samurainoir
Mar 30, '09, 2:12 PM
SENSES TINGLING - New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/seven/03272009/news/columnists/spidey_senses_tingling_161570.htm)
WHAT do you call a $40 million theatrical extravaganza that features gigantic, perspective-skewing sets, 3-D projections, more aerial acrobatics than Cirque du Soleil, a cast of heroes and villains from Marvel comic books and a rock score by Bono and The Edge?
The phrase "Broadway musical" doesn't seem grand enough to convey the size and scope of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," which is due to open in New York at the Hilton Theater in January 2010.
And, in fact, its director, Julie Taymor, who staged "The Lion King," recently warned a group of theater insiders to steer clear of the word "musical."
Spider-Man, she added, "is not going to sing and dance in tights."
A better description of her show, she suggested, is a "circus rock-'n'-roll drama."
WHAT do you call a $40 million theatrical extravaganza that features gigantic, perspective-skewing sets, 3-D projections, more aerial acrobatics than Cirque du Soleil, a cast of heroes and villains from Marvel comic books and a rock score by Bono and The Edge?
The phrase "Broadway musical" doesn't seem grand enough to convey the size and scope of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," which is due to open in New York at the Hilton Theater in January 2010.
And, in fact, its director, Julie Taymor, who staged "The Lion King," recently warned a group of theater insiders to steer clear of the word "musical."
Spider-Man, she added, "is not going to sing and dance in tights."
A better description of her show, she suggested, is a "circus rock-'n'-roll drama."