Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark Song on GMA
Fri, September 10, 2010 
The long-delayed musical Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark is finally opening on Broadway this fall, and the creative team kicked things off on Good Morning America today with interviews with director Julie Taymor, U2's Bono and The Edge, as well as the first interview with Reeve Carney, who will be playing Spiderman/Peter Parker.
First up were the interviews with Taymor, Bono and The Edge where they discussed their ideas for the show and gave us a first look at some of the wild sets and costumes. The show will also feature a new villian called Swiss Miss, who is made up entirely of Swiss Army knives. No, I'm not making that up. That costume photo is featured below, as well as another photo of the Green Goblin looking like an escapee from the Broadway production of The Lion King.
Next up was a meet-and-greet with Reeve Carney, who seems as flabbergasted as the rest us of that Spiderman is now a Broadway musical. We also got a look at one of the more bizzare t-shirts worn by fans in the audience.
Finally they got around to the damn song, which was called "Boy Falls From The Sky." I can't picture it yet as a song related to Spiderman (or Peter Parker, for that matter), but it's definitely a U2 song, that's for sure.
Again, I'm still not sure I'm sold on this whole thing. I'm a big U2 fan, Julie Taymor's staging of The Lion King was amazing, and I do love Broadway musicals. But I've never warmed up to the idea of Spiderman as Broadway musical material, and this whole project seems like it's going to be far too massive to work. I'm going to hold out until previews are underway and we get some real reviews of the show before I decide whether or not I'm going to shell out for some ridiculously overpriced Broadway show tickets to see the show.
Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark starts previews at the Foxwoods Theatre on November 14, and will officially open on December 21. Tickets go on sale to the public on Monday.
Reader Comments (1)
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