RIEDEL: Spider-Man "The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History" SHOW is OFF.
RIEDEL: Spider-Man "The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History" SHOW is OFF.
#1RIEDEL: Spider-Man "The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History" SHOW is OFF.
Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:06am
RIEDEL: Actors released from their contracts. Production Shut down. Weekly Running cost of $900,000. This Show is now OFF.
'SPIDER-MAN' A NO-SHOW
Stephen: "Could you grab me a coffee?"
Me: "Would you like that with all the colors of the wind?"
Updated On: 8/12/09 at 11:06 AM
#2re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:08amLink didn't work for me.
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#2re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:14amFixed!
Stephen: "Could you grab me a coffee?"
Me: "Would you like that with all the colors of the wind?"
AndAllThatJazz22
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#3re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:17amREIDEL has 'confirmed' things that aren't true, before. He 'confirmed' that HAIR was going to play at the Neil Simon, and it ended up going to the ole Hirschy.
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#4re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:22amWell it doesn't take an idiot to see a 45 million dollar musical would take 5 years to recoup. The studios have pulled back their financing completely. This is just how Hollywood feels about Broadway. Wishful thinking, if you you're hoping this show will continue. And I'm one of the wishful ones, but sooner or later we'll have to get over it.
Stephen: "Could you grab me a coffee?"
Me: "Would you like that with all the colors of the wind?"
#5re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:23am
"This is just how Hollywood feels about Broadway."
What??
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#6re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:23am
I, too, am one of the 'wishful' ones...but Michael Riedel has never been a very accurate source. I kind of find it hard to believe that these studios would fund all of this money and just back out.
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
Updated On: 8/12/09 at 11:23 AM
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
#7re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:27amIt could well be that by shutting down now, there's a reasonable manageable tax write-off, but continuing could be a financial disaster. Maybe Max Bialystock could explain ....
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#8re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:54amRegardless of if the shut down is true or not, it sadly does seem an impractical show. It would take 10 years for that show to recoup! I feel awful for all the talented actors and crew involved in it. Still sending good vibes towards them finding a way. I've still got a will.
#9re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:06pm
I kind of find it hard to believe that these studios would fund all of this money and just back out.
They could if they signed up for a certain amount of money and then watched the budget surpass what they, orginally, agreed to.
Also, they know that a lot of people are waiting for them to fail. Earlier this week Howard Stern was mocking the fact that the show was coming. When you have the attention of people like Stern it might be time to think about what you're getting into.
Finally, a movie can recoup in a single weekend. By this point I doubt any of them are willing to wait for Spider-Man to recoup.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/06
#10re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:30pm
"But when it comes to the greatest supervillain of them all -- The Rieder"
What an ego, what an a$$.
#11re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:35pmLets all blame Riedel for the failure of this show! Obviously the business plan was perfect.
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Me: "Would you like that with all the colors of the wind?"
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#12re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:40pmSPIDER MAN not a success? HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN????????
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#13re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:41pmNow it will only exist in my heart
#14re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:44pmI wonder how many Band-Aids it will take to put the Hilton back together now...
Everywhere like such as.
#15re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:47pm
I wonder how many Band-Aids it will take to put the Hilton back together now...
Maybe Shrek will let them borrow all the king's horses and all the king's men
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
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#16re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:52pm
Wait, I gotta get in one more. Here's my Mia Farrow in ROSEMARY'S BABY:
NOOOOOOO! IT CAN'T BEEEEEEEEEEEE!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Updated On: 8/12/09 at 12:52 PM
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#17re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:53pm
What actors were on contract?
Did they announce a cast other than Wood and Cummings?
#18re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:55pm
".but Michael Riedel has never been a very accurate source."
Yes, he has.
#19re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:57pmIt would take longer than 10 years! To run the show for a year would take almost $52 million! Thats more than the initial investment they need to earn back. Even if this is a hit, it will be a feat just to get in the green.
#20re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 12:57pm:: clap clap clap!:: now do, "WHAT HAY YOU DONE TO HIS EYES?!" Borstel
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
#21re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 1:01pmso... how much money was already put into it?
#22re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 1:02pmRosemary's Baby - The Musical!
....but the world goes 'round
#23re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 1:05pm
Thank you, LJay. I don't know what AllThatJazz means by saying that Riedel is not an accurate source. He may be mean-spirited, acerbic, an egomaniac, and hateful at times but his reports are almost always true.
He first mentioned the possibility of a play starring Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig long before it was announced. He is the first one who said that Hope Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, James Gandolfini, and Jeff Daniels were in talks to star in the Broadway transfer of GOD OF CARNAGE (months later all four were officially announced). He first broke the news about 9 TO 5's closing. He also mentioned that YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN dropped the St.James (where everyone thought Brooks would open his new show) to get the Hilton instead. Later, he said that SPIDERMAN was set on that theatre. And even on the SPIDERMAN front, he is the one who first talked about Alan Cumming being in talks to play Green Goblin.
Of course a lot of the negotiations he reports on fall through, and I'm sure at times some of his gossip is just gossip, but to say that he has "never been an accurate source" is just not true.
Having said all that, I do not get what his vicious attacks to this show from day one have been about. I think it could have been a great theatrical experience (or not), especially with Taymor involved. Oh well.
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#24re: RIEDEL: Spider-Man 'The Biggest Fiasco in Broadway History'
Posted: 8/12/09 at 1:17pmIf this is true, then bring "The War Horse" to the Hilton.
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