Long have I been tracking this story and railing against it, and finally it seems there is a conclusion. A most excellent one at that! Last week, the New York Post reported that work on next year's Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark had been put on "hiatus" after producers ran out of money. In a recent Post article, it says the actors are being released from their contracts, which certainly doesn't bode well for the show's planned opening next February:
"This is reportedly the fault of the show's producers, Sony, Marvel, and David Garfinkle, a Chicago lawyer with practically no Broadway experience who's been unable to rein in Julie Taymor's expensive impulses and watched the budget swell to a hilarious $45 million. A move to replace Garfinkle last week was unsuccessful because more experienced producers know better than to sign up for a probable disaster. Also, speaking with a math-capable source, Spider-Man would have to play sold-out shows for five years just to break even."
Wait a second. You're telling me that this musical, which featured U2 at its most pretentious (seriously, "Turn Off the Dark"?) and a brand-new villain called the Swiss Miss (I shit you not) has some kind of unrealistic expectations about its potential success? I'm not even going to say I told you so, even though I did...
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