Only 10 More Weeks Until Spiderman Flies In!!!!!!!
Only 10 More Weeks Until Spiderman Flies In!!!!!!!
#1Only 10 More Weeks Until Spiderman Flies In!!!!!!!
Posted: 12/14/09 at 2:09pmIs anyone else as excited as I am?? I can't believe in only 10 short weeks the most espensive show ever will be starting previews! I hope everything is going smoothly in preproduction!!!
#2re: Only 10 More Weeks Until Spiderman Flies In!!!!!!!
Posted: 12/14/09 at 2:12pm
Wait? This is opening by Tony cut-off?
Since when...?
If this is actually true, I'm sure the producers of this season's other new musical bomb are NOT pleased as their only shot at Tonys is for set design, it seems, at least at this point.
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#2re: Only 10 More Weeks Until Spiderman Flies In!!!!!!!
Posted: 12/14/09 at 2:15pmI just passed the theatre and it still says February 25th...
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 2:58pm
You know when you're walking through a cemetery and carved on a headstone is the phrase "He is not gone, only resting."?
Same thing with the theatre saying February 25th...
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 3:28pm
The poster for the show in Shubert Alley also says the same thing. However, there was an article that said that they are going to open the show this summer rather then in February.
They just have neglected to update the posters either in front of the theatre or in Shubert Alley to match the new information that was released.
jeffmiele
Broadway Star Joined: 11/6/07
#5re: Only 10 More Weeks Until Spiderman Flies In!!!!!!!
Posted: 12/14/09 at 4:33pmticketmaster still has seats on sale for feb.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 6:27pm
Interesting, as only a week or two ago, I was checking out tickets for Spiderman....and NONE were beign sold.
Hmmm....doesn't seem probable.
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 7:08pmI thought they had moved it to later in the spring? Did they ever do that or am I making that up completely?
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 7:27pmI believe that the story of Spider-Man opening up in the summer was just something that Riedel wrote in The Post. My guess as to why they would do that would be to make up for the lost time that they spent not building the sets etc at The Hilton. However, I don't think that there is anything official about that either way.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 7:49pmI will believe it when I see it.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 7:51pm
to the best of my knowledge it was all speculation after the Riedel story...we all waited for after the "meeting" to hear about a change in opening...but one never came.
Time will tell.
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 8:29pm
a) if it were opening on February 26th, the show would be going into rehearsal within the next few weeks - which means it would already be fully cast. If either of those things were happening, you'd have heard about it by now, I should think.
b) If it were opening on February 26th, given that it's the most expensive show in history, major ads would have begun appearing already - I may have missed them, but I don't think they have.
c) see a and b.
jagfkb
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/29/07
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 9:23pmYeah, this thread admitedly made me happy inside...
jennafan
Broadway Star Joined: 6/15/06
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 9:46pm
The guy playing Spider-Man, Reeve Carney, Tweeted last week that he was "Learning to fly today... Without a plane..."
Uh, for some reason I thought he might be talking about rehearsing, but then again he's made no mention of being in NY.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 10:10pm
"Learning to fly today.... Without a plane"
I said that the first time I took LSD.
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Posted: 12/14/09 at 10:12pm
Uh, for some reason I thought he might be talking about rehearsing, but then again he's made no mention of being in NY.
Who says they are rehearsing in NYC?
jennafan
Broadway Star Joined: 6/15/06
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Posted: 12/15/09 at 10:34amPlaybill.com also has performances listed as beginning Feb. 25.
Brick
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/06
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Posted: 12/15/09 at 12:53pm
Yeah, what is happening with this!
I would imagine the rumours of postponement until the summer are true, because it's far too close to have not heard anything. On the other hand, why are ticket sales still open if they aren't opening in Feb?
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
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Posted: 12/15/09 at 1:55pm
The only way it would seem logical for the rumors to be true about them opening during the summer would be due to the fact that awhile ago they stopped working on the set while they tried to get more money.
I guess the only way that the show might need to open up in the summer would be due to the fact that they stopped working on the sets for a while when the creative team was begging the producers for more money. I guess they could be making up for the delay in the building process and need to delay the opening/ start of previews to make up for lost time.
I don't know if that is the case for sure, but it is the only thing that seems logical to me as to why they might actually start in the summer rather then in a couple of months.
jeffmiele
Broadway Star Joined: 11/6/07
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Posted: 12/15/09 at 1:58pmi cant find it on here but there defnitiely was an article that said it was postponed.. it was a press conference with Boneau, the press agent, and he said "it defnitely is going to happen" but it was going to be postponed
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Posted: 12/15/09 at 7:03pmBoneau... really?
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#22re: Only 10 More Weeks Until Spiderman Flies In!!!!!!!
Posted: 12/15/09 at 7:20pmOh my face is going to be red if this show opens on time...
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#23re: Only 10 More Weeks Until Spiderman Flies In!!!!!!!
Posted: 12/15/09 at 7:29pm
My friend is actually one of the set designers.. But he also worked on Birdie..
Updated On: 12/17/09 at 07:29 PM
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Posted: 12/15/09 at 7:32pm
George Tsypin is the greatest living set designer, as far as I am concerned (TLM notwithstanding). Your friend is very lucky to be working with the absolute best of the best. I expect their work on SPIDERMAN to be positively mind-blowing. If Tsypin's designs for the RING CYCLE are any indication, we are in for a sumptuous visual feast.
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