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Spider-Man Musical Details Revealed, People!
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John Del Signore
Published Mar 27, 2009
Modified Mar 27, 2009
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But director Julie Taymor says ugh, stop calling it a musical. The Broadway adaptation of the Marvel comic, with a score by U2's Bono and The Edge, is going to be a "circus rock-'n'-roll drama." Taymor, Bono, and other members of the creative team held a presentation for ticket brokers yesterday, and the Post's Michael Riedel weaseled in. Actors sang six songs from the show, which has the irritatingly nonsensical title Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, and Taymor insisted that Spider-Man "is not going to sing and dance in tights." Riedel opines that one of the musical numbers—er, circus-rock anthems—is "as good as any rock ballad in Rent," and it seems he means that as a compliment. And who do we have to thank for all this? Andrew Lloyd Webber, of course. Bono revealed that he was motivated to do the score after hearing the Starlight Express creator express gratitude to rock musicians "for leaving me alone for 25 years. I've had the theater all to myself." Bono added, "We've decided to give Andrew a little competition." But Webber's not sweating it; he's got his Phantom of the Opera sequel coming soon, God have mercy on our souls.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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