Spiderman Preview Thread! — Page 8

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

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.

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"

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

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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.

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

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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