So that Spider-Man musical. The one being put on by U2 and Julie (Across the Universe) Taymor? Yeah – apparently it’s a bit of a death trap. The AV Club brings us word of a new set of injuries shortly after cast member Kevin Aubin broke both of his wrists performing a flying stunt that catapults the actor from the back of the stage to the lip. That sucks, but I suppose things of that nature are to be expected to some degree in these types of whiz-bang productions. But the new injury has an anonymous cast member revealing that he also broke both of his feet…
…doing the exact same stunt.
To quote the AV Club’s Shawn O’Neal: “Hey. Maybe don’t do that.” He also goes on to fill us in on some of the other stunts used in the show, which include a “multitude of cables that will swing performers over the heads of audience members in the orchestra section and up toward the mezzanine—without any nets, of course.”
Yep. Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark hits the stage (heh) November 14th. It might not be a bad idea to make sure all of your insurance is up to snuff before you visit the theater.
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This piece of shit is actually coming to light?
This show's telltale signs of "trainwreck in the making" keep adding up. Now I"m morbidly curious to go and see it for myself.
I keep thinking this whole thing is going to hurt many of us in more ways that we cannot comprehend!;)
I'm thinking another debacle of CARRIE: THE MUSICAL proportions. It may actually be worth seeing, simply for the kitsch value.
"They've finally figured out what to do with Spider-Man to make me not want to see it." –Howard Stern
This week I have heard the 2 worst titles for anything I have ever heard in my life. Coincidently they bot use the word dark. Turn off the dark, what does that mean? It just screams "we don't get it and we are taking this in some weird direction". The other is Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which means "we think your all idiots".
@A-COD don't forget The Dark Knight Rises. Admittedly not as bad as your two examples but still pretty uninspiring.
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How does Julie Taymor keep getting work? Can't people see she's a fucking maniac by now?
I just wanna know how worn out the "break a leg" joke is backstage there.
Actually? Could be great. Have any of you actually SEEN any theatre of Taymor's? She finds a way. She makes it work. And seriously–what would a Good title be? I'm serious about this–Look at any title of any comic book–they all sound ridiculous when you add "the musical" to it…
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