spiderman on broadway
For Sony, this is the ideal time to announce that it has found a new actor to star in its lucrative “Spider-Man” movie franchise. [1]
Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark is the new Broadway musical featuring familiar stories as well as fresh new ideas based upon the Marvel comic book stories. [2]
America’s favorite superhero swings onto the Broadway stage. [3]
Drawing from over forty years of Marvel comic books for inspiration, SPIDER-MAN spins a new take on the mythic tale of a young man propelled from a modest rowhouse in Queens to the skyscraping spire of the Chrysler Building, the bustling offices of the Daily Bugle, through the dizzying canyons of Manhattan, to new vistas never before seen. [...] Award-winning Bono and The Edge creating new music and lyrics, SPIDER-MAN will be written by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger. [4]
SAN DIEGO— Lawyers on a Friday afternoon panel at Comic-Con were supposed to be talking about the legal challenges of social media and the battles over copyright, notably a case that involves the Walt Disney Company’s Marvel Entertainment and the heirs to the comic book artist Jack Kirby (Spider-Man among many others). [1]
Directed by Tony Award-winner Julie Taymor with 22-time Grammy Award-winning Bono and The Edge (of U2) creating new music and lyrics, SPIDER-MAN is written by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger. [5]
Bono and The Edge won’t be able to see “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” before January. [6]
Julie Taymor continued, “Having recently finished shooting ‘The Tempest’ with Reeve as the young prince, I am thrilled to cast him in an entirely different role as Peter Parker in Spider-Man. [...] Bono and The Edge, who have written the music and lyrics for the production stated, “Our ambition was to find a Peter Parker who could really act and sing, but who still brings a kind of performance that could be new to Broadway audiences. [7]
Currently only group sales are available for Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark. [3]
Bono and The Edge are half of one of the most popular rock bands of all time, U2, who will be making their Broadway debut with SPIDER-MAN. [4]
Director Julie Taymor has pulled off a coup. [6]
The show is being directed by Julie Taymor, with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge, and is apparently the most expensive Broadway musical of all time. [8]
Producers of the new Broadway-bound Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark gave a progress report about the developing show on Nov. 5. [7]
Sources:
[1] SPIDER-MAN - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
[2] Spider Man Tickets on Broadway
[3] Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark Cast | Broadway.com
[4] BestOfBroadway.com
[5] Spiderman Turn Off the Dark Discount Tickets - Broadway Show …
[6] Spider Man On Broadway | Showbiz411
[7] Reeve Carney Is Broadway’s Spider-Man; New Producers Promise …
[8] Spider-Man On Broadway | Reeve Carney | Geekosystem