Spiderman Tour

[hamiltonboys]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 4:16pm

I was wondering if anybody's heard anything about the Spiderman: Turn off the Dark arena tour.

I know it got bad reviews from the critics (to say the least), but I like a lot of the songs on the recording and the people I know who saw it on Broadway really enjoyed it. I never got the chance to see it.

The tour seems to have been abandoned, as it was supposed to have launched already and the site hasn't changed since the announcement of the tour. I was just wondering if any casting or audition information has gone out to indicate there's a chance this will actually happen.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 4:22pm

Spider-Man is gone. Do not hold your breath. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 4:22pm

Nope. I'm pretty sure it's actually physically impossible to tour Spider-Man, at least in the form we had it on Broadway.

In addition, FYI, the producer for Spider-Man is/was Michael Cohl, who has since cancelled A Night With Janis Joplin at the Gramercy, Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Tour and the Marvel Experience Tour all at the last minute or before they even started.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/arts/music/anger-for-jesus-christ-superstar-cast-and-a-black-eye-for-its-promoter.html

http://deadline.com/2015/07/traveling-marvel-theme-park-summer-tour-cancelled-1201470944/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/theater/how-a-night-with-janis-joplin-was-suddenly-canceled.html

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 4:23pm

I've been sleeping out to be the first in line for tickets for AGES.  Luckily, I get better care packages than those gunmen who took over a bird sanctuary.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 4:31pm

But you missed Spider-Man v2 Two at the movies, and you will miss Spider-Man 3.1 if you wait much longer. Ask yourself if it is worth it. 

 

 

Updated On: 1/20/16 at 04:31 PM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 4:31pm

Watch the bootleg

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 4:38pm

I'd still like to see a smaller redesigned production tour actual theatres as a regular Broadway national tour. I liked the second version well enough. I found the new book and songs enjoyable. While they wouldn't be able to stage the overhead flight sequences on tour they could still do on stage flight and utilize other methods of storytelling for those sequences that don't involve endangering actor's lives. 

 

Updated On: 1/20/16 at 04:38 PM

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 4:50pm

Speaking of bootlegs, I'm still looking for that 1.0 video that people insist exists. 

 

Also. This show without spectacle is absolutely nothing. It didn't have to be that way; these are great characters. But that's what we got in the end--a very long theme park show.

Updated On: 1/20/16 at 04:50 PM

[hamiltonboys]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 4:54pm

CATSNYrevival said: "I'd still like to see a smaller redesigned production tour actual theatres as a regular Broadway national tour. I liked the second version well enough. I found the new book and songs enjoyable. While they wouldn't be able to stage the overhead flight sequences on tour they could still do on stage flight and utilize other methods of storytelling for those sequences that don't involve endangering actor's lives. 

If it were to go on tour I think I'd prefer an arena tour that would allow for the overhead flight sequences, as that's the most intriguing part of the show to me. I think the musical would be boring if all the action took place on stage.

 

 

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[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/20/16 at 5:03pm

there's a better chance of HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME & LEAP OF FAITH touring in rep. that SPIDERMAN touring. ever.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 1/21/16 at 6:30am

Scarywarhol said: "Speaking of bootlegs, I'm still looking for that 1.0 video that people insist exists. 

Me too!

 

 

 

[devonian.t]

Posted: 1/21/16 at 6:30am

Scarywarhol said: "Speaking of bootlegs, I'm still looking for that 1.0 video that people insist exists. 

Me too!

 

 

 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 1/21/16 at 9:23am

They lost most of their ~65 million investment on Broadway. Who is paying for a tour, specifically a scaled down one like you guys are asking for? That's even more money if you're redesigning it.

[MRPURPLE2012]

Posted: 1/21/16 at 1:18pm

devonian.t said: "Scarywarhol said: "Speaking of bootlegs, I'm still looking for that 1.0 video that people insist exists. 

 

Me too!

 

 I used to have the 1.0 video, but the link was taken down. The video itself is completely unwatchable with 3/4 of the stage being blocked. So it basically was just an audio wit a small bit of video.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/21/16 at 1:21pm

Will Michael Cohl's son's documentary ever be released, or is it too unflattering to everyone involved?

 

 

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 1/21/16 at 1:28pm

I also think this would work alright as an arena tour.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/21/16 at 1:31pm

It would just continue to hemorrhage money and get panned in any venue. The only possible reason to do it would be as some kind of Ponzi scheme. 

[GoblinKing2]

Posted: 1/22/16 at 4:12pm

I must confess that even at my age I'm still a huge Spider-Man fanboy and hadn't discovered this board when I saw 2.0 (never saw 1.0) back in 2013 so never had a chance to discuss it or compare notes. I thoroughly enjoyed it, although I think circumstances such as getting a good seat at a discount, the fact that it largely followed a conventional comic book narrative, I simply love the character and had zero expectations going in (considering its relentless pummeling by critics and the equipment and script mishaps that made it a nation-wide joke - even parodied on Sesame Street) heavily influenced my liking it. Even with that, I wasn't willing to pay to go back for seconds.

 

That said, if I had money to burn and was unfazed by the massive financial losses it had already suffered, I wouldn't invest a nickel bringing this show back in any way, shape or form. I didn't see nearly enough in it to strongly recommend it to non-fanboys and find the fact it ran for three years almost inexplicable. I'll bet the liability insurance bill alone would make even a rich person shudder, and I would grind my teeth in agony at the royalty checks I would have to write Julie Taymor and Bono and the Edge. Even though I liked the show I walked out thinking its score was totally unmemorable. I bought the cast album (at a second hand store for less than 5 bucks), and except for a couple of songs by the Green Goblin, it is a complete bore to listen to without being accompanied by any of the stage action.

The Mary Jane character needed a much stronger role than being a conventional love interest and damsel in distress, and much better songs (I was disappointed she didn't have a good belting song ala of the kind Idina or Sutton get), and the idea of turning the Green Goblin into a walking vegetable who was given a Southern accent (which couldn't help but sound like a bad Elvis impersonation) because the writer wanted to evoke images of the Ku Klux Klan, for Christ's sake, was beyond stupid. Does anyone outside of whatever bubble he was living in automatically think "oh yeah, Southern accent = KKK?"

And if the show needs to be in an arena with spectacle and overhead flying to interest people, then frankly, it has missed the entire point of the Spider-Man character. May it stay dead and buried.

Updated On: 1/22/16 at 04:12 PM

[DrMike]

Posted: 1/22/16 at 9:54pm

As an interesting side note, the book  "Song of Spider-Man: the Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History" by Glen Berger is a fascinating look into the process of creating the production.  After reading the book, it is easy to see how a tour would be unlikely.  There are a lot of big egos who could not stand to be in the same room with each other.