Song of Spider-Man : The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History (Paperback)

from akblanchard

Along with other creative luminaries such as Bono and The Edge of U2, Emmy-award winning writer Glen Berger spent six years trying to bring to fruition Julie Taymor's Broadway production of Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark. During those six years, industry buzz about the show ranged from "visually s...

from jobinsonlis

This is a fascinating look at an infamous spectacle. I would have loved to see the original version of this Spider-Man musical—as misguided as the story sounds to a comic book fan like me, I do admire the ambition behind it. But also maybe don't make a musical based on the crowd-pleasingist (not ...

from thoroughlyme

It has been a decade since Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark first began previews, accompanied by endless reports about injured actors and workplace safety hazards. With a budget exceeding sixty million dollars, an endless barrage of reported injuries, and suggestions that the plot was nigh incoheren...

from mrmapcase

I would like to start this review pointing out that while there were several injuries, no one died on stage. Berger paints a very vivid portrait of a somewhat troubled play, filled talented and sometimes frantic people. The cast and crew deserve great praise for trudging on to create a spectacula...

from arielfl

This was a highly entertaining recounting of the disaster plagued creation of the Broadway show, Spiderman Turn Off the Dark. The show was conceived by Julie Taymor of Lion King fame but before it would ever officially open the show would find itself majorly retooled into a new version and withou...