Spiderman Preview Thread!- Page 8

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:46pm

Katurian, that paints quite a visual.

[EugLoven]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:48pm

SOME TEXTS COMING FROM MY FRIENDS AT INTERMISSION:

The story does not make sense

There are NO songs!

Yes it is a mess!
(in-re: Intermission at 8:45pm when the show was supposed to start at 6:30pm)

It stopped 4 times in act 1 alone!

This is awful!! Hate the book and score

[indytallguy]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:49pm

Updated On: 11/28/10 at 08:49 PM

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:50pm

Sad to hear that the score is not getting a very good response so far. I've gone between loving a few of the snippets released and thinking other parts sound incredibly bland.

I wonder how much the delays and glitches are contributing to people feeling the first act was long and lacked bite, but God knows Taymor has struggled with dragging stories before. I understand Act II is supposedly less linear, which probably means the reaction won't improve.

Glad that there's apparently at least some humor--Spidey has always been full of wisecracks and self-deprecating humor in the comics, something the movies did not capture very well. The advertising for the show so far has looked pretty humorless.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:50pm

Hey, what's a little feces reference on this thread? I feel it might only be the 1st of many!

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:51pm

Sherry (atu2comSherry) has been posting a lot of tweets. In case you're not keeping up with them:

"But the ovation of the night so far was patrick page playing piano during "I'll take manhattan" & having to adlib during production stoppage

Biggest crowd responses came when action acrobatics happened late in act 1 or when the female mutated spider was singing in rise above

Behind us there are black and white screens afixed to side of mezzanine showing taymor conducting and directing so actors on stage can see

The flying circle seats are best, imho. Orchestra tough to watch flying scenes with spotlights in eyes blinding the view

There were 4 production stoppages as they fixed scenery or production wires in act 1

Doubt sarah jessica, matthew or sean will return after intermission as they left with their coats and scarves on.

Patrick page is stealing show. He is fantastic. But so far the story is sooooooo slow moving.

People around me disappointed by what they have seen so far but they are spiderman fans who rival sheldon on big bang theory

Acrobatics have wow factor. Green goblin like macphisto on steroids. Visuals undeniably taymor.

Music undeniably u2 sounding. Edge riffs woven beautifully in score. Rise above phenomenal. So far the story is slow and some parts hokey"

[Katurian2]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:53pm

Getting some tweet responses to my questions about the villains featured. Apparently the only baddie featured in act 1 has been the Green Goblin who is 'awesome.' Hmmm- so guess it's what we were thinking with the others just thrown in during a sequence near the end. Too bad!

[Marianne2]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:55pm

This thread is hilarious. Don't know if that is a good or bad thing.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:55pm

"I have no idea how Long dies. Do you?"

I thought Love Never Dies...

[Broadway Joe]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:56pm

Its hard for me to type much on my phone. But to expand. The music is just bland and boring and i cant recall one song that i liked so far. The music takes a back seat to the visuals, which there are plenty of. Instead of getting a real wrestler for that scene they have some big ass like balloonish type thing that looks like a bad mascot gone wrong that he wrestles. The other problem is yes i know the characters are attached to the wires but there has to be a better way to hide the belts around their waist. The green goblin also has a southern accent which is kinda silly. He looks terrible though, actually reminds me of scar in the lion king which is ironic. The main problem with me is the music, is boring and uninspired. Ill type more when i get home. I hope im wrong about act 2 and i hope i end up loving it.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:56pm

You mean "Long" never dies, n'est pas?

[masb19872]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:58pm

danielgeneNYC
Stage manager at @SpideyOnBway says they are holding intermission to "fix a few things." I'm patiently waiting and excited for Act II!

[Katurian2]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:58pm

Oh god. The southern accent is probably a Ted Turner reference with that whole concept going down.
NO.
NO.
NO.
Let me be the first fangirl to complain that Norman Osborn is an East coaster through and through.

[tazber]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:59pm

I read somewhere (the NY mag article?) that act 1 was the Green Goblin and the furies, Carange, and all the rest are in act 2.

It seemed like Patrick Page wasn't even in act 2, but that was just the impression I got from the quote.

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 8:59pm

I just watched the 60 Minutes segment and I'm amazed. Those stunts look ridiculous!

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 9:01pm

I feel like due to the technical mess this show is, the score and book are going to take a backseat during the preview period. Because any added scene or song would have to be staged, which could take days.

Not to mention Bono & The Edge are out of the country currently.

[Boq101]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 9:02pm

The first and second holds were 30 minutes each, intermission was also 30 minutes. WHY AM I MISSING THIS.

[nexttotheheights]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 9:02pm

danielgeneNYC Daniel Gene Martin
After a 40 minute intermission Act II is now starting at @SpideyOnBway!

[trentsketch]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 9:02pm

I'm thinking the score is going to be polarizing. I remember being shocked by some of the negative reaction to "Boy Who Fell from the Sky." It was like I watched a completely different video.

I have confidence that they can fix the book. I'm guessing rehearsals have been so obsessed with getting the tech right/not killing actors/passing inspection that they let some of the book/score issues sit on the back burner (by choice or by necessity). Is that an excuse? No. I'd rather a well-written show with simpler staging than a confusing spectacle, but it's the first preview. Anything can happen.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 9:04pm

Asked one tweeter about it and he noted the score was especially weak. That's what I am most curious about, since that is absolutely the core of the show. Lion King's story and layout were terrible, but it was manageable because of the beautiful Elton John and African chorus score. If that's not here for this, there's not much to fall back on.

Also hearing that the mixing is terrible- which is absolutely a huge issue with a rock musical.

[blaxx]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 9:04pm

40 minute intermission?! I hope tonight she looks up the words "overly' and "ambitious".

[Cosmic Explorer]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 9:05pm

at the show now. So far the music is awful and im a u2 fan.
stunts are cool, but once the novelty wears off they arent enough to compensate for muddled story and bad music. sets and projections are very busy.
where you sit makes all the difference. I mean ALL the difference.

[Boq101]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 9:05pm

My fear, as expressed just now by someone else, is that the machine the show is held in is too rigid to make changes to scenes rather quickly. The more time the changes take to happen to less likely big changes will occur.

[Holbee]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 9:09pm

The power and popularity of "The Lion King", with the exception of "Circle of Life" has NOTHING to do with the score. Nothing.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 11/28/10 at 9:17pm

The popularity of The Lion King is because it is a tear-jerker of a show with the target demo of families and tourists due to it being one of the great Disney films, which is why it is still running. That said, I personally loved the score of film and could admit 'Be Prepared' was good on stage (though not even close to the hyenas doing a Triumph Of Will imitation in the film).