Spider-Man has conquered the movies. Now it's Broadway's turn.The widely anticipated new musical “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” with music and lyrics by U2’s Bono and the Edge, and directed by Julie Taymor the creative force behind Disney's long-running "Lion King", took a big swing toward a Broadway debut on Tuesday as the producers announced that the show was scheduled to begin previews next January at the Hilton Theater.
The musical, which is produced by Hello Entertainment/David Garfinkle, Martin McCallum, Marvel Entertainment/David Maisel and Sony Pictures Entertainment, is to start previews at the Hilton on Jan. 16, 2010 and open on Feb. 18. Industry insiders have said its budget would be the largest in Broadway history, about $40 million; asked to confirm that budget figure, a spokesman for the show, Adrian Bryan-Brown, said on Tuesday that the producers would not comment on the dollar amount. The “Spider-Man” musical would mark the Broadway debut for Bono and the Edge. Ms. Taymor and Glen Berger (of Off-Broadway’s “Underneath the Lintel”) have written the book. No casting was announced.
Mr. Bryan-Brown said that the music and lyrics were largely complete, but that Bono and the Edge would “of course write more songs as necessary.” He said that the subtitle of the musical, “Turn Off the Dark,” is the title of one of the songs, and added that there were no plans to use or riff on the well-known theme song from the television cartoon series about the Marvel comic-book superhero.
According to a news release from the producers, the show, in which the title character will indeed be flying around the Hilton, draws on the comic book series for “inspiration,” yet also “spins a new take on the mythic tale of a young man propelled from a modest row house in Queens to the sky-scraping spire of the Chrysler Building, the bustling offices of the Daily Bugle, through the dizzying canyons of Manhattan, to new vistas never before seen.”
source : nytimes.com
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