Two members of
U2 (
Bono and
The Edge), two writers (
Glen Berger followed by
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa), two directors (
Julie Taymor of
Lion King fame followed by
Philip William McKinley), five injuries, a record-setting
one hundred and eighty three preview performances, and
$75,000,000 later...the comic-book rock musical
Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark finally opened on June 14 at the
Foxwoods Theater on Broadway in New York.
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some improvements.
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/spider-man-turn-off-the-dark-reboot-loses-its-train-wreck-mystique-20110614http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945452?categoryid=33&cs=1&cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews
Theater critics, of course, had a field day with Spidey's Broadway debut. They were generally impressed with the visual effects but felt that the storyline and the music left a lot to be desired.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/untangling-the-reviews-for-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark/One critic even predicted its eventual demise.
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/dark_sure_to_be_turned_off_0qYRGDFEubSFSEZ04Wp85HDespite all the bad press, though, Bono still has faith in the entire project and predicts that it will be able to stand on its own legs:
"I think even though it looks like there's a lot of ill will against us, I think it'll turn around. If it's just spectacle, we will have failed. But if you can be moved, and if you believe these characters, and if Spider-Man outlives his fabulism and you really buy into the myth, it's a great American story."
