I am of several minds about the new Spider-Man musical announced, as reported by a number of sources, even with a staged reading set for July. I decided to list the pros and cons of the idea here for you.
PRO: Julie Taymor is on board, a person with real Broadway experience.
CON: She did Disney's Lion King, which has to be hard to adapt, but she did so in an artsy-fartsy fashion.
PRO: Bono and Edge are doing the music. I love U2 and love that they're involved in making the music.
CON: While they are good at writing anthemic rock songs, that doesn't always translate into the stage. Sometimes it does (ex. Movin' Out and Jersey Boys), but when it doesn't, it fails badly (Times They are a Changin;, Ring of Fire)
PRO: Spider-man has a story filled with drama and pathos which should work well on the stage.
CON: People said the same about Lestat and Dracula. We know how those musicals panned out.
PRO: With the staged reading and everything, it looks like a definite go.
CON: There has been a Batman musical in the works since 1999, with Tim Burton set to direct and Jim Steinman ("Total Eclipse of the Heart", "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" and countless Meatloaf songs) doing the music. We're still waiting.
So, will Spidey join Superman as the only (as far as I know) Comic Book Superheroes to join the White Way? And if he does, will the show be good or suck? I really don't know.
Bill
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