BECAUSE the money has already been spent, BECAUSE they cannot realistically close down for major rewrites, and BECAUSE we want to not cut characters completely out because, frankly, no actor at this point should lose their job because NOW they decide to rewrite the show...I say do the following (in addition to some of what has been mentioned above):
- Cut the wrestling match
- KEEP the Geek Chorus but only as bookends. They should launch the story and then end the story, BECAUSE they could then bring up the "other" villains that Spider-Man would soon face, which is why...
- ...MOVE the villain fashion show to the END after Goblin has been defeated. And don't make it a fashion show. Just reveal the cool costumed-villains, have the Geek Chorus mention that Spider-Man would soon face even great foes, Spider-Man could fly over the audience and land on stage, say the line "I'm just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!", MUSIC UP/LIGHTS OUT and CURTAIN DOWN.
This would allow Taymor to keep her villains, keep her Chorus, but actually put them to better use.
"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
