After numerous delays, several cast changes, multiple injuries and near bankruptcy, the Julie Taymor directed, Bono and Edge composed musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark finally starts previews tonight (Nov 28) on the Great White Way. There will be no official reviews tomorrow, but I’m sure the Broadway boards (and Twitter) will begin chattering starting…
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Rock of Ages Opens Tonight
Rock of Ages on Broadway If you were excited for the theatrical debuts of Spider-Man and Coraline, then you might also be pretty pumped for the newest rock musical on Broadway, Rock of Ages: In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met a big city rocker and in LA’s most famous rock…
Spider-Man Coming To Broadway in 2010
Greetings Spider-Friends, today brings news of the official opening of the new Spider-Man musical on Broadway I initially mentioned back in May of 2007. Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, with music & lyrics by Bono and The Edge and a book by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger will open on February 18, 2010 at the…
“You’re Welcome America.” | Will Ferrell on Broadway (Amex Presale)
Tickets are now on Amex presale for “You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush” starring the autograph shy Will Ferrell. Tickets will be available to the general public on December 21, 2008. I must admit, I sorely miss Will Ferrell’s George W. Bush impersonation, so I just might have to pony up…
Hair Moving to Broadway
Though I really wish I had seen it in Central Park, the good news is I’ll get another chance to see the Public Theater’s production of Hair when it transfers to Broadway in 2009. [Playbill.com]
Spider-Man: The Musical!
Hey folks, just when you thought you had had enough of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, in comes this news from Playbill.com: …Julie Taymor will direct the forthcoming musical version of the Marvel Comics hero with music provided by Bono and The Edge of the band U2. A staged reading of the new musical will…