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Ousted Director, Bill Clinton Show Up at Spider-Man Musical Opening
Max Read · 06/15/11 12:05AMAmerica Just Doesn't Want to See Its Teens Screwing
Richard Lawson · 06/09/11 04:11PMThe New and Improved Spider-Man Musical is Alive! It's Alive!
Seth Abramovitch · 05/06/11 12:18AMSpider-Man Replaces Veteran Choreographer with 20-Something Brooklynite
Brian Moylan · 03/21/11 05:04PMJulie Taymor Kicked Off of Spider-Man
Adrian Chen · 03/09/11 10:48PMThe rumors were true: Julie Taymor has been officially pushed out of her role as director of the disastrous Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Taymor was made to leave after she refused outside help on the production, according to the Times. Now it will be up to Bono, the Edge and The Boy from Oz director Philip William McKinley to turn the thing around. (Oh, and opening night has been delayed again, of course.)
What We've Learned from the Spider-Man Debacle
Richard Lawson · 03/09/11 03:09PMNot only is director Julie Taymor supposedly leaving Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, but the whole production plans to shut down for a few weeks. Yikes! An unmitigated, unprecedented (no show in Broadway history has ever run this many preview performances) disaster. Well, only creatively for now, but one would think the finances will eventually suffer. That said, is there any knowledge to be gained from this whole mess? Yes, a few things!
NY1: Julie Taymor Leaving Spider-Man Musical
Max Read · 03/08/11 11:47PMCiting unnamed "sources," NY1 reports that director Julie Taymor is leaving the troubled Spider-man musical Turn Off the Dark. The news comes a day after The New York Times wrote about ongoing "negotiations" between Taymor and the musical's producers, including U2 members Bono and the Edge, who wrote the musical's songs.
Is Julie Taymor Going to Get Fired from the Spider-Man Musical?
Max Read · 03/07/11 11:44PMStruggling Spider-Man Musical To Bring On Co-Director
Richard Lawson · 02/21/11 12:01PMIn what could be viewed as a vote of no confidence in director/creator Julie Taymor's ability to fix Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the producers of the creatively flailing Broadway musical (which is certainly not financially flailing) are bringing in a co-director to gently tap Taymor on the shoulder and send her back to the dugout for a bit.
Just How Bad Is the Spider-Man Musical?
Max Read · 02/08/11 12:31AMSpider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the $65 million Broadway musical from Lion King director Julie Taymor and Bono, of the Irish Bonos, was supposed to open on Monday night. It didn't—it's been delayed, again, till March 15—but that didn't stop a bunch of critics from reviewing it anyway. And they all agree: It's unbelievably bad.
Injured Spider-Man Actor Says the Show Must Go On
Richard Lawson · 01/04/11 11:30AMWhat's Opening in Theaters Today
Richard Lawson · 12/10/10 06:10PMFriday is here once again, which means movies are opening! Let's see what's debuting in theaters today. We've got boxers and monologers, Dawn Treaders and tourists, and the triumphant return of Mena Suvari and Matthew Modine!
Spider-Man on Broadway Uses Same Technology as Hovering Football Cameras
Christopher Han · 11/29/10 01:31PMThe new Spider-Man show on Broadway cost $60 million to make. Expenses included a sophisticated stunt system normally used for cameras in football games - traveling at up to 50 mph - and paying U2 to write the score.
Spider-Man Musical's First Show Goes Splat
Richard Lawson · 11/29/10 11:21AMThe Tempest: The Electric Shakespeare Acid Test
Richard Lawson · 10/05/10 01:15PMGlee to Go All Transsexual Transvestite On Us
Richard Lawson · 07/26/10 03:50PMThe Spider-Man Broadway Musical Has Begun
Richard Lawson · 07/21/10 04:19PMHappy Birthday
cityfile · 12/15/09 07:05AMJulie Taymor, the Tony-winning theater and film director, turns 57 today. Adam Brody, the actor and former star of The O.C. is turning 30. Don Johnson is 60. Stuart Townsend, the actor better known as Charlize Theron's boyfriend, turns 37. Virginia Senator Mark Warner is turning 55. Comedian Tim Conway is 76. And Andrew Luster, the Max Factor heir and convicted rapist, will mark his 46th birthday behind bars today.