ATC: Spider Man is officially off....- Page 6

[iamchanging9]

Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:28am

no need for 'tude.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:29am

Actually, I'm half wrong. It premiered in England, but not in London (it was; however, produced by the RSC).

The show was produced by Friedrich Kurz and the Royal Shakespeare Company and had its first four-week run beginning on February 13, 1988 in Stratford-upon-Avon, where it received mixed reviews.

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:29am

It played the RSCs home in Statford for 4 weeks from Feb 1988.
It then transfered to Broadways Virginia Theatre in May 1988.

Whats your version darling?

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:32am

Get your facts right before you post.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:33am

Sorry for not being perfect, 'darling'.

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 8/12/09 at 11:37am

Nobody's perfect!

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 8/12/09 at 8:56pm

>>>>>Yes They are, I am here darling<<<<<

[BumbleWumble]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 12:14am

Can someone please explain how you blow through $45 million dollars??? I'm really curious.

[novel idea]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 12:21am

They didn't SPEND the 45 million, it's just that major producers have pulled out, despite what they say to MTV.
The post on ATC was fact. Agents/managers have been informed that contracts for Spiderman will not be forthcoming and that their actors should look for other projects.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 12:26am

What actors?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 1:17am

all the actors who were cast in the project.

okay - now say what you will about spiderman the musical - i just feel terribly for all those actors, especially the younger people who thought they'd secured a broadway show, only to see it fall through the cracks. they're probably crushed right now. so sure, spiderman might have been a bad idea from the start... but what a crappy blow all those actors just got.

[bandit964]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 1:43am

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the "800 years to recoup" was just a joke.

And did I hear somewhere that with the renovations, the hilton would have over 1900 seats.
Updated On: 8/13/09 at 01:43 AM

[blaxx]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 1:51am

I think I remember watching the Broadway PBS Special say that Wicked was $14 million, and it would have to play to 90% (**i don't remember the actual percentage) houses for 2 years. $45 million is only 3 times more than $14 million.

And did I hear somewhere that with the renovations, the hilton would have over 1900 seats.

So, you are saying you DO understand that Spider-Man would have to sell out every night for five years to come close to getting that money back? (aka - Not realistic or smart)

Maybe they can come up with a comic where the musical opens and sells out every night for 30 years. That's more like it.

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 2:30am

Blaxx you are my favorite, your sarcasm makes me smile.

[AvenueQResident]

Posted: 8/20/09 at 10:31pm

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a172761/spider-man-wont-sing-in-new-musical.html

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 8/20/09 at 10:35pm

Does U2 think they are the first people to write a rock musical?

[blaxx]

Posted: 8/20/09 at 10:40pm

Of course U2 think they are the first - they touch on opera, they touch on rock'n'roll, there are some real character-driven songs and they have a girl villain. No one has even done that before.

Fail.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/20/09 at 10:48pm

Julie Taymor already said that only Peter Parker will sing and not Spider-Man.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/20/09 at 11:03pm

Who is the girl villian, Cumming or Taymor?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/20/09 at 11:04pm

Her name is Swiss Miss and is a dominatrix.