Official: SPIDER-MAN Brings On Consultant; 6th Delay Likely for Opening — Page 2

I guess this proves the critics right for reviewing it when they did. There's clearly no point in waiting for an "Opening Night" which is not in the foreseeable future (if ever).

Delaying the opening past the Tony cut-off date could also be face-saving for the show, which might not have received many nominations anyways. Now they can say they won't be eligible until 2012.

Meanwhile... people will still go to the show. It's Spider-Man! Out of town people will be drawn by the fact that it's Spider-Man, that the music is by U2, that the advertising has selectively quoted "Spectacular!" from the reviews (omitting the word "failure" after "spectacular), and out-of-town people won't know if the show has "opened" or not. The Addams Family did not receive favorable reviews--but it's drawing on the fact that it's The Addams Family.

The Lord of the Rings musical lasted 6 months in Toronto and 13 months in London. It wouldn't surprise me if Spider-Man ran at least that long or longer, even without an actual Opening Night.

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Updated On: 2/21/11 at 06:28 PM

If all they are doing is adjusting the sound, then this is the stupidest press release ever.

WhoTF CARES?!

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I'm waiting for the statement saying that they don't need an opening night because they're a "rock and roll circus" and not a musical.

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I would think Bono & The Edge were on board in the beginning and put time aside for the show, but with all of the Spider-Man delays, Bono's accident and surgery and the delay of their world tour, it probably totally threw the timing off for them to be available for the show. If I am not mistaken, Spider-Man was supposed to open before they went out on tour. Like about 4 months before their tour was scheduled to start. So they would have been finished with Spider-Man. And these guys have obligations outside of this show. Just my random thoughts.

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I hear that Bob Fosse is being resurrected & will be taking over this weekend.

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Sadly, it's become glaringly obvious that Taymor is not a storyteller. She's a stylist. I've never seen anything she's done that connected as a story with an emotional life. Her work has more in common with a fashion show than a narrative.

I have heard many creatives titles for this show, but I think Spider-Man: It's Always a Dress Rehearsal has to be my favorite. Nice, Kad.

And, though Taymor may be winning the battle here by basically getting her way on anything and everything with this show, she's losing the war, since no one is ever going to want to work with or hire her ever again.

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This reminds me of the Titanic. No matter how much you re-arrange the deck chairs, the ship's still going down.

I feel really bad for the folks that paid top dollar to see Julie Taymor's dress rehearsals.

they should just announce that the show will be in previews until further notice. then when they(Julie, etc.) feel the show is set, announce an opening date.

i feel the most sorry for the actors. to be constantly doing a show that's always changing. i wonder how many cast member wish they could leave the show.

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I have heard many creatives titles for this show, but I think Spider-Man: It's Always a Dress Rehearsal has to be my favorite. Nice, Kad.

That is a good one. My brother referred to is as "Spider-Man: Always a Bridesmaid" the other day.

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Opening is also when you're supposed to have a pretty much finished product (Or as far as Julie is concerned they're at the finished product). Spider-Man is nowhere near that. Bringing in a consultant to 'help improve the performance, vocal and orchestration arrangements, and sound quality of the songs and numbers' obviously shows that they don't know what the **** they're doing with this show.

THE SOUND IS NOT THE PROBLEM YOU MORONS!

Updated On: 2/21/11 at 11:10 PM