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BREAKING: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Hired To Rework ‘Spider-Man’ Musical

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 16, 2011 @ 2:05pm PSTTags: Julie Taymor, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Spider-Man Broadway, Spider-Man Broadway Reviews, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Mike Fleming

I’m told that the producers of the troubled Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark have hired Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to rewrite the book originally done by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger.  Considering that one of the criticisms of the show is that it lacks an insider’s voice about the webslinger, Aguirre-Sacasa is a strong choice. While his credits include most recently writing a new book to the Charles Strouse/Lee Adams musical It’s A Plane, It’s SUPERMAN! that was a hit at the Dallas Theatre Center, he has also written Spider-Man comics for Marvel. He also writes on the HBO series Big Love and  Aguirre-Sacasa is repped by WME.

The $65 million production pushed back a fifth time to a March 15 opening night, but most critics weighed in this month with scathing reviews. Songwriters Bono and The Edge recently brought in their record producer Steve Lillywhite, and the production has been honing its safety practices after a litany of injuries. This is perhaps the most serious move they’ve made to improve the book. Stay tuned.

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Hot ‘SNL’ Parody: ‘Spider-man: Turn Off The Dark’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday February 14, 2011 @ 9:43am PSTTags: Broadway, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Video, SNL, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man Musical Safety, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Theater, Video
Mike Fleming

Early this morning, Deadline ran a clip of Saturday Night Live’s fun commercial parody dealing with injury lawsuits suffered by cast an audience of Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. In case you missed it, it’s worth a watch:

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Spidey Delays Broadway Bow–Again!

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday January 13, 2011 @ 5:51pm PSTTags: Julie Taymor, Julie Taymor Spider-Man, Spider-Man Broadway, Spider-Man Broadway Reviews, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Mike Fleming

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has delayed its February 7 opening, yet again. This time, opening night will be March 15 as Julie Taymor and her creative collaborators including U2′s Bono and The Edge try to work more bugs out … Read More »

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U2 Producer Steve Lillywhite Joins Broadway ‘Spider-Man’ Web

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday January 13, 2011 @ 1:28pm PSTTags: Julie Taymor, Spider-Man Broadway, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Mike Fleming

Steve Lillywhite, the British record producer who has collaborated with U2 on eight albums, has been brought in by Bono and Julie Taymor to work with the performers on the music for the $65 million Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.  … Read More »

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Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man’ Gets New Baddie

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 3, 2011 @ 9:17pm PSTTags: Broadway, Natalie Mendoza, Spider-Man Accident, Spider-Man Broadway, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, T.V. Carpio
Mike Fleming

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has a replacement for Natalie Mendoza, who left the role of Arachne after suffering a concussion. The role went to T.V. Carpio, an actress who has worked for director Julie Taymor in the film Across the Universe and who made her Broadway debut in Rent. … Read More »

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2nd UPDATE: Spider-Man Back In Previews Wednesday Night

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday December 21, 2010 @ 10:58am PSTTags: Julie Taymor Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Accident, Spider-Man Broadway, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man Musical Stunts, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Theater
Mike Fleming

2ND UPDATE: A spokesman for the musical said that preview performances will resume tomorrow night. “Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Actors Equity and the New York State Department of Labor have met with the Spider-Man company … Read More »

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‘Spider-Man’s’ Broadway Bow Delayed Until February 7

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday December 17, 2010 @ 8:36am PSTTags: Bono, Broadway, Julie Taymor, Spider-Man Broadway, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Theater
Mike Fleming

As expected, the much-troubled Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark has delayed its opening night from January 11, 2011 to Monday, February 7. The $65 million musical, which has found itself more under a microscope than just about any Broadway-bound musical … Read More »

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Spidey Gets Broadway Opening Date

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 10, 2010 @ 1:06pm PDTTags: Bono, Julie Taymor, Julie Taymor Spider-Man, Reeve Carney, Spider-Man Broadway, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, The Edge
Mike Fleming

Despite all the skepticism it would ever get to Broadway because of its prohibitive running costs, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark has been set to begin preview performances on November 14, with opening night set for December 21. Julie Taymor … Read More »

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‘Tempest’ Gets Venice Invite & Skedded

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday July 26, 2010 @ 10:43am PDTTags: Alfred Molina, Disney Miramax, Djimon Hounsou, Helen Mirren, Julie Taymor, Reeve Carney, Russell Brand, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, The Tempest, Touchstone Pictures
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Disney announced today that the Touchstone pic The Tempest directed by Julie Taymor is now dated for December 10th exclusive and December 17 for limited expansion.

Taymor has her hands full trying to get Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark to Broadway this upcoming season. But she’ll detour to Italy, where her film The Tempest is set as the closing film of the Venice Film Festival. Taymor’s Shakespeare adaptation stars Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Chris Cooper, Djimon Honsou, and Reeve Carney. She set the latter to play Spider-Man in the pricey Broadway musical with music and lyrics by U2′s Bono and The Edge. Venice has bookended its fest with Taymor and the opener Black Swan, the Darren Aronofsky-directed drama.

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