That may not be the official title, but Marvel Studios is putting the pieces together for a musical on the Great White Way starring the popular superhero, which will be directed by Tony winner Julie Taymor, with U2's Bono and the Edge creating new music and lyrics for the project.
Auditions are taking place, and a reading is scheduled for the summer. No dates for a Broadway opening have been set.
Excellent, I now resubmit my sample lyrics for consideration:
My hand swelling up, a spider had bit me! The room spun around, the floor came up to hit me. On waking I found that there was somethng amiss Instead of in my palm, some white goo shot from my wrist!
I cannot think straight, my thought are all mingling And now my newfound spidey senses are tingling. I gotta find MJ, she'll let me confide her I mean, ohmahgod! I'm turning into a spider...
And additionally offer: I can't believe I made it here cause Broadway is for singers Now they have to open up the stage for teen web slingers. Ten hours of rehearsal and the ache and pain still lingers But I'm headed down to Chelsea to meet other kinds of swingers!
I now return to my work on Animal House: The Musical and my pilot teleplay for CSI: Mayberry. I'll write anything with a colon in the title. It sooooo reflects the quality of my work.
Attend the tale of Bovine Boy
His party threads we all enjoy
But does he have Mad Cow Disease?
He doesn't eat beef - but cows skating? - oh please!!!
With cocoa!?!
And lemonade!?!
The heifer-mad poster of Broadway
(World)
Not to add to the negativity but...maybe like superheros just don't work on Broadway. If Superman and Batmna have taught us anything, it should be that.
And this whole concept sounds too much like Tarzan in theory for me to like this. Take a popular material that involves a guy swinging around a stage on wires and have songs written by a pop star who has never done any work in theatre before...
"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
Oh, come on. That's like saying *vampires* don't work on Broadway!
:)
"I thought that that was just going to be a like one shot deal for me, you know, but they kept talking about it like, 'when we do the production, when we do the production', and I was like, 'yes, yes, when you do the production, cool, I will come and see it'". - John Gallagher Jr. on SA
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I just cannot see characters like Spiderman singing.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Well, I can see Peter Parker singing, just think it would be hard for Spiderman to sing with a mask covering his face.
And Shakespearean, that was hilarious, you need to submit those lyrics to Forbidden Broadway so they can put in their spoof as soon as Spidey hits Broadway.
And Julie Taymor, maybe Spidey will be played by a puppet?
While I don't think this is the best idea, I'm nevertheless excited for it. People thought Legally Blonde was going to be a major disaster and look how that turned out. That being said, if this goes well, this might pave the pathway to other superhero-related musicals, such as Batman, which even if it's a flop, I'd pay to see. Julie Taymor has her work cut out for her with this one.
"If Superman and Batmna have taught us anything, it should be that."
Bull****. Superman got good reveiws, and Batman never even happened.
OK, here is my condensed rant on the show . . .
-Anything has the capability to be a musical. -And Spiderman is just another possible story. -It has inheirint drama. -Taymore, Bono, and The Edge are all very good artists. -That other guy won some playwriting awards, so hopefully he has talent. -Knowing Bono, he wouldn't be doing this if it was deviod of artistic integrity, its not like its an unknown team killing for ANY sort of break. -If its good, it has the possibility to be big step towards reuniting good theatre and the rest of america. -I know its unconventional, but change in any artform is nessacary. -GET YOUR HEADS OUTTA YOU COLLECTIVE ASS!
I'm ok with being a little leary, but some of this (yuck / broadway is dead!) is rediculous.
I guess that's tellin' 'em, ugh?
I have several names, one is Julian2. I am also The Opps Girl. But cross me, and I become Bitch Dooku!
I feel like I've been waiting my whole life for Bono to write a musical, and while I don't the Spiderman appeal, I look forward to seeing how this turns out. The approach they seem to have taken with the script (specifically the "geek chorus" and Arachne mythos) is interesting.
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Attend the tale of Bovine Boy
His party threads we all enjoy
But does he have Mad Cow Disease?
He doesn't eat beef - but cows skating? - oh please!!!
With cocoa!?!
And lemonade!?!
The heifer-mad poster of Broadway
(World)