SPIDER-MAN Begins Rehearsal?

So says the show's star, Reeve Carney.

"Yes, you read that headline right – Reeve Carney, the star of the much-delayed musical Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark, has reported on his Twitter page that rehearsals for the show started July 19.

'It’s finally happening!!' tweeted Carney, who said the first day of rehearsals 'was pretty awesome. I honestly can’t believe I’m getting paid to do things my mom would have killed me for when I was a kid! Ha!'

Carney, who fronts the rock band Carney and will appear in the upcoming film 'The Tempest' for Spider-Man director Julie Taymor, is the only officially confirmed cast member of the musical, although Jennifer Damiano (who recently finished her Tony-nominated run in Next to Normal) and Patrick Page have been reported to play Mary Jane and the Green Goblin, respectively..."

http://www.playbill.com/playblog/2010/07/spider-man-begins-rehearsals-according-to-reeve-carney/

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Did he rehearse by himself?

What he doesn't realize is that he's actually just in rehearsals for The Lion King. The producers couldn't legally terminate his contract so the just decided to cast him as Simba.

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I've only seen the gruesome results.

I've never actually witnessed a train wreck in the making.

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What show starts rehearsals before announcing a full cast?

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I understand the backlash and the disbelief. But if they finally have all of the money in place, why wouldn't they begin rehearsals? It's not like anyone on this board has any actual idea what's going on behind the scenes. All we have is gossip. But then when we finally get confirmation that there has been casting and that sets have, in fact, been loaded in, there's still denial.

I get that most people on this board and in general either think this is going to tank or even are hoping it does. I maintain that I'm very excited for this.

You know SNAFU, I bought a ticket to the show that was supposed to open February 25th, and I was refunded.