SPIDER-MAN to Shut Down for 2-3 Weeks; 3 Month Delay in Opening?
#2
Posted: 3/8/11 at 8:23pm
Who is putting more money into this? Crikey.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#3
Posted: 3/8/11 at 8:28pm
A three week shutdown will bring it to about April 1st. Are they going to announce then that this whole thing is a joke and there were never any intentions to open?
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#4
Posted: 3/8/11 at 8:29pm
Shocking...Bye Julie Taymor. Don't let a cable/wire hit you on the way out.
#5
Posted: 3/8/11 at 8:30pm
It Ain't coming back.
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#6
Posted: 3/8/11 at 8:37pm
I wouldn't be surprised if the show closed and never opened back up again.
#7
Posted: 3/8/11 at 8:38pm
Let's hope so.
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#8
Posted: 3/8/11 at 8:43pm
Channel 1 is reporting unamed "sources" say the opening will be pushed ahead until June. They did not say what year however. The funniest thing the newcaster said was that this would knock it out of Tony contention this year.Gee, maybe the should reconsider & open it now.
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#9
Posted: 3/8/11 at 8:44pm
I really don't think it will shutdown forever. If the delay was a few months? Yeah, I could see that not happening. But a 2-3 MAYBE 5 week delay? They've tried this far and will try further
#10
Posted: 3/8/11 at 8:47pm
Yeesh.
#11
Posted: 3/8/11 at 8:55pm
At least they're finally serious about making some tangible goddamn improvements.
#12
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:09pm
There goes the shoe number...
#13
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:09pm
This is the best decision the producers have made thus far. I do not think it will completely shutdown. They put $65 million into this mess. I think they are going to do everything they can to get themselves out of it before giving up. There have been practically no changes made since the first preview. That is the problem. Well one of the many problems.
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#14
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:11pm
"Wave your little hand and whisper 'So long Spidey'
We ain't gonna see you anymore!"
We ain't gonna see you anymore!"
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#15
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:16pm
If anyone in the creative team reads this thread, please heed this plea:
Cut out Arachne and cut out the awful Geek Chorus.
That's the only way this show can have a chance to work.
Cut out Arachne and cut out the awful Geek Chorus.
That's the only way this show can have a chance to work.
#16
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:24pm
All they need is :
A New Book - the one they have in incomprehensibly stupid.
A New Score - Bono, who never deigned to go to rehearsals, has written the most boring, pedantic unmusical score ever
A New Director - Ms. Taymor is crazy
On the other hand , there is actually good theatre being produced on broadway this year. Time to orget about this piece of garbage
A New Book - the one they have in incomprehensibly stupid.
A New Score - Bono, who never deigned to go to rehearsals, has written the most boring, pedantic unmusical score ever
A New Director - Ms. Taymor is crazy
On the other hand , there is actually good theatre being produced on broadway this year. Time to orget about this piece of garbage
#17
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:24pm
Who's gonna write the new score?
#18
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:25pm
I don't wish them for failure. I APPLAUD them for putting a pause on performances to do rewrites. Was the show mis-managed? Does the current book, music, and staging suck? Yes, most of it does. The creative team, producers, and managers have learned many big lessons. However, to be in this situation -- under all this national attention by the media and the theatre community -- to make the decision to take the long, hard road of stopping performances & rewrites (instead of the easy way out, by closing the production), THAT takes courage, determination, desire, spirit, and most important of all: faith.
This show is taking the same journey that many shows take, except that most shows conduct out of town try-outs before braving New York. Look at NEXT TO NORMAL: they began as a festival show, went off-Broadway, went out-of-town, then finally ended up on Broadway. Each pitstop to the Booth Theater had several rewrites in response to having the luxury of watching the show with audiences and how they were responding to it. SPIDER-MAN decided not to have an out-of-town tryout, so they are only able to do so much.
Deciding to temporarily close means that they want to make it right. Say what you will about the production, management, and creatives (lord knows I say a LOT), but at the very least, they are trying. At the very least, we should give them that.
I wish everyone at SPIDER-MAN luck. They need it. It'll be interesting to see if they can turn this around. Doubtful they will, but at least they're trying.
This show is taking the same journey that many shows take, except that most shows conduct out of town try-outs before braving New York. Look at NEXT TO NORMAL: they began as a festival show, went off-Broadway, went out-of-town, then finally ended up on Broadway. Each pitstop to the Booth Theater had several rewrites in response to having the luxury of watching the show with audiences and how they were responding to it. SPIDER-MAN decided not to have an out-of-town tryout, so they are only able to do so much.
Deciding to temporarily close means that they want to make it right. Say what you will about the production, management, and creatives (lord knows I say a LOT), but at the very least, they are trying. At the very least, we should give them that.
I wish everyone at SPIDER-MAN luck. They need it. It'll be interesting to see if they can turn this around. Doubtful they will, but at least they're trying.
"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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#19
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:26pm
I second the "yeesh" and add a "puh-leeze."
#20
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:29pm
Someone has been watching a little too much Pollyanna.
Updated On: 3/8/11 at 09:29 PM
#21
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:38pm
Maybe they are trying - but the score is dreadful and the show will not improve without a different composer.
Why does a composer agree to write a musical and then doesn't bother to show up for rehearsals?
Dear Bono - stay on tour - and stay away from trying to write musicals unless you are willing to actually work.
Dear producers - Get a new score. You know , one with good music.
Something that doesn't make your ears bleed.
Why does a composer agree to write a musical and then doesn't bother to show up for rehearsals?
Dear Bono - stay on tour - and stay away from trying to write musicals unless you are willing to actually work.
Dear producers - Get a new score. You know , one with good music.
Something that doesn't make your ears bleed.
#22
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:42pm
Updated On: 3/8/11 at 09:42 PM
#23
Posted: 3/8/11 at 9:50pm
So the run from Nov to present was virtually an in-town out-of-town? Lol.
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#24
Posted: 3/8/11 at 10:07pm
Exactly. Poor producing.
HOWEVER, I do have to say that IF they would have done an out of town tryout and produced the same crap that it currently playing at the Foxwoods Theater, then that show would have NEVER made it to Broadway and may never have gotten the media attention it has received. In an odd way, that was a bit of luck (for them, as for us, we would have been spared).
HOWEVER, I do have to say that IF they would have done an out of town tryout and produced the same crap that it currently playing at the Foxwoods Theater, then that show would have NEVER made it to Broadway and may never have gotten the media attention it has received. In an odd way, that was a bit of luck (for them, as for us, we would have been spared).
"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
--Aristotle
#25
Posted: 3/8/11 at 10:11pm
I do not think cutting Arachne is a good idea at all. She just needs to be better incorporated into the story.
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