$65 million in production costs later, the new musical “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark” premiered its first preview show on Broadway last night, but the sold-out crowd was there to witness some opening night fiascoes.
Thus reporteth the NY Times:
The show stopped five times, mostly to fix technical problems, and Act I ended prematurely, with Spider-Man stuck dangling 10 feet above audience members, while Act II was marred by a nasty catcall during one of the midperformance pauses….
The fourth and final pause at the end of Act I was the worst glitch of the night by far. Spider-Man had just flown and landed onstage with the musical’s heroine, Mary Jane Watson (played by Jennifer Damiano), in his arms. He was then supposed to zoom off toward the balcony seating area, a few hundred feet away. Instead, a harness and cables lifted Spider-Man several yards up and over the audience, then stopped. A production stage manager, C. Randall White, called for a halt to the show over the sound system, apparently in hopes of fixing and re-doing the stunt.
Crew members, standing on the stage, spent 45 seconds trying to grab Spider-Man by the foot, as the audience laughed and oohed. When they finally caught him, Mr. White announced intermission, and the house lights came on.”
Several audience members said after the show that the storyline was disappointing and that they wouldn’t be recommending the show to friends. The Spidey musical officially opens on January 11: here’s hoping they work the kinks out by then.
Would you go see the Spiderman musical, Lovelies? Do you like Broadway? I’ve never been a huge fan…
magnolia / 1357 posts
I love Broadway, but as much as I love Spiderman, I wouldn’t like to watch a Broadway musical of it. I’d rather watch Mamma Mia … or even Stomp, off-Broadway, because that is just amazing.
orchid / 109 posts
Um, not Spiderman, especially not after this review.
hydrangea / 64 posts
I had high hopes for it, but after reading this review I think I’ll pass.
Such a shame. =/
guest
aw, well I’m sure it would have been better without all the mishaps. I’d rather see a different kinda musical. x_x
guest
saw the spider-manmusical at universal studios a few years back.. it blowed like so bad im not surprised that this one sucked
lily / 5148 posts
I love Broadway but I rather not see that kind of musical up there. I think I’ll stick to seeing the classics instead lol
daisy / 598 posts
I would watch it just for all the crazy things they’re doing in the show. Perhaps they shouldn’t have opened it up to public yet considering how much issues they still have but it technically hasn’t opened yet, so that’s live theatre, if you don’t like the realness then go watch a movie.
guest
We’re going to see this and Phantom of the Opera in March for a school trip.
I wasn’t so sure how spiderman was supposed to be a musical, hahaha.
sunflower / 441 posts
And who didn’t see this one coming?
guest
WHY.
guest
shocker!