Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
#1Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
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.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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dramamama611
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#2Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
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.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#2Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Posted: 10/4/13 at 7:41amI 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
#3Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Posted: 10/4/13 at 9:04amwill this show even make it to January?
#4Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
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.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#5Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
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
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#6Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Posted: 10/4/13 at 8:46pmThis is the funniest, most ridiculous thing I've heard all day.
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#7Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Posted: 10/4/13 at 9:23pmSPIDERMAN is available for almost every performance on TDF. Not a good sign.
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#8Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Posted: 10/4/13 at 9:33pmI always wanted him on Broadway, but I assumed he could get a better showcasing role than The Green Goblin.
yankeefan7
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#9Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Posted: 10/4/13 at 10:02pmI assume this is "stunt" casting - lol.
#10Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Posted: 10/4/13 at 11:09pmMy uncle is completely hyped about this and I just don't have the heart to tell him.
I know you.
I know you.
I know you.
rorschach37
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#11Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Posted: 10/5/13 at 8:24amI love Alice Cooper, but really? The Green Goblin? I'd think he'd be a better fit for Dennis Dupree in Rock of Ages.
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#12Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Posted: 10/5/13 at 8:52amI'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.
#13Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
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?
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#14Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Posted: 10/5/13 at 11:14am
Alice Cooper *is* Billy Flynn.
He'd also be the perfect Wicked wizard.
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#15Alice Cooper to join SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK? (Riedel)
Posted: 10/5/13 at 1:04pmThose 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.
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