ATC: Spider Man is officially off....

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:05pm

Take it for what it's worth....

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1760500

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:06pm

Woah! I did NOT see that one comin'!

[BwayBoundJoe]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:07pm

HA! wait...not good. Then the demigod that is Alan Cumming won't be coming to broadway?

[yay_gerb]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:09pm

i usually don't say this but...is there a better source? or are the producers trying to think of an excuse for this happening.

[Tag]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:15pm

I think that even if this does happen now, eventually the show will be back up. Too much time and money has already been put into the show for it to end here.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:28pm

I believe . if it is in fact true, it is the Producers squaring off with Taymor playing chicken to see who will blink first.

[blaxx]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:33pm

It's just about avoiding a disaster, really.

[CurtisTaylorJr2]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:34pm

Good, it probably would have been a disaster anyway.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:35pm

wait - i thought the money just wasn't circulating on time and that was the only issue? I don't understand why it would be CANCELLED?

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:36pm

LET THIS NOT BE TRUE!!!!! When I was in 2nd grade, I wanted to be Spider-Man when I grew up. I still have a weakness for this wacky web slinger...and I really like musicals... and I was insanely excited that Alan Cumming was finally going to get his Tony Award winning ass back on Broadway. This was just a combo that had my name written all over it, and I hope it still happens.



I still want him back on Broadway...NOW!

[BwayBoundJoe]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:38pm

Jazzy, back off!

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:40pm

For your information, if you're telling me to back off because you want to 'do' Alan Cumming...you're in the clear. He reminds me of a rapist that I saw on 20/20 one time, but he's still a Broadway Gem.

[winston89]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:41pm

I think that this thing is costing them way too much money and they realized that it is only going to go downhill from here.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:45pm

Eh, for some reason I doubt that they would pull the plug on a show this high profile. I won't believe it until I see an actual statement, but I do hope that it's not true.

[BwayBoundJoe]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:46pm

Look at wicked. It's become the Tilt-o-whirl of broadway. Imagine what Spiderman would do. It's sad that it has come down to $$$ rather than good quality shows. I personally hope this is true. Yes, I do also wish Alan would come back to broadway.

Updated On: 8/10/09 at 10:46 PM

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:49pm

Wow, I know that it would probably take a while for this show to recoup (if it ever would even), but I guess the producers finally realized it. It's probably less expensive the sooner they call it off. When do you think an official announcement will be made?

[SNAFU]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:55pm

This bloated budgeted extravaganza seems ill conceived to me.I have seen some of the designs and work in progress and have cringed. I am not really sure who their intended audience is. Teens? theatre snobs? comic book aficionados? The later won't go for Taymor screwing with their super hero, and screw she will!
The show already has been hemorrhaging money and I am sure, once the number crunchers sat down and projected the final costs they decided to cut and run.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:56pm

I would like to know, if this is off, who is going to pay to fix the Hilton? By all accounts, the interior looks like a war zone right now, and is completely torn up, as is the stage. Who foots the bill to fix it?

[BroadwayBound115]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 10:58pm

I read an article that said it would take 800 years to recoup, thats IF it is playing to full capacity every night.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 11:00pm

I would like to know, if this is off, who is going to pay to fix the Hilton? By all accounts, the interior looks like a war zone right now, and is completely torn up, as is the stage. Who foots the bill to fix it?

I assume the production team had to sign a contract saying that they would pay for all renovations to the space. My guess is that they have to pay for the renovation through its completion.

[BwayTday]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 11:05pm

I was looking forward to seeing the special-effects that were making the budget so high. I am sure that still would have been spectacular(right?).

And of course I was excited about Ken Mandelbaum's new book "Not Since Spiderman:..."
Updated On: 8/10/09 at 11:05 PM

[Eris0303]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 11:13pm

Could the Hilton be a possible home for Minksy's if Spiderman is, indeed, off or is it too big?

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 11:15pm

Wonder if, if the show doesn't reboot, they'll release photos of the partially built set and pictures of the set design. I'd really like to know what the heck they wanted to build/were building that cost more than $45 million.

[inick122492]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 11:15pm

I need more proof... good news tho..

[bjh2114]

Posted: 8/10/09 at 11:17pm

I doubt it Eris. With the Marquis available for the spring, I doubt that the production team would turn down a large theatre for a massive one that has a terrible financial history.