If this hits, then maybe we can expect a musical of “Iron Man” (with songs by Sting).

  Comment by Randy F. — Tuesday August 10, 2010 @ 6:04pm PDT  Reply to this post

• What ever happened to Evan Rachel Wood & Alan Cumming starring in this as Mary Jane and The Green Goblin, didn’t Bono say part of the reason it took so long to get to Broadway was because Sony backed out of financing due to the high cost of the cast and production and he had to help find new financing to allow for the cast to stay intact? If they are out something tells me the show has issues bigger than just its costs.

  Comment by Eddie — Tuesday August 10, 2010 @ 8:42pm PDT  Reply to this post

• All in all, this looks like good news to me. In particular, I’d regard having Patrick Page attached to the project as a good sign; while he is probably best known on Broadway for his roles with Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and as the Grinch — good experience for a job involving a lot of green makeup — he’s also got a very strong classical track record (as witness his work in the recent Duchess of Malfi and opposite Frank Langella in A Man for All Seasons.

  All of which suggests that this script — and the show — may do well by the Norman Osborn character.

  Comment by John C. Bunnell — Tuesday August 10, 2010 @ 8:58pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Wow. It’s like Paul and David want to take U2′s position in the pantheon and see how far they can drive it down with schlocky stunts.

  Well, if Bob Dylan can shill for Pepsi…

  Comment by Dustintime — Wednesday August 11, 2010 @ 10:37am PDT  Reply to this post

• Does anyone care about Broadway??

  Comment by Sketchbook — Wednesday August 11, 2010 @ 4:39pm PDT  Reply to this post