Spiderman Preview Thread!- Page 60

[jdtp12]

Posted: 1/22/11 at 11:24am

Yes, Julie confirmed in an interview that she wouldn't be cutting the shoe song, Geek Chorus, or Arachne. But they would be tweaked.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 1/22/11 at 11:26am

Quoth John Adams, "Diiss-gusting."

[TheatreDork3]

Posted: 1/22/11 at 8:49pm

I just bought tickets again. YEAAAaa!!! It's been two months seen I've seen my favorite train wreck. I have high hopes that the show has fixed some of the major flaws I saw back in December. Fingers Crossed!!!

TD

[uncageg]

Posted: 1/22/11 at 9:14pm

I was watching something on a New York station this past week and, in passing, they mentioned that advanced sales for the show have fallen off.

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 1/22/11 at 10:27pm

I've been hearing this too...I think it was that NY Arts show or something where they mentioned that advance has been decreasing

[dave1606]

Posted: 1/22/11 at 10:31pm

Saw the show today, thought the new finale was great! Yes, the show still has plenty of problems, and I won't comment on them because everyone knows what they are.

I just want to give some love to Matthew James Thomas. He was excellent today, and really gives a great performance as Spider-Man. I have seen Reeve to and he is leagues better. He has a great stage presence and I can see has a great voice, though seemed pretty under the weather.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/23/11 at 12:18am

dave, can you tell us a little bit about the finale? Also, does the fight with Arachne now have anything more than Peter moving her legs around a little bit?

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 1/23/11 at 12:44am

The finale is Spider-Man (Reeve) flying and looking scared for his life.

[philly03]

Posted: 1/23/11 at 1:42am

^^ Or Matthew James Thomas flying and looking scared for his life.

Then at the curtain call he popped straight down from the ceiling.

[steven22]

Posted: 1/23/11 at 2:24am

dave who is better? Reeve or Matthew James Thomas? I've only seen Matthew James Thomas and thought he was great.

[dave1606]

Posted: 1/23/11 at 1:10pm

Matthew James in my opinion. His voice wasn't the strongest this past Saturday, but I can see the potential. It is obvious he is a trained actor, and because of this has a much stronger stage presence. I didn't think he looked scared, but since it is the first week this has been in the show I could imagine that both of them probably did while doing it. I am not knocking Reeve (I am a fan of his band Carney), as when I saw it he barely had a character, but Matthew is leagues better.

[broadwayboy101]

Posted: 1/23/11 at 1:45pm

Reeve looked like he was having the time of his life swinging around the night I saw it.

[ActingIsLovee]

Posted: 1/23/11 at 3:15pm

sorry if this has already been answered, but can someone explain to me why Reeve needs an alternate? I haven't seen the show but from what I read it's my understanding that Reeve doesn't even do that much flying, and I can't imagine it's because the role is vocally strenuous...?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 1/23/11 at 4:39pm

You are right. I saw the show and can't figure it out.

When I saw it Xmas Day...his voice was shot about 3/4 of the way through it. SO....I surmize that HE just can't handle it.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 1/24/11 at 1:22pm

Shouldn't we create new subthreads for this category, such as "Spiderman Preview Threat 2011" and "Spiderman Preview Thread 2012"?

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 1/24/11 at 2:10pm

Julie's gonna get a LOT of crap for this one....

"You can do spectacle on Broadway with no book and have a very successful show."
It makes sense... but... yeah.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Taymor_Says_Broadway_Success_Can_Be_Found_in_Spectacle_with_No_Book_20010101

[SallyF]

Posted: 1/24/11 at 3:08pm

I love the Freudian "threat." I guess you meant the 2011 "thread" and the "threat" that it will still be running in 2012 with no official opening.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 1/24/11 at 3:50pm

Re: why Reeve has an alternate. He said at the stagedoor, "I was only hired to do 6 shows a week. I mean, can anyone really do 8 a week?...with this style of singing, that is."

[yournamehere]

Posted: 1/24/11 at 4:32pm

Can anyone help me make out lyrics? During "If the World Should End" what is the line that has something to do with Mars? For the life of me, I can not make out what Jenn is singing.

[whatacharacter]

Posted: 1/28/11 at 12:40pm

Any updates on the ending or any other changes or tweeks being put into place?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/28/11 at 3:06pm

Kirby,

The original article came from the LA Times. BWW can't even give credit where it's due.
Linky

[KirbyCat]

Posted: 1/28/11 at 11:44pm

Thanks, Diva!

[Cornelius2]

Posted: 1/29/11 at 8:35pm

My two cents-
Attended Thursday night's performance-
technically smooth (no one physically stuck, tangled or injured)
but
plot/book, music/sound, design/"flying effects",
AWFUL
(jumbled/confused, overwhelming/underwhelming, overdone/ underdone)...
My favorite line (but not worth the ticket price)
"I have descended from the astral plane with the help of human shoes."- Arachne

[yournamehere]

Posted: 1/29/11 at 8:58pm

That's a line? I never heard that line. Well, that explains the atrocious shoe song then.

[Scott Briefer]

Posted: 1/30/11 at 12:31pm

What surprises me most about Spider-man and it's countless foibles is that we're not hearing about dramatic changes despite the extended preview period. I realize a show of this size and complexity would require a lot of rehearsal time to implement changes, and I know how little time they actually have for rehearsal, but still... where is the new second act? Where is the revised score, or at the very least new sound design.

What we are getting instead is a lot of interviews defending what is already being performed with hints to huge changes that don't seem to materialize. AND, comments that the score and even large parts of the book are simply being "tweaked" and not the "overhaul" that early word deems necessary, or warranted by the extended preview period.

I can't wait for the book of Spider-man the musical. I want to read about the process from an inside perspective. I want to know what's truly going on. I'm tired of waiting every Wednesday (the performances after two days off and I assume rehearsal) for someone to write about the "new spectacular second act". What gives?


P.S. I'm still hopeful that Spider-man is going to pull through and become a masterpiece.
Updated On: 1/30/11 at 12:31 PM