The first link is a review of the reviews, which is kind of funny and a touch narcissistic when you think about it.
Maybe we can talk Michael Frayn into writing a play that is a satire of a farce about the reviewers reviewing a musical adaptation of a movie adaptation of a comic book. It's sure to become a classic of the community theatre circuit.
Anybody want to discuss whether there's a future beyond Broadway for STOTD. I don't see a touring version, unless it's a stadium show. It's hard to imagine it ever being optioned to MTI for release to schools and community theatres. If you thought Peter Pan was the source of countless questions on CB about how to fly the entire cast without hiring any professionals, imagine the questions about Peter Parker.
Anybody want to discuss whether there's a future beyond Broadway for STOTD. I don't see a touring version, unless it's a stadium show. It's hard to imagine it ever being optioned to MTI for release to schools and community theatres. If you thought Peter Pan was the source of countless questions on CB about how to fly the entire cast without hiring any professionals, imagine the questions about Peter Parker.
I think the nature of the flying effects are so venue specific that a tour package would be even more money flushed down the drain. Phantom, Wicked, and Starlight Express are one thing, Spiderman seems to be another type of beast entirely.
Maybe not. If they come up with a way to rig the entire show on a portable truss system they can erect in an arena, they can do the same setup in just about any arena in the country (or world). Like Nascar, people probably aren't willing to fly to New York to see this, but if it comes to within an hour of their hometown, they'll probably buy tickets to see it (especially if they've been warned it's going to be a train wreck). They can also sell many more tickets in an arena than they can in a theatre.
It might even be easier for them to rig the show on truss system they have complete control over instead of having to rig it into the confines of a stage's fly tower.
Added to that, they shorten the show, put a U2 style rock band onstage, make the music louder, cut out the story almost completely, and turn it into a rock stunt show. Then at least you know what you are paying for.
A Spiderman arena tour may not be to much of a stretch, especially if Batman Live does even halfway decent.
How many people were thinking, "So glad it happened BACK stage instead of ON stage" ? Or worse, "At least it was 'ONLY' a matinee understudy." ?...[actor] sustained a minor injury while offstage during today's matinee performance.
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