"Ran without stopping" is not the same as "ran without mistakes."

Allow me to respond on behalf of Conan.

It's Spiderman, in a musical.

Do I really need to say any more?

Marisyana: A friend of mine, both a Broadway and comic geek, saw this and said it was a trainwreck of spectacular proportions. And he had extremely low expectations going in too.

The response from my 12-year old, who is a Spiderman fan, was "I don't want to see that. It just sounds weird."

Are they touching?

My college roommate was a theatre major and he saw this the other night. He said the sound design, acting, and music were all terrible. He said the set and actors were nice to look at and the screw-ups were funny to watch. He is thinking it may never get out of previews.

I read somewhere that this show has to sell out every show from opening right until 2016 JUST TO BREAK EVEN.

This whole operation is designed to fail.

donnielove: My college roommate was a theatre major and he saw this the other night. He said the sound design, acting, and music were all terrible. He said the set and actors were nice to look at and the screw-ups were funny to watch. He is thinking it may never get out of previews.

It can't not. They've sunk far too much into it to shut it down without opening. Hell, they delayed the premier almost a year (and kept the theater dark) to "iron out the kinks".

/I love Julie Taymor's film work, but by all accounts she's an exceedingly difficult human being.

Spiderman - swingin' and singin"!

Makes me wonder about the songs.

"Eight Reason I Hate You" - sung by Doc Ock

"Caught in a Web of Love" - sung by Mary Jane

"Shooting My Wad" - sung by Spidey

My friend went to NYC for a week of Broadway shows and had to miss this one because Spidey broke his ankles during a practice stunt. He was severely disappointed. He was in it for the kitsch.

SharkTrager: Allow me to respond on behalf of Conan.

It's Spiderman, in a musical.

Do I really need to say any more?

It's Jesus Christ, in a musical.
It's the Vietnam War, in a musical.
It's a man eating plant, in a musical.
It's a psychotic barber, in a musical.
It's Aids, in a musical.

salvador.hardin: SharkTrager: Allow me to respond on behalf of Conan.

It's Spiderman, in a musical.

Do I really need to say any more?

It's Jesus Christ, in a musical.
It's the Vietnam War, in a musical.
It's a man eating plant, in a musical.
It's a psychotic barber, in a musical.
It's Aids, in a musical.

All of those things have humor and/or drama. Spiderman, not so much.

Dwight_Yeast: hey've sunk far too much into it to shut it down without opening. Hell, they delayed the premier almost a year (and kept the theater dark) to "iron out the kinks".


You can keep saying that but it is not going to become true. The delay had nothing to do with "kinks". was entirely financial.

Kaybeck: I read somewhere that this show has to sell out every show from opening right until 2016 JUST TO BREAK EVEN.

This whole operation is designed to fail.


Broadway does not work that way.

HawgWild: If memory serves (and it rarely does anything else), the same woman who directed Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark also directed the latest incarnation of The Tempest.

So ... I guess things don't bode well for The Tempest.

Except that she already did the same sort of thing with Titus Andronicus, and it really wasn't that bad.

SharkTrager:

All of those things have humor and/or drama. Spiderman, not so much.

Which preview did you see?

T.M.S.: You can keep saying that but it is not going to become true. The delay had nothing to do with "kinks". was entirely financial.

[citation needed]

And while we're at it, who's funding this thing?

Oh, I see!It was delayed back in October of 2009 because of funding issues Link

Then it was postponed in January Link for unspecified reasons which were assumed to be technical, as they were already in rehearsals at that point.

So we're both right.

Dwight_Yeast:

[citation needed]

What exactly do you want me to explain to you?

Dwight_Yeast:

And while we're at it, who's funding this thing?

Michael Cohl

T.M.S.: SharkTrager:

All of those things have humor and/or drama. Spiderman, not so much.

Which preview did you see?

I'm referring to the source material.

T.M.S.: What exactly do you want me to explain to you?

I already answered my own question on that.

Dwight_Yeast:

Then it was postponed in January Link for unspecified reasons which were assumed to be technical, as they were already in rehearsals at that point.


The show was still loading in at that time. There were no "technical difficulties" to be had.

DeaH:
"Shooting My Wad" - sung by Spidey

I lol'd.

Kaybeck: I read somewhere that this show has to sell out every show from opening right until 2016 JUST TO BREAK EVEN.

This whole operation is designed to fail.

LOL. My wife just said to me "I wonder if they have a Producers thing going on there. 'You can make more money with a flop than with a hit!'"

Bialystock and Bloom

I like to fantasize about making hideously inappropriate works into musicals.

The Mountains of Madness
Atlas Shrugged
The Q'uran
Dead-Alive
The 1978 Buick Riviera Transmission Service Manual

That sort of thing.

wildsnowllama: Kaybeck: I read somewhere that this show has to sell out every show from opening right until 2016 JUST TO BREAK EVEN.

This whole operation is designed to fail.

LOL. My wife just said to me "I wonder if they have a Producers thing going on there. 'You can make more money with a flop than with a hit!'"

MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMZZZZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYY

This is why I should refresh before posting.

wildsnowllama: Kaybeck: I read somewhere that this show has to sell out every show from opening right until 2016 JUST TO BREAK EVEN.

This whole operation is designed to fail.

LOL. My wife just said to me "I wonder if they have a Producers thing going on there. 'You can make more money with a flop than with a hit!'"

Sadly that is no longer possible.

Computers were the worst thing to ever happen to Broadway corruption.

Just computerized payroll alone eliminated the "46th. Street Local".

T.M.S.: wildsnowllama: Kaybeck: I read somewhere that this show has to sell out every show from opening right until 2016 JUST TO BREAK EVEN.

This whole operation is designed to fail.

LOL. My wife just said to me "I wonder if they have a Producers thing going on there. 'You can make more money with a flop than with a hit!'"

Sadly that is no longer possible.

Computers were the worst thing to ever happen to Broadway corruption.

Just computerized payroll alone eliminated the "46th. Street Local".

What's that hard drive labeled?
ShowtotheIRS:c

What's the other one say?
NevershowtotheIRS:d

jso2897:
The 1978 Buick Riviera Transmission Service Manual

That sort of thing.

I have a director friend that hands a 1950's bowling manual to actors during auditions and asks them to improvise a musical from it.

Tends to weed out the "master thespians".

wildsnowllama: T.M.S.: wildsnowllama: Kaybeck: I read somewhere that this show has to sell out every show from opening right until 2016 JUST TO BREAK EVEN.

This whole operation is designed to fail.

LOL. My wife just said to me "I wonder if they have a Producers thing going on there. 'You can make more money with a flop than with a hit!'"

Sadly that is no longer possible.

Computers were the worst thing to ever happen to Broadway corruption.

Just computerized payroll alone eliminated the "46th. Street Local".

What's that hard drive labeled?
ShowtotheIRS:c

What's the other one say?
NevershowtotheIRS:d

The last thing corrupt producers are afraid of is the IRS.



These letters have hammers.

Conan's show is beating this joke into the ground, fast. I'm so bored with it.

SharkTrager: T.M.S.: SharkTrager:

All of those things have humor and/or drama. Spiderman, not so much.

Which preview did you see?

I'm referring to the source material.

I see.

Although I am not a fan of the web-slinger I find it hard to imagine there has been no humor or drama found within that source over the last 49 years.

I could be wrong.

the funniest part is that Spidey does more Spidey stuff in the Conan parody than is described in any of the advance reviews of the actual musical. Several reviewers pointed out that at no point does Spidey even SHOOT A WEB. Which leads me to wonder if the Conan parody might actually be a better representation of Spiderman than the musical it was parodying. From the reviews it seems like he appears to be FLYING like in the Peter Pan musical, not webslinging then occasionally he makes a wisecrack or two before breaking into song. Many of the reviews saw Green Goblin is spot on and hilarious, unfortunately they also mention he dies before the first act is out.

SharkTrager: T.M.S.: SharkTrager:

All of those things have humor and/or drama. Spiderman, not so much.

Which preview did you see?

I'm referring to the source material.

guess I how know you've never read a single story-arc? Even the god awful clone saga had hilarious moments.

speaking on conan... Which of you Fark members are Conan writers? almost every news story he makes jokes about i've read the previous day on fark... which is pretty cool.

brandnewchair: speaking on conan... Which of you Fark members are Conan writers? almost every news story he makes jokes about i've read the previous day on fark... which is pretty cool.

I hope Drew doesn't see that.

Marisyana: A friend of mine, both a Broadway and comic geek, saw this and said it was a trainwreck of spectacular proportions. And he had extremely low expectations going in too.

My friend is a HUGE Broadway fan and he texted me the second it was over with this message: "An absolute disgrace. I give it an F"

I asked him what was so wrong with it (yeah, I already knew but I wanted to hear his perspective) and here were his answers:

"story was AWFUL! I can't even describe it. They based it off the fact that there used to be a "female human spider" called Arachne, etc. Just awful."

"I love U2. seen them 5x. this is their worst music ive ever heard!"

"there was just nothing to it. bad music, bad story, flying scenes (except 1) were completely overrated. it was 30 minutes too long also, just a disaster."

"[my wife] fell asleep during it."

HawgWild: If memory serves (and it rarely does anything else), the same woman who directed Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark also directed the latest incarnation of The Tempest.

So ... I guess things don't bode well for The Tempest.

Except she cast Helen MIRREN as Prospero! The previews look awesome.

/should have cast Helen Mirren as Spiderman