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Vin 07:21 pm UTC 08/13/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Spider-man the musical (almost NJC) - Rupert 05:03 pm UTC 08/13/09 |
| One of the producers is "Sony," and yet they are out of money? More like, not willing to sink any more money into this losing proposition. Anyway, if I were Jim, or anybody associated with DotV, I'd be pretty pumped by this news. Must be a bit like having a reputation as the worst lay in school, until a *worse* lay cums along, I'd imagine. > BOOH Musical should be careful of this type of nonesense. > > Taymor, the director of "The Lion King," conceived of > "Spider-Man" as an "installation show," something big and > bold and full of special effects. Something, in other > words, like Cirque du Soleil. > > That's fine if you're going to put the damn thing up in > Las Vegas, where "installation shows" run several times a > day and are funded in large part by hotels and casinos. > > But at $45 million -- and with a weekly running cost of > almost $900,000 -- "Spider-Man" at the 1,700-seat Hilton > could never be profitable. > > > The thing is.......Bono and the edge was on Jonathan Ross > > a few weeks ago and he asked them who the villain was and > > they said 'it's a new villain.........only been in the > > comic books once and its a female'. WTF? It's jus like > > doing BATMAN the musical without joker as the main villain > > - just would not work. But i aint no expert!!! But what > > got me the most was that they didn't seem excited about > > the project and extreeeeeeemly cagey about the whole > > thing!!!! Perhaps it was starting to come off its rails > > then? > > > > > So Dance of the Vampires is said to be one of the biggest > > > financial flops on Broadway, right? If > > > article is correct, the Spider-man musical written by > > > U2 may give it a run for it's money. | |
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