Lot666 said: "But seriously, I believe Ms. Taymor still had some work to do to iron out her original book concept, but they pulled the plug on her. I guess they had already gone too far past their deadline."
182 preview performances is pretty forgiving (and they had a very tight preview period before opening after she left, so most of those were hers).
Leading Actor Joined: 7/27/05
I found both versions of the book for the musical (the script and lyrics), as well as Julie Taymor's original treatment, entitled Spider-Man: Caught.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UAkQsom391-CuljMuyOqyeHiODz5FX5G
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