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Dec 29
2010
01:34 PM ET
'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark': The first (unofficial) reviews are in
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Consider these reviews a blessing -its about time someone stood up to the big egos of Taymor and Bono and told them like it is. These Producers have millions to lose and one does not have to be a genious to see how bad both the story (book), dialogue and music/lyrics are. Terrible does not even come close to describing how awful they are. Conceptually the sets and flying sequences are great and the concept of a SpiderMan musical is fine however this needs a complete rewrite in both story and score. I dont see this happening. Just for the record, I saw the preview last Sunday night, spent $150 for two tickets ($300 total)and was really hoping it would be good if not great with some technical issues. Not the case – “Train Wreck” in the making. Sorry guys but it needs to be said.
I haven’t seen the show and at those prices, probably won’t. But I will say that the older woman I met on the R train the night of the blizzard thought the show was amazing. She was really blown away by it. There is an audience for it. Just as there is for other terrible shows on Broadway right now like the Addams Family.
Having seen the show in preview…I can honestly say it’s a train wreck of biblical proportions. The can push the opening another 6 months but there is no saving this turkey. It’s completely over designed, the score is awful, the book incoherent and the acting subpar. Time to take the show out to the woodshed and put it out of its misery.
I saw the show Jan 23, and it is a mess. Terrible score and a confusing story line can’t make up for a pretty cool set and stunts. One of the worst shows I’ve seen in a long time. I can’t believe they will ever open this thing.
I saw 2/16 performance. I would say the reviews from January are still accurate. Bad score, bad story, bad singing. Cool flying. Legendary disaster in the making…
It was just awful!!