Spiderman Preview Thread! — Page 31

Wikipedia entry for Greek Chorus has been updated:

"In the musical Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, a "Geek Chorus" consists of teenagers who meet to ritualistically retell the greatest Spider-Man stories."

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Greek Chorus

Did I really just read a review for Spider-Man Turn off the Dark from someone who only listened to an audio recording? Really? LOL

The show sucks.

I have also heard the music from the first preview. I don't think the music is as bad as everyone is making it out to be. I really like Boy Falls From The Sky and Bullying By Numbers and Think Again and If The World Should End.

Having only heard very small sound clips, I don't think it sounds too awful. But I have yet to hear the whole show, so maybe my opinion would totally change after hearing it all.

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"Lets be honest 90 percent of the people on this thread want the show to fail."

Nonsense.

90%, you say?

Utter nonsense.

The technological aspects of this show have created so many problems and have unfortunately yielded so few benefits to the show itself, which, in the end, with or without stoppages, is fairly dismal.

I'd say it's the emphasis on the technology that has proven to be the show's undoing. Maybe one's priorities for the theatre should be rethought. Great musicals of the past like "South Pacific" and "My Fair Lady" needed no flying; they just had great books and scores. I think we should return to those basics, and leave the flying for the birds.

Does anyone know who is singing the clip of Think Again in the 60 minutes clip?

I would love it if Spider-man proved the cynics wrong and became a big fat juicy hit. I was hoping for just such a story with the first preview. So, I would like to be included in whatever arbitrary percentage of people are wanting this show to succeed.

Unfortunately, the first preview was a PR disaster and the subsequent reports haven't helped matters.

The injuries have been newsworthy, but they don't (yet) outnumber other Broadway shows, and we apparently can't express any concern about them until they do lest we be labeled drama queens.

We still have several weeks of previews to go before the show is "frozen", so I hope they can fix the noted problems with the book and score, but I worry that the technical demands of the show may limit the amount of reworking they can do. I worry that the show was "frozen" before the cast ever entered the theater. (If that makes me a contemptible drama queen I guess I will just try carry on somehow...)

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You mean these?

"hooray4boobies
"I don't say this lightly: I'd rather have a rpund of chemo than watch Spiderman again."

"Like a bad relationship, you wanna leave but u feel like u invested this much already so u stay just to be disappointed. SPIDERMAN" "

"I'd rather have a round of chemo"????? Someone is taking those tweets seriously?

A bad show shouldn't be supported. It should be kicked out so that something else can take it's place. I support good theater. Not theater in general. There's a lot of bad theater in the world. It looks like Spiderman fits that bill.

A) Have you seen it?
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B) Then you're opening up a whole can of worms with the discussion of what constitutes "good". I think saying you won't support it simply for the sake of it not being worthy, so to say, without further explanation is a little bit foolish especially if you haven't even seen it.

I personally am not "drooling" with happiness over reports of a musical failing...I simply think that so far, the show is not going well. Could it change? Yes...do I want it to change? Yes...but so far from what I have HEARD (I have yet to see it myself but I'm basing this off a friends experience, twitter, reports, and audios) I dont like it. Does this make me a drama queen obsessed with a show failing? Hell no, I live 5 hours away from NYC so the only way I can know what is going on is by second hand reports...and so far these reports are not good.

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Even though I do support you in the "not having to support it" debate...to say its an embarrasement to musical theater is a bit much at this point. It's still in previews, therefore could improve. As others have said, there is some hope in there...its just up to the creative team (or just Taymor) to find it

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(I have a ticket to see the show....so I am playing Devil's Advocate.)

I can chose to NOT support the show without seeing it for many reasons and still be right in my choices.

1. I hate the idea of Spider-man or any superhero on B'way.
2. I don't like spectacle over substance.
3. I think its obnoxious to spend 65 MILLION bucks on a b'way show.
4. I don't like Julie Taymor's previous work.
5. I don't like mindless entertainment.


I could continue, but you get the idea. MIGHT I have appreciated/liked if and been pleasantly suprised? MAYBE. But it's my perogative to take that risk.

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