Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)

[CapnHook]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 12:49am

http://nypost.com/2013/10/04/alice-cooper-could-join-spider-man/

These deals with the international productions have already been in place. Starting FOUR years ago. To those international presenters's credit, I don't think any agreements were signed, so they were spared.

Alice Cooper in a family musical. Scary.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 6:39am

Geez...what a horrible article: I'll be there at his first performance to see if he gets killed.

Really, Riedel?? (And yes, I get he's not being literal.)

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 7:41am

I thought the article was very funny and the line fully justified. This show has literally destroyed peoples lives and needs to be shut down. It should have been after the first accidents but Equity, for some reason, chose not to do their job.

[massofmen]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 9:04am

will this show even make it to January?

[jnb9872]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 9:19am

I'm gonna give Riedel maybe more credit than he deserves and assume he's aware that the "Alice Cooper" character dies at the end of Alice Cooper concerts.

I hope that's what he's referencing.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 9:26am

I am generally a fan of Riedel's artricles, but I agree with you, dramamama, I felt this article in particularly bad taste. Especially this line:

The Godfather of Shock Rock. A singer who used to have people’s heads chopped off in his act is going to join a show in which a chorus kid had his foot chopped off.

[Emmaloucbway]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 8:46pm

This is the funniest, most ridiculous thing I've heard all day.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 9:23pm

SPIDERMAN is available for almost every performance on TDF. Not a good sign.

[darquegk]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 9:33pm

I always wanted him on Broadway, but I assumed he could get a better showcasing role than The Green Goblin.

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 10:02pm

I assume this is "stunt" casting - lol.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 10/4/13 at 11:09pm

My uncle is completely hyped about this and I just don't have the heart to tell him.

[rorschach37]

Posted: 10/5/13 at 8:24am

I love Alice Cooper, but really? The Green Goblin? I'd think he'd be a better fit for Dennis Dupree in Rock of Ages.

[trentsketch]

Posted: 10/5/13 at 8:52am

I'd go to Spider-Man a second time to see Alice Cooper (if the ticket was heavily discounted or comped). I'd be fascinated to see if a darker take on The Green Goblin could add tension to the show at all. I also know what scenes to use ear plugs so I can just stare at the pretty stagecraft and not hear the awful music now.

[darquegk]

Posted: 10/5/13 at 10:28am

I always wanted Cooper as the Leading Player in Pippin.

I wonder if his celebrity status will lead to a costume modification, so that he is not behind a mask for most of the show?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/5/13 at 11:14am

Alice Cooper *is* Billy Flynn.

He'd also be the perfect Wicked wizard.

[darquegk]

Posted: 10/5/13 at 1:04pm

Those are actually pretty interesting casting ideas. I always assumed that there would be an Alice Cooper jukebox musical by now, considering that each of his albums has a plot, recurring characters and a variety of elements that make for easy theatrical transfer. Unfortunately, he hasn't licensed it to anyone yet, and when he has brought up the possibility in interviews, it has been in the context of "doing one of his old shows on Broadway," like the old-school Alice Cooper revues available on video.