Wait, wait, wait. Famous rockers may have a thing for drinking and beautiful women? You don't say! That shocking (but still potentially embarrassing) revelation is the latest bit of news to come out of the ongoing Spider-Man: This Is The Song That Never Ends Turn Off The Dark legal mess. And if the teases in a a 46-page filing submitted Friday on behalf of Spidey's original director Julie Taymor are any indication, the show's producers (and U2's Bono and The Edge) probably don't want this case to go to trial next January.
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Lawsuit: Drunk Bono, Distracted By Supermodels, Held Up Spider-Man
"Superhuman" Spidey Producers Strike Back Against Julie Taymor
Now that the show is making bank, the gloves are off in the fight between Julie Taymor and the producers of Spider-Man: The Song That Never Ends Turn Off The Dark. Remember how last year the fired director sued for more money? Well, today producers fired back and meow! According to them Taymor's suit is simply "an attempt to put Taymor in the same position she would have been had she fulfilled her obligations under her agreement and actually written a book for the Spider-Man Musical that could be opened on Broadway."
Spider-Man Digs Simpsons, Live! Spoofs, But Not South Park's?
Spider-Man: There Will Be Blood Turn Off The Dark has had a whole lot of free publicity this past week, a fact which its producers have (mostly) been happy to acknowledge. Not only did The Simpsons riff on the show on its annual Treehouse of Terror episode last night but Live! with Regis and Kelly's Michael Gelman dressed up as a wheelchair-bound Spidey for that show's Halloween episode this morning (Regis's last before he bids the show adieu). Naturally Spider-Man's spokesperson Rick Miramontez sent out two press releases praising both references—but he remains silent when it comes to South Park's more biting attack from last week's Broadway-themed episode. The truth hurts?
Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark 2.0: A Gchat Review
Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has opened, finally, and we sit down to discuss the show, its earlier incarnation and the unbearable boringness of flying on Broadway.
Video: Sesame Street Skewers Spider-Man Musical With Grover's "Spider-Monster"
Did you watch the seemingly unending ballad from Spider-Man: Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead Turn Off The Dark on last night's Tony Awards and think to yourself "Wait, that show is still happening?" No, of course you didn't. You were watching Dallas dominate the Heat like everybody else. But if you did happen to wonder, the answer is yes. That show is still happening. In fact it officially (no joke) "opens" tomorrow night. We've seen it—twice, actually—and we'll have a review up tomorrow as soon as the Green Goblin croaks. But in the meantime, the clever folks at Sesame Street have gone and created a pitch-perfect spoof, as they are wont to do.
Insecure Empire State Building Won't Change Lights For Spider-Man Musical
Forget about the flying (and the falling); one of the best effects in the beleaguered Broadway musical Spider-Man: Throw Taymor From the Train Turn Off the Dark is the reverse-perspective scene where the back of the stage is transformed into a distant NYC streetscape, which the audience sees as if they're gazing down from the top of the Chrysler Building with Spidey and the Green Goblin. It's a simple effect, but a dazzling one. Of course, everyone's a critic, even the folks in charge of the Empire State Building, who seem to be a tad jealous that the Chrysler Building got the spotlight instead of them.
Bono, The Edge & Spidey Cast To Swing By American Idol
Hot on the heels of winning the award that is closest to the Nobel Peace Prize, U2's Bono and The Edge are scheduled to perform on American Idol's Wednesday finale with the cast of everyone's favorite Broadway musical, Spider- Man: Please Make The Pain Stop Turn Off the Dark.
Spider-Man Producers Swear Their Muddled, Emotionless Musical Is Getting Better
With a price tag of $70 million and counting, by far the most expensive musical ever, Spider-Man: Dead And Loving It Turn Off The Dark is on hiatus for an overhaul until May 12. But you wouldn't know it from the press the show has been pushing out the past few days. First came the announcement that injured actor/stuntman Christopher Tierney would be returning when the show reopens and now two of the shows producers have turned to the AP to flagellate themselves in public.
Last Chance To See Julie Taymor's Spider-Man
If you've been dying to see what Julie Taymor's version of Spider-Man: Requiem For A Dream Turn Off The Dark is actually like, this is your last chance. The show goes dark for a rewrite after Sunday's performance and won't be back until May 12 (the latest "opening" date is June 14). And there are tickets still available—who knows, maybe somebody will get stuck again!
Because Who Doesn't Love A Peeps Show?
When we were little our favorite part of Easter was the egg hunt (which we did elaborately with pun-filled clues and everything) but that all changed five years ago when the the Washington Post started its awesome annual Peeps diorama contest, Peeps Show. Today they put up the best 35 submissions for 2011 and they generally do not disappoint.
Cursed! Another Spider-Man Injury, Arachne Actress Out 2-3 Weeks
Apparently nobody told the folks at the Foxwoods Theater that Whiplash is one of Iron Man's villains, not Spider-Man's. Either way, whiplash is what appears to have taken down actress T.V. Carpio, who last week reportedly hurt her neck in an onstage battle during Spider-Man: Love Never Dies Turn Off The Dark. To recuperate, Carpio will be out of the show for the next two weeks—coming back to the boards just in time for a few more life-threatening performances before the show takes its scheduled hiatus.
Ch-Ch-Changes Are Coming For Spider-Man
So now that director/co-writer/mask designer Julie Taymor is leaving Spider-Man: The Crying Game Turn Off The Dark, what changes are the the new creative team of Philip William McKinley and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa bringing to the tortured and costly musical? A lot less shoes, to start.
The Green Goblin Got Stuck Again Last Night
As if the problems with a departing director and a new creative team weren't enough for Spider-Man: Legends of the Fall Turn Off the Dark, last night's performance included one of the show's patented technical hiccups when the Green Goblin got stuck in midair, causing the show to stop for five minutes at the end of the first act. Our spy on the scene gave us the full report:
Julie Taymor Out as Spider-Man Delays Opening, Again
The rollicking ride that is Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark's backstage drama just doesn't stop. As expected the producers of the most expensive show in Broadway history sent out a press release last night confirming not only that the March 15 opening won't be happening (instead the show, which has already had more than 100 previews, will open on "an evening in early summer, 2011.") and that the show will be taking a few weeks off in the Spring but also that director/co-writer/mask designer Julie Taymor has essentially been kicked out of the Foxwoods Theater.
Spider-Man Producers May Rip Julie Taymor From Her Web
Finding themselves snared in Julie Taymor's monomaniacal web, the producers of Spider-Man: There Will Be Blood Turn Off the Dark are considering cutting the acclaimed director loose. And the Times reports that U2's Bono (who co-wrote the tinny score with The Edge) has had "a direct role in the talks." According to the latest gossip, producers are determined that changes must be made, ahem, with or without her. But be careful Bono—rumor has it that like the Black Widow, "she mates and then she kills":
Spidey Gets Snagged With More Safety Violations
Just as we were starting to forget about all of those accidents that marred the early performances of Spider-Man: There Will Be Blood Turn Off the Dark along comes the U.S. Labor Department to bring it all back. The Department's office of Occupational Safety & Health Administration took a look at Julie Taymor's crucible and found it wanting. The Office today smacked the show's production company, 8 Legged Productions, with "three serious violations of workplace safety standards" worth $12,600 in fines.
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