Why did Julie Taymor attend the SPIDER-MAN opening?

Didn't she release a statement? It was her vision from the beginning.

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who knows for sure. Ella Logan went to the opening of "Kelly" after she was fired.

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She put in years of work on the show, and has personal relationships with many of the cast and creative team. She never got to have her "moment in the sun," so to speak, so I guess she sucked it up and went.

And technically, she and the union she belongs to are in arbitration with the producers, which is different from a lawsuit.

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She wanted to answer the musical question, "Whatever happened to class?"

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Because she knew that if she didn't, she'd be the subject of countless posts here and elsewhere that she is an angry bitch who felt she was too good to show up. Sorry, she disappointed so many of you by not giving you that opportunity, although I'm sure you'll still say the same thing. Personally I think it was good of her to put aside differences and show up at a performance that was a big and important part of her life as well as others. Kind of like being "big" enough to go to a daughter's wedding rather than stay away if that "bitch my ex married" is going to be there.

Julie Taymor was originally NOT going to attend the premiere of the musical. The reason she did attend was because her close friends in the cast i.e. Reeve, T.V. and others called her personally and asked her to attend. Along with those phone calls, Bono and The Edge also asked her to attend opening night. Her suing the production or whatever is going on backstage has zero relevance to why she was there. She was there to support her friends.

"Reeve, T V and others called her personally and asked her to attend..."
Sounds like she was Punk'ed to me.

"And technically, she and the union she belongs to are in arbitration with the producers, which is different from a lawsuit."

Actually, an arbitration is NOT different from a lawsuit. It is a different way to resolve a lawsuit (there are different rules in arbitration than if you wnnent to Court). But it is very much part of a lawsuit.

Pal Joey, thanks for providing a link to the differences between arbitration and litigation in the courts. As usual, you are ready to provide immediate information to clarify situations. It is a pleasure to respond to one of your posts after a 10 month absence from this Board due to two knee surgeries and my accompanying depression.

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She went to the show for the same reason that Molly Ringwald's character went to the prom in Pretty In Pink. To show everyone that she was not broken.

I'm still not a fan of the show, but it takes alot of guts to show up after all the negativity. Props to her indeed.

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Good for her. As has been said, so much of the show is still her work--why shouldn't she? She's NOT "suing" the production, and despite how much some aspects of her personality annoy me, she deserves as much praise as the musical might get.

What were the snarky comments?

I think she should have been there, and I am glad she went. A lot of her visual work for the show is still intact, and that is reason enough to go. The creative team almost always attends opening night, and she definitely contributed to the creative aspects of the production. Also, she worked with the cast for a long period of time during rehearsals and the early previews. A lot of the cast members even said in interviews that they wanted her to attend opening night. I am glad she went and seeing those pictures of her onstage at curtain call makes me happy. Say what you will, but she did devote a great deal of time, energy, and creative ideas to this project. Yes some of it failed miserably, but some of it also worked quite well.

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